At a stand still...

bhosier30
bhosier30 Posts: 5 Member
edited November 29 in Health and Weight Loss
I'm at a stand still with my weight and I was wondering what ideas I could get to be able to see the numbers start to come down again.

Thank you in advance. :)

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  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    How long has it been since you've lost weight?
  • bhosier30
    bhosier30 Posts: 5 Member
    A week
  • strong_curves
    strong_curves Posts: 2,229 Member
    bhosier30 wrote: »
    A week

    That's not a real standstill. Weight loss isn't linear, there will be some weeks where you will not lose, some weeks where your weight may go up.

  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    bhosier30 wrote: »
    A week

    That's completely normal. People losing weight often have a week or more without any weight loss. Just be patient.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10084670/it-is-unlikely-that-you-will-lose-weight-consistently-i-e-weight-loss-is-not-linear/p1
  • KatyP86
    KatyP86 Posts: 164 Member
    edited February 2016
    Just went thru the samething! Finally today I dropped another 1.5 pounds after 2 weeks of nothing :) be patient and stay motivated, the weight will drop! I check my weight once a week, I'd go crazy if I checked everyday. What about you?
  • bhosier30
    bhosier30 Posts: 5 Member
    I need to get back to only weighing myself once a week. lol! I'm doing every other day now. Thank you all for the input. :)
  • sanjuanthedon
    sanjuanthedon Posts: 1 Member
    If the sight of the scale not going down causes any sort of frustration, I have found that its best only to weigh yourself every 2 weeks (or even less). Focus on how you feel more then what the scale says. Stick to a calorie and excercise goal. It will come off if you do so. Be patient and you will get there!
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
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  • trjjoy
    trjjoy Posts: 666 Member
    Weight loss IS linear IF you have a consistent calorie deficit. Did you eat a meal high in sodium? Did you start a new exercise program? These two things can cause you to retain water for a bit.
  • Tinawood40
    Tinawood40 Posts: 65 Member
    This happened to me a couple of times. I did a 12 day stretch with no loss and had a sudden 2 lb loss both times which put me right where I would have been at a pound a week.
  • trjjoy
    trjjoy Posts: 666 Member
    Tinawood40 wrote: »
    This happened to me a couple of times. I did a 12 day stretch with no loss and had a sudden 2 lb loss both times which put me right where I would have been at a pound a week.

    You were probably retaining water both times. CICO really IS linear IF you maintai a consistent calorie deficit.
  • 42firm03
    42firm03 Posts: 115 Member
    trjjoy wrote: »
    Weight loss IS linear IF you have a consistent calorie deficit. Did you eat a meal high in sodium? Did you start a new exercise program? These two things can cause you to retain water for a bit.

    Do not listen to this. It's flat wrong for most/many women. Our cycles cause weight to fluctuate over the course of a month and it takes measurements over longer periods (ha) to measure our results. My weight only goes down once every 28 days. That's a lots of frustrating weekly weigh-ins if you don't find your own pattern.
  • HellsAngel8
    HellsAngel8 Posts: 1 Member
    I have been stuck at the same weight for 3 weeks. Was losing a lb a week then nothing. A gym freak friend told me to change my activities. He said my body had got used to the healthy food and was panicking and storing. .. I went out and ate a medium pizza. Felt bad after it. But went toilet and got up the next day. Got on scales and I'd lost 2lb! Now I've changed it slightly and I'm trying to fit in extra little exercises in the house as I don't get out to the gym being a single parent. Gonna see how I get on. Keep going guys. If we really want it, we can achieve it X
  • trjjoy
    trjjoy Posts: 666 Member
    Also look at how many calories you should be eating for your new weight. Perhaps you are still on the same number of calories for the old, higher weight. Adjust this if necessary.

    A number of things can disguise weight loss. I mentioned them previously. But weight loss really IS linear IF you have a consistent calorie deficit. If CICO is true, which it is, then weight loss with a consistent calorie deficit can only be linear, no?
  • trjjoy
    trjjoy Posts: 666 Member
    HellsAngel8 wrote: »
    He said my body had got used to the healthy food and was panicking and storing. ..

    That ain't a thing. Ignore him.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    trjjoy wrote: »
    HellsAngel8 wrote: »
    He said my body had got used to the healthy food and was panicking and storing. ..

    That ain't a thing. Ignore him.

    Yeah, he was probably talking about this.

    http://www.aworkoutroutine.com/starvation-mode/
  • bendyourkneekatie
    bendyourkneekatie Posts: 696 Member
    42firm03 wrote: »
    trjjoy wrote: »
    Weight loss IS linear IF you have a consistent calorie deficit. Did you eat a meal high in sodium? Did you start a new exercise program? These two things can cause you to retain water for a bit.

    Do not listen to this. It's flat wrong for most/many women. Our cycles cause weight to fluctuate over the course of a month and it takes measurements over longer periods (ha) to measure our results. My weight only goes down once every 28 days. That's a lots of frustrating weekly weigh-ins if you don't find your own pattern.

    Exactly. There's a confusion of terms. Fat loss is most likely linear with consistent and accurate cico, but weight loss isn't. And since we can't easily measure fat loss on a daily/weekly basis, weight loss is all we have to go on.
    I never see a drop until shark week. 3 or so weeks of nothing, and then a whoosh. It's like a tiny bit of compensation...

  • Mavrick_RN
    Mavrick_RN Posts: 439 Member
    Read a few more threads and this issue is bound to come up again. The answer is always the same. Weight loss is not linear. Daily fluctuations are common. If you can't handle that, stop weighing yourself everyday.
  • Goatsmith
    Goatsmith Posts: 29 Member
    Weight loss is not linear and varies based on everything under the sun. I weigh myself daily, but I only /record/ every couple days or so, once or twice a week at most. Everything from when you ate (big meal before bed = still have weight from stomach contents when you weigh in the morning) to how much water you're retaining to the coffee you had will skew your weight by half a pound or more.

    Regardless of how often you weigh yourself, look at your weight loss as trends over longer terms (say, weeks in a month) and it'll smooth out some of the noise from frequent weigh-ins.
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