Plateau

I was having the same problem as you recently! Then suddenly my weight was 3 lbs less one day. You just need to keep going your body may be holding onto water to help your muscles recover.

As far as the weight loss goes: How long have you been stuck? Have you actually seen any loss? Are you measuring yourself and if so, have you lost any inches? Weight loss is not linear and it's not uncommon to go a week or two without losing - that wouldn't be cause for concern. Remember that weight fluctuates and increased water weight can mask fat loss on the scale. You can retain water for lots of reasons including hormonal fluctuations, changing your exercise programme, eating more sodium or carbs than usual, eating more food than usual (ie greater volume for the same amount of cals).

If it's been longer than a couple of weeks: how many calories are you eating? Are you accurately weighing, measuring and tracking all your food? Are you eating back exercise calories, and how are you estimating that burn?

Have you been eating at a deficit for a long time? If so, it might be worth considering a diet break for a couple of weeks: http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/the-full-diet-break.html


But here's something else to think about: Try to change your focus on a particular weight goal. You are trying to stay "motivated" to hit that goal, and seeing a lack of progress towards that linear goal is making you feel discouraged and want to give up. Focus on what you are actually achieving. You are actively improving your health, regardless of whether you've seen a drop in weight this week. This isn't a race to the goal, and then you can focus on something else. This doesn't end when you're the weight you want to be. That is only the beginning. Your profile says that you've yo-yo dieted a lot. What you really need to do is learn how to maintain a healthy weight - even as you're still losing. You need to learn to keep living a healthy lifestyle (whatever that means to you) even when the scale stops changing and you stop seeing changes in your body.

You've lost an awful lot of weight. If you stop trying now, what's going to happen? I'd say there's a reasonable chance you'll gain at least some of that back. Is that what you really want? I know you've got a way to go, and it must seem like a mountain left to climb, but maybe stop looking at the finish line (which I promise, isn't what it seems) and look at making this a true, permanent lifestyle change that continues regardless of what the scale is doing. Weight loss is not easy, and maintaining it is (for a lot of us) even harder. Sometimes you just have to keep doing what you need to do, even when it's tough and boring and you aren't seeing obvious results every week.

Moar fruits!!!! Less cooked stuff? You got this superstar ♥

I was stuck on a plateau for like a year and my problem was consistency. What finally got me going again was tracking everything I was eating and staying within my calorie limit. It feels soooo good to see the scale moving again and I just need to keep at this. Hopefully you will find what you need to get moving again too... Good luck!