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$#!][/ Plateaus!!!

Michifan
Michifan Posts: 95 Member
edited March 2 in Health and Weight Loss
I hate plateaus. I know that my body is making adjustments to my increased physical activity and reduced caloric intake. I know that my body can retain water in all sorts of places. I know that what matters is what I put in my body, how I feel and what activity I am doing. From an external perspective, I'm all good - no cheating, moving forward and doing the right things.

But I hate when I plateau. I absolutely love the feeling of seeing my weight fall. I have a long long way to go to get to my goal, so the little improvements make me feel good.

I'm confident that in a few days it will be back on track and the slope of my weight loss will continue to point downward at the nice angle I want to see. No words of encouragement needed - just want to vent to people that have gone through the same thing that I am going through and know that this is just my body recalculating and trying to figure out what the heck happened to the soul that was piloting it a month ago.

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  • lqichick
    lqichick Posts: 162 Member
    Yeah I hate them especially when they go on too long. But measuring yourself can sometime help. You will see a fall there but not on the scale.
  • Michifan
    Michifan Posts: 95 Member
    I hate measuring. My body is still transforming and because of some hormonal imbalances I am carrying most of my weight like a tube around my waist. My first 20 pounds all came from my chest and face (it seams).

    My waist is holding out - fighting the good fight. If it's got my my spirit, it will fight to the very end. It's a civil war in my body right now and its fighting a psy-ops campaign against me. I know it cannot sustain itself forever, I'm starving it out.

    I've always had very very strong legs. I ran a few half marathons and a marathon at 225 (I'm 6') - and according to my scale's fat/lean percentage (which I know is unreliable - but it is consistent), I have 175 pounds of lean mass and 100# of fat. I'm walking 3-4 miles a day in the morning, about a 19 - 20 minute pace. I've tried running short distances and it still feels like I'm running in slow motion (cause of the weight).

    I will keep trying out the run in small doses - but I am also not trying to increase my caloric needs, nor take up my heart rate beyond the "fat burning zone". I think that my walking is creating some of the plateau - I'm not necessarily building muscle, but probably it is storing some of the water. Or whatever.
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