changing the program because of plateau

snowy0wl
snowy0wl Posts: 179 Member
edited November 11 in Health and Weight Loss
when you go through your weight loss process how often do you change programs because of plateauing?

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  • Camo_xxx
    Camo_xxx Posts: 1,082 Member
    If by change you mean redouble my efforts to ensure my data was as correct as impossible then twice. The data was good so I just stuck with it until the whoosh arrived and in a matter of days the scale agreed with my estimate of what I should have lost in those 3 weeks. A Plateau is a good time to check all your numbers. A couple of inaccurate food items in your regulars will add up.
  • fallingtrees
    fallingtrees Posts: 220 Member
    Depends on the plateau. Sometimes a plateau is a time when you are building muscle, or your system is reaching a new equilibrium. I noticed in the past, when I lost a bunch of weight, that I might stay at a certain weight for weeks, but suddenly I was down a pants size.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    edited February 2015
    A plateau is 6-8 + weeks of no scale movement whilst doing everything right and it's rare

    A stall of a few weeks is common and generally followed by a drop if you just keep on keeping on..you can generally see movements in measurements / fit of clothes without specific weight loss

    Weight loss is not linear

    To poster above me: You don't build muscle without purposeful progressive training whilst eating at or above maintenance (barring newby gains in first 6 months or so)
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,029 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    A plateau is 6-8 + weeks of no scale movement whilst doing everything right and it's rare

    A stall of a few weeks is common and generally followed by a drop if you just keep on keeping on..you can generally see movements in measurements / fit of clothes without specific weight loss

    Weight loss is not linear

    To poster above me: You don't build muscle without purposeful progressive training whilst eating at or above maintenance (barring newby gains in first 6 months or so)
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