You've heard it before... please help me past this plateau!

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  • Lianakin
    Lianakin Posts: 10 Member
    By reading your statement above, I think you should start looking at the quality of the food you are eating and maybe add a few more calories to your eating plan. By adding cals I want you to add mostly veggies and fruit. Limit the meat intake and purchase the more lean meats. I do grass feed and free range chicken and deer. Depending on the time of the month your body could be retaining water so that is when you should drink at least your body weight in water ounces. And if you have weak joints maybe you should start out doing Eccentric workouts. Like assisted lunges using a counter top and a chair. Push-ups going down slow and popping back up.

    Actually just go to Smarter Science of Slim web page and it will show you all the eccentric works outs. I hope this helps.

    Protein is the one thing I don't mind eating, and when I do it tends to be poultry as I'm not a very big fan of red meat bar the occasional burger/steak. I do eat sausages though, which I only grill. Fruit and veg is also not a problem for me. Any of the snacks I have during the day are fruit :)

    I'll definitely take a look into that website for those exercises. Thank you!
  • Lianakin
    Lianakin Posts: 10 Member
    Could your cycle be coming soon? That's usually when I have no losses measurement-wise..

    That's when i first noticed I wasn't losing anything and I put it down to that. But over a week later and the weight still won't budge :(
  • Lianakin
    Lianakin Posts: 10 Member
    Without having more info to go on, it's going to be hard for people to give you advice BUT I don't think 2 weeks of no weight loss actually constitutes "hitting a plateau". I thought it was more like 2 months of no loss to be considered a plateau.

    I don't really know what else to call it. It's just very frustrating that after only 2 weeks what I've been doing has suddenly stopped working :/

    If you're frustrated after 2 weeks, you will need to learn patience. There is no quick fix. Most people would be thrilled with 10 lb in 4 weeks. His much do you have to lose?

    Patience never really has been my forte! I know 10lbs is great to have lost, it's just the fact that 2 weeks of being careful has resulted in no change that has me somewhat frustrated. I still have another 20 or so lbs to go before I reach my target.
  • Lianakin
    Lianakin Posts: 10 Member
    I am pretty new here (this time), but I fell into the 1200 calorie trap when I first started. I lost 10 pounds about the same as you....first 2-3 weeks and then it just didn't seem to go anywhere. I upped my calories after reading to 1560 and changed my loss goal to 1 pound per week and I am losing again. I don't even work out so I can see how you could even eat more than that!

    Ah I'm glad I'm not the only one :) this is the type of advice I needed. Thank you!
  • bradXdale
    bradXdale Posts: 399
    Normally the solution is to eat less.

    Unless she's netting below her BMR...then she would need to eat more.

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