Stuck at the Same Weight for Two Weeks

Hi everyone,

I've been stuck between the same 2lbs for two weeks, and am getting extremely frustrated! Here's what a normal eating/exercise day looks like for me:

Breakfast: Special K Red Berry Cereal with skim milk
Lunch: 1 cup strawberries and 1 banana
Dinner: Brocolli with reduced fat cheese, or the occasional low point weight watchers meal (under 5 WW points).
Snack: Cucumbers, occasionally a caramel rice cake with pb2 peanut butter.
Workout: every night before dinner I jug/run 1 mile, walk 1 mile and then speed walk one mile
I also have 1 100% garcinia cambogia pill before breakfast and lunch.

My job also has me on my feet and lifting things throughout the day.
Okay, so, doing all of the above, I was stuck at 187lbs for three days. Last night, I knew I would be going out with friends so I just had breakfast, skipped lunch, and then had 2 soft shell tacos and frozen yogurt at night with them. I got on the scale this morning and weighed 188.6lbs! This happens every time I eat anything more then the above normal list. So then I'll spend the next week working off these 2lbs.

Someone please help. I am becoming very, very frustrated and I just want to quit!

I highly recommend reading this excellent article which covers your question quite well.

"Why Am I Not Losing Weight: 11 Reasons You’re Failing To Lose Fat"

http://www.acaloriecounter.com/blog/why-am-i-not-losing-weight/

I am also wondering how many calories you are eating a day. I'm gonna bet money it's not enough!

Read these:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1235566-so-you-re-new-here?hl=so+you're+new+here

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/974888-in-place-of-a-road-map-2k13

TL:DR the link right above then read ->http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/975025-in-place-of-a-road-map-short-n-sweet

If you have 75+ lbs to lose 2 lbs/week is ideal
If you have 40-75 lbs to lose 1.5 lbs/week is ideal
If you have 25-40 lbs to lose 1 lbs/week is ideal
If you have 15 -25 lbs to lose 0.5 to 1.0 lbs/week is ideal
If you have less than 15 lbs to lose 0.5 lbs/week is ideal

Oh yeah, your body can fluctuate +/- 5 lbs a day.

That seems like a LOW amount of food daily!

May need to switch up your exercise routine some

Yeah, like replace some with eating.

I had this issue when i started. I was on 1200 a day, and lost a stone. Then it stopped for three weeks. I saw a nutritionist, who advised me to UP my intake to 1800. A week later, i dropped 3lbs.

There IS such a thing as eating too little...

Try calorie cycling. I saw it as a suggestion on someone else's thread. If your suggested calorie intake is 1200 per day, that's 8400 per week. So switch it up between surplus and deficit days but make sure you are hitting your 8400 per week! Looking at your list of food you aren't anywhere close to that. Your body has adapted to your routine and has adjusted accordingly. You need to change your routine and seriously, you need more calories.

I've only just started calorie cycling because my weight has been stuck for ages. After my 'surplus day' which was 1700 calories, I gained 2 pounds but then lost it 2 days later and was lower than before. My current plan is 2 deficit days of around net 1000 calories then a surplus of 1700, then 2 days deficit 1 day surplus. It nets to 8400 a week which is my suggested calorie intake. You can obviously switch it up in whatever way works for you. But the surplus days are not optional on this method, you cannot only do deficit days, which is what your current meals look like.

Hopefully it will work for you. I am also a creature of habit so my meals were virtually identical most days and my exercise rarely changed. This method keeps it interesting :-) Good luck!

I'm on a new diet where I don't eat any wheat, sugar, or corn products.(Natural sugars like in fruits and milk, etc. are good. Just no added sugars) I find that most of the time, when I strictly follow this diet, even if I didn't work out that day, I still lose weight. So maybe the special K cereal could be changed to a big bowl of oatmeal? And try not to eat a meal 3-4 hours before you go to bed. Snacks are always good, though. Mixed nuts are wonderful for many parts of your body. Also, it helps too if you drink a glass of water 30 minutes before a meal.
Hope this helps!
Good luck!

http://www.ticket-to-slimming.com

Check it out. It'll answer many of your questions before you even have them.

First, do you have any idea what your goal weight is and how many calories per day you should be eating to get there safely?
I'm thinking the answer is no.
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So... Go here:
https://www.bcm.edu/research/centers/childrens-nutrition-research-center/caloriesneed.cfm
(Yes, it says children's research center, but that's an adult BMI calculator.)
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Put in the info (height, weight, age, activity) and it will tell you your BMI and calories needed to _maintain_ that wright.
Using myself as an example, it came up with a BMI of 35.5 (when I started in Jan. it was 39.4! yay me!) and 2668 calories if I'm active less than an hour a day. It's usually around an hour, but I'm being conservative.
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Now, to lose a pound a week you need a calorie deficit of 3500 calories, which is 500 per day. The easiest way to do that is to eat less, but exercising more helps too. So I'd aim for 2268 per day.
Since I'm hoping to go a little faster, and am working with a doctor (supervised weight loss) I'm really aiming for 2 lb per week, so my goal is 1768. (These are actual calories, NOT net.)
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>>>>> Never go below 1200 calories per day!! <<<<< :sick:
... which it sounds like you've been doing pretty regularly. No wonder your body is holding onto everything it can!
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An easier way to figure out how many calories you need is to look at the BMI chart, find your healthy goal weight (for now, pick whatever's at the top end of the range) and multiply that by 10. For me, that would be 173 x 10 = 1730 ... which is pretty close to the result we got from the method above.
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Here's a BMI table: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/bmi_tbl.pdf
It's easier to see where you are & where you need to be, and this one shows the healthy / overweight / obese ranges.
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Now start paying attention when MFP tells you you're way below your needed calories!
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Also, when you exercise, you can add 1/3 to 1/2 of those calories & still lose weight. So on days when I'm very motivated and I do an hour on the elliptical, which is between 600 & 700 calories, I'll add 200-300 to my goal total, ending up at 1900 - 2000 for the day.
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Here are some weight-control resources from the CDC. http://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/tools/index.html
Especially read their brochure about myths: http://www.win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/PDFs/Myths.pdf