I am raising my hand on the plateau issue. For myself I am attempting to look at non scale victories/ differnces

I do feel a lot better
I am moving more
I am in the habit of logging
I am drinking more water

The scale has not moved

This week I am focusing on more sleep and weighing and measuring food to ensure what I track is what I believe I have tracked.

All this good will result in movement on the scale I trust.

I wasn't losing weight for 2 weeks. My goal was to do 1 or 1.5 a week. I adjusted my calories to 1200 and eating back lost calories from exercise. I lost three pounds this week. I was working out like crazy. I did 7 hours last week and no weight loss. Maybe changing up your exercise routine will help. I felling the ice a couple of weeks ago and I had to stop for a week and than change up my routine for my painful lower back. I still lift weights and do a work out dvd with some form or cardio or do the bike.
Definitely don't give up. I bet next week you will have weight loss. I almost quit the group I was embarrassed that I gained a pound and kept it for two weeks. This is a good support group and motivator.

One of the annoying things about this is that the less you weigh the less calories you burn with exercise! I don't think I have hit a plateau but I have definitely slowed down quite a bit. I have gone to weighing every two weeks instead of once a week because the drops are either nothing or so very little that it's discouraging. I am .5 to .9 pounds per week these days. I have tried weighing everything (bought a better food scale) and doing more cardio than I was before, but it hasn't helped all that much. Closer to my goal the slower it goes, but I guess that's the way of it.

yogicarl wrote: »

Plateau here as well. You may think that you need to decrease your calories and/or up your activities but what I've found before is if I change my weight loss target from 1lb per week to 0.5lb per week I actually see a loss of 1lb per week again. Somehow that little bit extra seems to maybe increase metabolism or maybe helps me to feel more energised so I burn more calories when I do exercise.
- so try dropping your weight loss target for a little while.

Thanks yogicarl I may give that one a go

are you getting enough water? I have found if I can get a full gallon down every other day for a few days it seems to help me get over the plateaus. I wasn't a big water drinker but it worked for me. Now I get at least 8 glasses a day and try to get a full gallon in a few times a week.

I let the wagon loose for about 36 hours. I am trusting that jolted the plateau and did not do to much damage. Anything to get the scale moving.

I occasionally plateau or even gain a bit of weight. I put on a bit of weight last week, but I'm pretty sure that was because I hammered down coffee and diet soda for an entire day. I had a math test. This week I'm staying on the straight and narrow. Hopefully, I will see some good results on Monday.

I too am on plateau. I have a desk/sitting job for 12 hrs. a day so it is really hard to get in anymore exercise. Water is not a problem - I drink lots. I stick to my food choices very close because I have food sensitivities that make me ill.

Lots of good ideas here so I will try them and see what the scale does for me. The doctor says I need to lose 15 - 20 pounds yet so I fit into the proper BMI. (I don't like the BMI scale!!!)

martacabell wrote: »

There are a few ideas to consider in plateaus, guys. First, if you weren't use to do exercise, maybe you might be gaining muscle!! That's always good news and, muscles weight more than fat, so it drives crazy your scale. It's important to keep record of the measurements of your waist, and so on. Another idea is not to starve ourselves, because our body might enter into starve mode and keep the fat just in case we are in the middle of the desert and we need to survive for weeks. So, better to go little by little.

Nutrition nutrition nutrition. Fiber and lots of water. Lots of protein and good fats that is what has helped me stop dropping weight again

Mixing it up did it. I gained a few pounds last week and then just dropped 3.6. My system needed the change. I am trusting to keep this moving.

walking_woman wrote: »

I am raising my hand on the plateau issue. For myself I am attempting to look at non scale victories/ differnces

I do feel a lot better
I am moving more
I am in the habit of logging
I am drinking more water

The scale has not moved

This week I am focusing on more sleep and weighing and measuring food to ensure what I track is what I believe I have tracked.

All this good will result in movement on the scale I trust.

I love love LOVE that you said this! I have been beating myself about my plateau but I still FEEL good and have a lot of energy. Gonna try a lot harder but the non-scale victories are worth it!

What everybody is saying - change it up and focus on you NSVs (Non-Scale Victories). I am pretty much plateauing every few months (or gaining). I month ago I exercised EVERY SINGLE DAY with no change in weight, but I lost about 25cm's from around my body.

Let us know how you go.