Im on a plateau what can I do?

There are no tricks. Eat less. If you've stopped losing weight, you aren't in a deficit. A plateau is just a word for "I think I'm going everything right, but I'm actually not". When you lose weight, your body needs less calories. You may need to adjust your goal.

AliUnrau wrote: »

Ive hit a weight loss plateau and im wondering what kind of tricks people use to get off of it. I think im going to switch up my exercise today but it doesnt really make sense that i would be on a plateau because I still have so much to lose! Please help! Its been around 2 weeks and im going up not down.

2 weeks isn't a plateau. Gaining weight isn't a plateau.

If you are gaining weight, you're eating too many calories. Either you're not logging your intake accurately or you're overestimating how much you burn.

Try accurately logging everything you eat using a food scale, not measuring cups. Only eat back half of the calories that MFP gives you. Do that for a month. If you're not losing weight after that, then reevaluate your calorie goal.

Branstin wrote: »

Not losing for 2 weeks is not a plateau. Give it a few more weeks. Body fluctuations are normal and could last a few weeks.

Agreed, and neither is weight gain.

Weight fluctuations are totally normal - I go up and down easily 5lbs or more throughout the month and call it maintaining. My clothes still fit the same, I'm still the same size depsite scale increases of 5lbs or more.

Do you take measurements as well as weighing yourself? If not, start. Often you see progress on the tape when the scale is busy messing with your head.

AliUnrau wrote: »

Ive hit a weight loss plateau and im wondering what kind of tricks people use to get off of it. I think im going to switch up my exercise today but it doesnt really make sense that i would be on a plateau because I still have so much to lose! Please help! Its been around 2 weeks and im going up not down.

That's not a plateau, that's impatience. Two weeks is not enough time to gauge whether your plan is working.

The reason you are not losing weight is because you are eating too much. While there are medical conditions that can affect weight loss, the number one cause of weight gain is too much food consumption.

Do you weigh your solid food, measure your liquids, and log everything you eat? Are you ensuring you are using correct food entries? Many of the MFP food entries are not accurate. Research, research, research! Read packages too.

Do you log your exercise calories? The MFP database and other internet sources are not accurate on those either. Make sure you either log only about 75% of those, or eat back only 75%.

Edited to add: I see you have lost 41 pounds. Congratulations! I see someone else posted that you have extremely high calorie burns. You might want to take a look at those.