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How I have avoided plateauing ***length warning***

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  • tashjs21
    tashjs21 Posts: 4,584 Member
    I soooooooooo needed this. I have been stuck for weeks and it is driving me bananas. I stopped logging my food because I was so discouraged. (still eating healthy, but not counting every last calorie) Thanks Banks, I will try some of these things and see if I can get that scale to move down.
  • 2day4ever
    2day4ever Posts: 178
    bump:happy:
  • tashjs21
    tashjs21 Posts: 4,584 Member
    It worked!!!!!!!!!!!!!! After being at a standstill for weeks, I have a loss of 2 pounds!!!! YAY!!
    Thank you Banks!!
  • jew2442
    jew2442 Posts: 34
    I really needed this! Thanks for all your words of wisdom!:smile:
  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
    :smile:
  • tashjs21
    tashjs21 Posts: 4,584 Member
    Oh yea, and I did not eat the cheeseburger. :laugh:
    But a combination of some of the other suggestions worked for me
  • arewethereyet
    arewethereyet Posts: 18,702 Member
    bump
    :explode: burger it is!!
  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
    yet another bump
  • bunnyr
    bunnyr Posts: 275 Member
    Thanks Banks!
    This couldn't have come at a better time. I've been stuck for two months. I am beginning to wonder if this should be my goal weight because I am gaining muscle and eating the right calories. BUT...not necessarily the right foods! I really want to lose those last 5 pounds as was my goal. I will try some of these ideas! :smile:
  • arewethereyet
    arewethereyet Posts: 18,702 Member
    bump
  • arewethereyet
    arewethereyet Posts: 18,702 Member
    ' just so's you know ' as my baby girl used to say

    i am trying a few of these suggestions after 2 weeks of nothing :angry: nada :explode: zip movement on the scale (i hate ye ol scale )

    I will post back in 2 weeks so see if any movement on that line below....please 151 is sooooo close.

    splitting cals to 5 x day

    upped my exercise by 10 minutes a day

    eating (gulp) my exercise calories.

    (the numbers are skewed on my ticker.i started in jan and lost a few...but started up again in June so approx 9 lbs lost since then. Ok-writing that made me feel good :bigsmile: )
  • petunia
    petunia Posts: 336 Member
    BUMP
  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
    bump
  • bellmom627
    bellmom627 Posts: 195
    Thanks so much for this - I've been eating my calories "all at once" in three meals daily and I really need to be spreading them out.
  • petunia
    petunia Posts: 336 Member
    BUMPAROOONI
  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
    bumping
  • CrystalBella
    CrystalBella Posts: 848 Member
    just tryin to bump for the newbies!

    Good Luck!
  • heyjuede
    heyjuede Posts: 73 Member
    thanks for the post :happy: now i don't feel so bad about falling of the wagon last night hehhee... i had an unplanned fried food body shocker last night.. eck... :sick: got pretty sick this morning cause of it. lesson learned, fried food is soooo evil... i should have eaten the cheeseburger :laugh:
  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
    :drinker:
  • marskids
    marskids Posts: 296 Member
    burger bump!!! ( or is that a burger burp???)
  • heyjuede
    heyjuede Posts: 73 Member
    okay banks so i tried your varied speed/intensity thing... love it! i really helps to pass time. its like added distraction :) not to mention, as assumed, it helped break the plateau! yahoo! i tend to plateau every 5 lbs so only 3 more til i face another hehehe.. thanks for the tips!:flowerforyou:
  • banks1850
    banks1850 Posts: 3,475 Member
    okay banks so i tried your varied speed/intensity thing... love it! i really helps to pass time. its like added distraction :) not to mention, as assumed, it helped break the plateau! yahoo! i tend to plateau every 5 lbs so only 3 more til i face another hehehe.. thanks for the tips!:flowerforyou:

    nice! Starting back up with my military workouts this week. It should be ... interesting.
  • heyjuede
    heyjuede Posts: 73 Member
    military routine... good luck with that... sounds like a blast hehe:wink:
  • metco89
    metco89 Posts: 578 Member
    thanx for the post very helpful :flowerforyou: :drinker: and that is water LOL
  • shorerider
    shorerider Posts: 3,817 Member
    bump.gif
  • SoupNazi
    SoupNazi Posts: 4,229 Member
    BUMP!:smile:
  • arewethereyet
    arewethereyet Posts: 18,702 Member
    :grumble: :grumble: HATE PLATEAUS
  • CrystalBella
    CrystalBella Posts: 848 Member
    bump.gif

    This is great info and all new family members need to read it!
  • Mangoaddict
    Mangoaddict Posts: 1,236 Member
    Banks - your words mean so much! Thanks for these awesome advice filled posts. Keep up the good work.
  • arewethereyet
    arewethereyet Posts: 18,702 Member
    oh goodness i need to bump this one!
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