How to shake this last 30lbs been stuck for a few weeks!

Careful logging and I used a food scale. Changed my workout routine. Lifted more and did different cardio.

The tricky part about switching up your exercise is that sometimes this causes more weight fluctuations as your muscles will retain water as part of the natural healing process. It's kind of like the healing reaction when you twist your ankle and it swells...only not as visually obvious as it's spread out over a larger area. Basically if you're sore, you might stall out on the scale or even be up a pound or two. A lot of people mistake this for muscle gain but that's actually tough to accomplish, especially for us women.

The problem may be more in your admitted holiday lapses and you just need to be more patient. We tend to think that restarts will show great successes but sometimes that's just not the case. As long as you're eating within your calorie goal, you will lose. The scale just doesn't always show progress right away. Pay more attention to how your clothes fit and maybe take body measurements and progress pics.

holpak wrote: »

Can your body really get used to working out?? Even though i change it up i exercise the same days and times, i'm having such a hard time believing that with all the exercise and good eating habits i've had that i can't get through even to the next decade of the 150's... been stuck in the 160's for a month now. I exercise very regularly.. usually around 4-5 days a week... and at least an hour to 2 hours on some days. I am on meal replacements from my doctors office.. so i;m at a loss on why this weight isn't falling off me. Ive been seeing all these great people get down to the 130's and i'm really trying hard to get there.. seems like my body is so stuck to this weight... how did you break your biggest plateau's??? Thanks in advance!!

Yes, your body can get used to working out. It becomes more efficient at doing the same thing over time. Plus, you've lost weight so you're not burning as many calories doing the same exercises anyway.

However, if you're not eating less calories than you're burning, you aren't going to lose weight, regardless of how much cardio you're doing. You didn't talk about calories so have you been logging and eating less than your goal? I'm assuming you didn't over the holidays since you mentioned that and it's probably why you've stalled.

Get back into the habit of weighing and measuring your food and logging everything. Try switching up your cardio routine. Don't do it longer, you're already doing a lot more than you need to do, just up the intensity or try something completely different. You might also try strength training.

I viewed your diary. You may need to switch up the diet. On a daily basis it looks like you're eating too few calories. Your body has probably adjusted to that and may be in "starvation mode" as they say.

I'd start by replacing 1 meal a day with a real "clean" meal. Lots of veggies and protein. Give your body some variety. When you stall allow yourself to go over calorie for a couple days. Not crazy over calories but just a couple hundred. I'm on 1500 cal and have been for a long time. When I stall at 1500 I increase my intake to between 1600-1800 for 2-3 days then drop back down to 1300-1500 and it starts to come off again. You may see a slight weight increase in weight (1-2 lbs) for a couple days following the calorie increase (will mostly be water retention) but it will drop back quickly. I just had to do this... took the weekend off and scale said I gained 1.5 lbs but by today I was down another 5 (so basically an extra 3.5 down... seems to happen overnight).

I tried looking for ingredients on the Tague meals but no luck. I'd check the ingredients on those. A lot of those meal replacement programs contain a lot of preservatives, artificial sweeteners, processed ingredients etc and those can stall weightloss too.