weight loss stall ??
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iwearthejumper32
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How many days/ weeks/ months of not losing another pound does it take to accept the lull is officially a stall and you need to make adjustments? Could have used more stalls in that sentence...
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The first thing to do is check your logging. Are you weighing, measuring and logging everything that goes in your mouth? Also, has anything else changed, increased exercise for example.
I think if you've given it several weeks and you know there are no other possible reasons, try dropping your cals a bit for a few weeks and see what happens. Alternatively play around with your macros. For me, I have PCOS, which means carbs can be an issue. I had a stall a few weeks in, gave it some time then dropped my carbs a bit (not tons, I'd call my carb intake moderate) and hey presto, the scales started moving down again.0 -
a plateau is 6-8 weeks+ of no movement providing you are logging accurately
check the logging accurately sticky0 -
what rabbit said. I tend to look at what im doing and analyse any slowdown over several weeks and see if it matches up. The first presumption is that you have somehow got to a position where your calories consumed matches calories burned and you are at maintenance. Investigate.0
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Thank you everyone for the advice! I log and measure my food diligently but I dont weigh it. Based on your words alone I think im having a premature freak out. Basically I'm 20 days in and lost 14 pounds of water weight and maybe some fat in the first 12 days. Then nothing for 8 days despite a 7000 calorie a week deficit based on my bmr. Ive never been able to stick with it for longer than two weeks so im heading into the unknown.0
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Search BMR and TDEE here - you probably meant TDEE on your 7000 calorie deficit.
An average of 7 lbs loss over the last two weeks does not a plateau make.0 -
EvgeniZyntx wrote: »Search BMR and TDEE here - you probably meant TDEE on your 7000 calorie deficit.
An average of 7 lbs loss over the last two weeks does not a plateau make.
Thanks! It seems my calorie intake may be too low. MFP set it at 1200. Then I read an article that said if im not weighing my food- more than likely im eating 10 percent more than I think I am. So I aim to eat 10 percent less. (No i dont belive everything i read, but desperate times, ya know?)
Do I eat 20 or 25 percent below my TDEE? And why are there different results for TDEE if done on a calc outside MFP?
I thought I had a handle on the numbers game for downsizing my a** but now im not so sure...
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February was a bust for me. Of eight PT sessions scheduled, I missed two because I was sick, and one because of the weather (it was made up this month). Plus the unusual cold, snow, ice, etc. in North Carolina served as an aphrodisiac to hibernating. I stayed under my calories, but still gained a pound. In less than a week this month, I've lost over a pound.0
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If I don't lose weight within a week, my assumption is that I ate too much that week. Sure, it could be water retention for some reason, but it rarely is.0
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