Need Ideas to lose those last 10 lb (of 30 lb goal)...

leisuredog
leisuredog Posts: 2 Member
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Lost 20 of my 30 lb goal since sept 20, but am at a bit of a plateau. Does anyone have a suggestion to break through?

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  • JustSomeEm
    JustSomeEm Posts: 20,252 MFP Moderator
    Patience. :) How long have you been at a plateau?
  • FluffyAndFestive
    FluffyAndFestive Posts: 53 Member
    Perhaps an adjustment to your exercise program or diet or perhaps both. How much have you varied your program since Sept?
  • leisuredog
    leisuredog Posts: 2 Member
    Thanks for the input!!! For the plateau duration, It looks like about 3 weeks. My workouts are mainly outdoors ( stairs/push-ups/pull ups/ abs/ walking) 4x per week. Here in Seattle, rainy/ cold weather may force me indoors on a new routine. I will try that and see how it goes in January. I hoped to reach my goal by mid February for a trip to London.
  • brendamunoz83
    brendamunoz83 Posts: 3 Member
    There is this military diet u could try and it will get u down 6-10 pounds but it is a bit harsh ... Eating wise
  • SandraCamacho
    SandraCamacho Posts: 11 Member
    Plateau... U will need to change ur routine cuz ur body will get use to the same ole regimen. Also remember a pound is equivalent to 3,500 calories. For every deficit u create and once u hit a 3,500 calories deficit u lose one pound. Hope this helps (:
  • JustSomeEm
    JustSomeEm Posts: 20,252 MFP Moderator
    If you're not losing weight, it isn't an exercise issue - it's a food issue. Are you accurately recording everything that you eat/drink?

    Sidenote: Everyone is different. If you ARE recording all food/drink intake (even those extra bites here and there) and are consistently meeting or MFP calorie goal (rather than going over too often) then the weight will come off. When I was in weight loss mode I would go 3 or 4 weeks without a loss even though I was doing everything right. Then suddenly around week 4 or 5 I'd lose 6 pounds all at once rather than having lost it incrementally over the course of the month.

    If you go longer than a month without any loss, then perhaps dial your calorie goal down by 100 calories for a few weeks (so if your goal is 1800 calories each day, try going with 1700 each day for a few weeks) to see if that helps.

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