Plateu

alexander_airey
alexander_airey Posts: 2 Member
edited January 30 in Health and Weight Loss
So, I've tried myfitnesspal with the success of 2 stone loss few years ago. Between then and now i have had lots of bad luck when my weight plateus but do i continue what im doing when my body does this or do i increase my calories?? :grumble:

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  • thisismeraw
    thisismeraw Posts: 1,264 Member
    When you hit a plateau (no change in weight for 4-6 weeks) change up what you are doing. Eat more, scatter your calories, change the type of exercise you do, the time you exercise, or how intense you exercise. Constantly changing things up helps to avoid a plateau.
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    Haven't hit a plateau since I set my cals & goals according to the info in this topic: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/974889-in-place-of-a-road-map-short-n-sweet

    That's the short version, there's a link to the full read in the thread. Good info. Been working great for me for over 18 months.
  • _Waffle_
    _Waffle_ Posts: 13,049 Member
    When you hit a plateau

    I hate hitting or running off of a plateau.

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  • glenelliott5872
    glenelliott5872 Posts: 150 Member
    I employ a typical engineers solution to my weight loss so far.

    (1) I try to weigh everything as much as possible but try not to get too stressed.

    (2) If I feel I want more to eat then I exercise a deficit to allow me to eat more.

    (3) every time I lose weight then I reset by food target to a slightly lower target. I know MFP does this after an amount of weight loss but I would rather not have such big steps.

    (4) This is the nerdy bit, after a few months using MFP, I reviewed by calculated by net calories compared to a maintain weight target ( i.e. net compared to 2500 kCal per day). I divided this by 9 ( 9 kcal per g of fat) to calc my weight loss of grams. I used this as a check on the weight loss I have achieved to confirm that I was being accurate calculating by net calories.

    To summarise, accuracy in calculating net calories is the answer
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