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Help, in a plateau for 3 months.

I'm looking for some advice. For the summer months i have hit a Plateau. I only have 11lbs to go till my goal is reached. Ive been active and eating mostly the same. How can I change this? What can I do differently? Advice anyone? Any would help. CW 126, GW 115.

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  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    Eat less and/or exercise more.

    That is always the answer to how to lose weight.

    Good luck!
  • tinnyhinny
    tinnyhinny Posts: 51 Member
    Now that summer is ending I wont have so many temptations. I just get impatient.
  • I_Will_End_You
    I_Will_End_You Posts: 4,397 Member
    With so little to lose, you have to be very diligent with your intake. It won't take much to blow your deficit. If you're plateauing, you're not in a deficit.
  • tinnyhinny
    tinnyhinny Posts: 51 Member
    Set at 1200 calories a day. I do usually eat back my calories from exercising though. Any thoughts? At least I didn't gain through the summer!:smile:
  • stackhsc
    stackhsc Posts: 439 Member
    as others have said dont eat too much, but also make sure you are eating enough.. any time i have plateaued it seemed to be due to too few calories, often from exercise... when i started eating more id start to lose again. In this case id suspect its just summer and the luxuries that come with it lol
  • cebreisch
    cebreisch Posts: 1,340 Member
    At this point, you really need to be a "food journal nazi". Log everything you even look at.....kidding. But seriously... everything goes in the food journal....down to the condiments. Log every morsel. Every time I've hit a plateau or things weren't going like I wanted it to - it usually had to do with me not being diligent enough with logging.
  • tinnyhinny
    tinnyhinny Posts: 51 Member
    Thanks for the advise. Will be tougher and push through. I want this bad.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Set at 1200 calories a day. I do usually eat back my calories from exercising though. Any thoughts? At least I didn't gain through the summer!:smile:
    Try eating only half of them back. Also, try stirring up your exercise routine a bit. Congratulations, its awesome!
  • rosebette
    rosebette Posts: 1,660 Member
    I'm in the same boat as OP, netting around 1200. I'm just got some advice to lift heavy and do fewer reps, as well as more interval-type training. Also, now that summer is over, I might be more rigorous about logging. However, my trainer did say if after a few weeks, I still haven't broken the plateau, to up the calories by 100-150 and see what happens.
  • spectralmoon
    spectralmoon Posts: 1,179 Member
    I recently found that switching to a different workout style seems to help. I was using weights a lot before, with lots of walking for cardio... and broke plateau by going to pilates for my strength workouts for the time being.

    Just an idea; try something new!
  • tinnyhinny
    tinnyhinny Posts: 51 Member
    Thanks for the great tip. Will switch up my routine.