PLATEAU- HELP!!

el223028
el223028 Posts: 6 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
For the past couple of months I have been doing lots of circuit training, HITT, and following youtube fitness videos such as fitnessblender's (which are amazing FYI). I have been able to lose roughly 15 lbs since the summer with this method but noticed my progress in the past 3 weeks has been at a stand still. I would like to loose another 15 so I have tried to add a few things to my diet and routine to amp things up. I have reduced my carbohydrate intake and aim for under 90grams of carbs a day (primarily from fruit and veg) and have started to add a bit of weights to my workout routines. However, nothing will budge! Any suggestions would be helpful!

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  • strong_curves
    strong_curves Posts: 2,229 Member
    Did you try adding a food scale to track your intake?
  • el223028
    el223028 Posts: 6 Member
    strong_curves wrote: »
    Did you try adding a food scale to track your intake?
    No I have not! That could be very helpful, thanks. I should probably try to be more accurate with my portions
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    strong_curves wrote: »
    Did you try adding a food scale to track your intake?

    This is the right answer.
  • blue_eyes1978
    blue_eyes1978 Posts: 127 Member
    edited December 2015
    Yup the scales made all the with me!! We both sound like were in the same boat I started being even more strict with the scale over the last couple of weeks and it is showing on the scales small but steady loss. I have a BMI goal of 25 I want to reach by Dec. 25 I am so close yet so far away!! I hope to get there!! :) 26.1 currently :)
  • el223028
    el223028 Posts: 6 Member
    Thanks for all the help guys, Im going to buy a scale ASAP
  • itsflaccoi
    itsflaccoi Posts: 69 Member
    Tomorrow i want you to hAve a refeed day and eat 100 calories more than your maintenance calories the reason your at a plateau is your metabolism has adopted to the caloric defict you need to give and a little boost and wake it up
  • BurnWithBarn2015
    BurnWithBarn2015 Posts: 1,026 Member
    edited December 2015
    itsflaccoi wrote: »
    Tomorrow i want you to hAve a refeed day and eat 100 calories more than your maintenance calories the reason your at a plateau is your metabolism has adopted to the caloric defict you need to give and a little boost and wake it up

    Not true, and you post this on every thread around here.

    A plateau is when you dont lose weight for more than 4 to 6 weeks and not losing inches either ...and is in general that you eat the same amount of calories as you burn ( un-intentionally)
    Which can be solved by weighing ALL your solid food.
    Dont use serving sizes or cups and spoons But WEIGH your food. You will be shocked

    A plateau appears most of the time after successfully losing weight for some time...
    weight loss slows down or comes to a total stop.
    What happens is when you get lighter by losing weight your deficit is getting smaller. Now with a big deficit no problem at all.
    With a small deficit you are wiping out your deficit and without knowing at one point you eat as much as you burn...maintenance or plateau.

    Like said before you solve it by tighten up your logging. Be accurate.

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