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Plateau already?

googoos2
googoos2 Posts: 4
edited January 27 in Health and Weight Loss
Hello, I'm new to the boards and needed some insight on weight loss.

Wen I started on this app, I lost 10lbs in first month. I thought it was great, but now I have only lost 1 to 2 lbs in the last 2 months.

What am I doing wrong? It's frustrating but I don't want to give up.

Thank you.

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  • jzammetti
    jzammetti Posts: 1,956 Member
    We need more information - how much do you eat, weigh, workout? Age?
  • misscharleygirl
    misscharleygirl Posts: 66 Member
    Interested in the answers...
  • pkw58
    pkw58 Posts: 2,038 Member
    Sounds like you are doing well - not gaining, logging, and still losing. If the question is how to lose faster, it depends. My first 36 pounds came off in 90 days - the last 10, 90 more days.

    Keep going, and makes you are sleeping enough, drinking enough water, etc. I am all about dense nutrition these days. But we are all at different levels in our fitness. I advise tweaks - more sleep, more water, try uping protein, lowering non nutrient dense carbs, etc.
  • googoos2
    googoos2 Posts: 4
    I am 43, do cArdio kickboxing 6 times a week and and hr of Pilates. I am trying to stay at 1200 cal daily.
  • fluffykitsune
    fluffykitsune Posts: 236 Member
    Eat 1800 cals.
    That should fix you up.
  • herblackwings39
    herblackwings39 Posts: 3,930 Member
    I am 43, do cArdio kickboxing 6 times a week and and hr of Pilates. I am trying to stay at 1200 cal daily.

    1200 calories a day plus your exercise calories burned though, right? Because that's how the MFP set up works.
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