60lbs down but plateauing

You need to cut more calories. If you have that much weight to lose still, it should be melting off if you have a significant deficit happening. You are most likely eating at maintenance. If you amp up the exercise you might just burn yourself out, but lowering your calories shouldn't hurt too much.

quiksylver296 wrote: »

Do you use a food scale to weigh and log everything you eat? I would start with that to see if you are truly eating the amount of calories you think you are. I cannot find the video comparing the two meals...if someone has that and could post it.

This. And have you adjusted your intake down as you've lost, since your body requires less calories now?

Congrats on your loss so far. Most plateaus are due to "calorie creep." Follow the advice above about how to tighten up your intake. You can do this!
Sw 301
CW 176
GW 150
18 months

I like the saying "you can't outrun a bad diet". Meaning that you probably aren't burning off as many calories as you think you are, and you're taking in more calories than you really need for weight loss.

Calorie deficit is achieved by expending more energy and/or eating less/differently.

Things that helped me, were to set my goals based on a 2000 calorie diet, even though based on my weight/height/activity, I have a BMR 2800 calorie maintenance. This means that until I get down to like 200lbs I will be at 400-800 calorie deficit just from dieting and then on some days I'm able to only eat 1500 calories, so even larger deficit. The only way I allow myself to eat more than 2000'calories is on days I do heavy training. And then I'll add about 500-600 calories per hour of heavy training(if weights, must be done HIIT, to get some cardio element)You will find that no matter what your individual numbers are, you will always be at a reasonable deficit.

As for 1 specific eating tip that helps me. Those small bags of mixed vegetables(broccoli,cauliflower, carrots) are easily steamed in the microwave in 3 min and are about 70-100 calories for the whole bag, the trick is to find a sauce or dressing that you like and that is fairly low calorie, I like to use BBQ sauce or Trader joes cilantro dressing or TJs spicy Asian peanut vinaigrette. 2 tablespoons is enough for the veggies to be tasty but it only adds 40-80 calories. This is my go to side dish or even whole meal.

ALSO, you will plateau! This is good and healthy and sometimes necessary, take the time to reevaluate your workout modes and intensity, adjust accordingly and then motivate yourself to increase your efforts to get to that next level of your goal.

Remember it's never a straight path up to the peak, mountain roads always curve and switchback and plateau, but as long as you keep driving forward you will get to the peak!

Oh yeah, if you can do some vinegar and some seasoning or hot sauce, that's hardly any calories and absolutely the better choice....but after your 400th serving you may want to have some other options, too...

Matthewpaver wrote: »

Sorry I haven't replied, the app never told me I had responses.

I managed to get down a few more pounds lately, down to 289lbs (took 2 months to get from mid 290's to less than 290 with exercise and good eating. Odd!). In terms of comments about calorie intake, I've been tracking my life with this app and totalling around 1500 calories or less a day, consistently for the whole month, and have upped protein and down'd bad carbs. Also got a good running watch with HR monitor. Great for tracking steps, sleep and making sure I'm in the fat burning HR zones when exercising (forerunner 235).

My weekly exercise routines roughly speaking are 2x 1 hr PT strength sessions, 2x 30 min turbo training sessions, 2x 30 min runs, 20 min dog walks nearly every day. So doing plenty, and to be honest the PT sessions leave me aching bad for days so my level of cardio is about manageable for now. I've noticed I'm getting a lot more muscle thanks to the PT, so accept the scales may not reduce rapidly given the swap of fat for muscle.

The weight is coming off very slowly though, just hope it keeps going cos there's still 80lbs to go.

I understand where you are coming from i have been losing weight since August 2015 and have lost 70 lbs most came off fast and easy but the last 2 months its much slower a pound here and there and i started at 287 and now weigh 218 but it just doesnt want to come off and i only eat 1200 or less some days and exercise some. Wish i understood why it has slowed to maybe 2 or 3 pounds a month when i still need to lose 40 or 50 lbs more hope this post you have started helps us and anyone else who is struggling.

I know where you're coming from. I don't eat back exercise calories, and I've tried to hold mine at1 1200 calories as it was set for me. I have lost 70 lbs since last February, but it started to really slow down at the end of the summer, and now...I'm desperately trying to lose those last 6 lbs.... I don't lose anything some weeks and it's tough when you feel like you are doing what feels right. I'm not going to give up on my goal but I do wonder if I'll ever get there.