Hit a plateau

dougaprilharker
dougaprilharker Posts: 2 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I've so far lost about 60 lbs. I need to still lose over a 100, but I've just hit my first plateau I think. I've been working out about 6 days a week doing both cardio and strength, eating healthy, watching my portions, but nothing seems to help. My weight has been at a stand still for weeks now. It's really discouraging, and I'm wondering if any of you have advice on breaking through and continuing losing weight?! I need some motivation to keep me going!

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  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    dougaprilharker wrote: »
    I've so far lost about 60 lbs. I need to still lose over a 100, but I've just hit my first plateau I think. I've been working out about 6 days a week doing both cardio and strength, eating healthy, watching my portions, but nothing seems to help. My weight has been at a stand still for weeks now. It's really discouraging, and I'm wondering if any of you have advice on breaking through and continuing losing weight?! I need some motivation to keep me going!

    How many weeks?

    Are you weighing all your food and logging accurately with double checks against the MFP database?

    Are you maintaining a calorie defecit across the week

    What strength programme are you following?

    How are you logging your exercise burns? Are you halving MFP database estimates? Are you using an HRM for steady state cardio only? Are you halving machine burns?

    Is this a recent programme of exercise, are you due on? Have you had excess sodium or gone low carb then gone back to a more 'normal' eating pattern
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
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  • MarcyKirkton
    MarcyKirkton Posts: 507 Member
    If you're watching your portions but not logging carefully, then that may be the issue. I would imagine that 60 lbs lost has changed your calorie needs alot. WTG, btw. That's fantastic!

    I have noticed that I cannot eat as much as I first could and still lose, now that I've dropped some weight. Actually that makes sense to me.
  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    If your weight hasn't changed for, say, 6-8 then you're eating too much.
  • sinbadfxdl
    sinbadfxdl Posts: 103 Member
    Most likely water weight for muscles. Lower your salt intake if you can.
  • sinbadfxdl
    sinbadfxdl Posts: 103 Member
    I would not worry. It's normal and you must be patient and maintain your appropriate calorie deficit.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    How long has it been?
  • hupsii
    hupsii Posts: 258 Member
    congratulations on your fantastic loss ! After such a great loss, I would eat at maintenance for 1 month or so. Once you have stabilized your weight, you can cut again some calories. You have achieved a lot already, don't get discouraged.
  • oh_happy_day
    oh_happy_day Posts: 1,137 Member
    Congratulations on your loss so far! That's an amazing amount. How long have you been stalled for? Are you weighing all your food and logging accurately? Using cups and spoons is significantly less accurate than an electronic scale. How are you measuring your exercise burns?

    Don't get discouraged! This is only a hiccup. :)
  • dramaqueen45
    dramaqueen45 Posts: 1,009 Member
    A couple of things I've done to break a plateau - eat at maintenance for a week or so and then start eating a deficit again; change up your exercise; and if those do not work, start carefully counting your macros and staying within those limits- I have found that one of those things will break a plateau when you are doing absolutely everything right as far as weighing everything and logging everything. Congratulations on your loss so far- remember to trust the process- don't give up.

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