plateau

rogersfam5
rogersfam5 Posts: 1 Member
edited September 27 in Health and Weight Loss
It's been two weeks and the scale hasn't moved and I am sticking to the plan and logging food on myfitnesspal.com. I've been on for 1 and 1/2 months and lost 10 pounds but can't seem to budge the scale now. Any ideas??

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  • AllyS7
    AllyS7 Posts: 480 Member
    I'd love to help, but it would be easier if I could see your food diary.
  • annacataldo
    annacataldo Posts: 872 Member
    ive had as long as 3week plateu at once.. another time was 2weeks... just give it time.. would also be helpful if your diary was public. r u eating minimum 1200 NET calories a day? Is your sodium high? How much water are you drinking?--r u drinking half of your body weihgt in ounces a day? There is way to many questions i have to give advice when u dont have a public diary...

    Ive lost 34pounds in 85days (12weeks), with a total of 5weeks of plateau--and im still averaging 3pounds of week loss even though ive been plateaud so much... just keep at it, it will come off!
  • MMAsac
    MMAsac Posts: 191
    Just keep going forward. The scale doesnt always represent what is really going on with your body. Maybe measure your inches. They're are many ways to track your progress and not just the scale. It will pass and you will just keep going forward.
  • natskedat
    natskedat Posts: 570 Member
    I wrote a blog post last week on plateaus. Hope it helps!

    http://fitnesswithnatalie.blogspot.com/2011/05/most-dreaded-word-in-weight-loss.html
  • smcolton
    smcolton Posts: 78
    I did the same thing. I lost 1 pound in 1 month! So I increased my calories up by 100 and started to ride my bike for 30 minutes 2 days a week. It worked. I am back to 1 pound a week.
  • tsmith6569
    tsmith6569 Posts: 63
    Zig Zagging calories and changing up exercise ever so slightly worked for me!
  • donnainstgeorge
    donnainstgeorge Posts: 4
    Hi,
    I'm having the same problem, but I just have to tell myself that this is not a math problem. Two and two doesn't always equal four. I think that if you take two steps forward and one step back, eventually you will still get there. In the meantime enjoy the journey. Celebrate how great you feel with those 10 pounds off. Discouragement is the devil's sharpest tool. Just keep logging it in and keeping things in balance and I will bet at the end of the year you will have lost at least another 10 pounds. Good Luck!

    :wink:
  • reneelee
    reneelee Posts: 877 Member
    Hi,
    I'm having the same problem, but I just have to tell myself that this is not a math problem. Two and two doesn't always equal four. I think that if you take two steps forward and one step back, eventually you will still get there. In the meantime enjoy the journey. Celebrate how great you feel with those 10 pounds off. Discouragement is the devil's sharpest tool. Just keep logging it in and keeping things in balance and I will bet at the end of the year you will have lost at least another 10 pounds. Good Luck!

    :wink:
    Well said, I try to think the sameway. To many times I have gotten discouraged and given up. Not this time this time I'm going to finish what I started.
  • tpwhite2000
    tpwhite2000 Posts: 5
    1) Give yourself a couple of weeks before determining if you are at a plateau. You can put on or take of 3 pounds of water weight in a day. So it could be you lost fat, but replaced it with water. So, be patient, and wait a couple more weeks, to see if the weight starts coming off again.

    2) Plateaus are caused by 2 things: a) your not really tracking every calorie you eat/burn, and are not creating a calorie deficit, or b) your body is adapting to maintain weight at your current calorie level.

    To cure the first kind of plateau, you need to go back and evaluate your food logs for the past few weeks. Make sure you are not sneaking in extra calories, on cheat days or the weekend. Also, pay attention to any alcohol you drink. Remember, alcohol has calories too, so you need to include those.

    To cure the second type of plateau you need to change the number of calories you eat each day, and your exercise. It helps to gradually increase the number of calories you eat each day over the next couple of weeks. You can always reduce them again later. Zigzagging is a way you can do this, and helps many people.
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