When is a stall a stall?
sweetteadrinker2
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So, I've been stalled or gained a bit of weight over the past week-10 days. I think I remember seeing somewhere that unless it lasts more than 3 weeks it's not really a stall/shouldn't be concerned? But I can't find anything about it online... Advice about this please! I'm getting kinda worried.
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Above 6 weeks, including beyond a cycle of TOM. Track your trends, less worry. Measure your body. Accept fluctuations. Stress (elevated cortisol) is probably worse for both fat loss and general health, than most other variables within your influence.
http://dicktalens.com/understanding-the-scale/1 -
Thank you!0
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I was told that it takes far more than 6 weeks to be a stall. Someone posted here about 3 months, I think.0
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Someone posted a site that shows your weight on a graph that shows a general trend. I k now when I was losing I'd get caught up in a few days of ups and downs, and not realize that the set point had dropped a bit. I guess it's sort of like stocks and bonds0
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Foamroller wrote: »Above 6 weeks, including beyond a cycle of TOM. Track your trends, less worry. Measure your body. Accept fluctuations. Stress (elevated cortisol) is probably worse for both fat loss and general health, than most other variables within your influence.
http://dicktalens.com/understanding-the-scale/
that's really helpful - I put on 1lb this week, but determined to see the bigger picture rather than get demotivated as before0 -
I think this applies.
Here's a repost from something I posted on my feed yesterday.If you're having trouble seeing any positive change, maybe you're standing too close. Take a step back and change your perspective. In the trenches, it looks and feels like I haven't lost much weight this year. Lost none this week. In fact, I'm up 1.5lbs from my lowest recorded weight. So I take a step back. I look at my weight since Jan 1. I check my measurements for the past 2 weeks. Yep, I was standing too close. Are you? Don't get lost in the trees, back way up and view the beauty of the forest itself every now and then. Only then will you truly see how far you've come.
We want the extra weight off us YESTERDAY! I get it. The number on the scale is a changeable representation of how much the fluids in our bodies, our food we intake, and our bones and organs and body fat weigh at that moment in time as gravity pulls us toward the earth's center. That number changes throughout the day, and from day to day, dependent on so many factors. It will move eventually. Unfortunately in the meantime, we have to wait on it. And see numbers that don't make sense considering how hard we work. It will come. And in the meantime while I wait, that number isn't determining my self-worth.
Personally, I'm pretty sure I have 2lb of fluid exploding my sinuses right now.
Foamroller has hit the nail on the head. I had to step back and go look at my 30 and 90 day chart because I was just getting obsessed that my newest low immediately vanished and the scale went up even though I wasn't doing anything different. I went to my measurement spreadsheet. Stuff is happening. Not on my desired timetable! :mad: But the trend is obviously downward. I didn't get to "obese" overnight. It's taken me close to 9 months of vigilance and sacrifice to get 80lb off. The last 22 aren't going to just disappear. Duh.
I have to periodically chastise myself and say: "Patience, young paduwan. Breathe. Relax. Keep Calm. Low-Carb On."0 -
I posted a blog similar to this topic not long ago, about losing perspective, if anyone wants to read it. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/KnitOrMiss/view/give-yourself-credit-where-it-s-due-727910
Main highlights: "Do you ever notice how we seem to reset our standard of judging progress by our furthest moment forward, then anything less becomes failure?"
AND: "So I'm focusing on reality. But I still struggle with that "reset" success meter. It is like every personal best becomes the new low point in that meter, discounting all that came before, and that's simply not how it works. Every ounce we've shed, no matter how many times, we paid for in blood, sweat, tears, sanity, friends, love, and so many immeasureable ways. Why can we not celebrate it for what it is?"1 -
It is hard for me to see the scale drop and I get so excited it has finally ticked down to the next lowest pound and my lowest since starting this WOE only to see it tick back up 2-3 pounds the next day. I quit recording my weight because of this. Right now I am just happy to stay on an even keel. Preferring to see it go down but thrilled it is no longer bouncing up two or three pounds. Not sure what I have really done different other than lightening up on myself a little bit. It is what it is. When I go see the doctor next week I WILL be at least 11 more pounds down since Dec 3. I was hoping it would be 15 but so far it is not unless I get one of those magic whooshes I read about. I recorded my lowest weight a few weeks never to see it again. Guess I should go change it. I must have had a dry day the day before my lowest day. LOL
Over all my highest now is much lower than my highest a week or so ago and I guess this is the step back trend we all need to keep in mind.0 -
To me, this up and down thing is all part of the process as my body adjusts. If it is still doing this after 6 months, I will know this is the way my body does keto. The upswing after a good loss to me is my body trying to maintain it's balance or maintain stasis. That is easier. Loss causes the physical version of insecurity in our body's fat. It likes being level. It gets all comfy. Then we go and shake things up, freaking out our system until it finds a new balance, then so on and so forth... That is as close as I can come to the science part to my understand in understandable terms, etc. Hope this helps!0
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