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Busting Plateaus.....HELP!

hmm33502
hmm33502 Posts: 201 Member
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
What was your longest plateau? Why do you think it happened? What did you do to break through and start losing again?

I am in a mini plateau. No losses for almost 2 weeks, but I did just start exercising alot and have recently stared eating more calories. I know this is probably nothing, but I have been losing pretty quickly until I stared working out more!

This doesn't mean that I will stop working out, I'm just curious how others have overcome plateaus.

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  • 00trayn
    00trayn Posts: 1,849 Member
    I plateaued for about 6 months... so 2 weeks to me doesn't sound like a bad deal. I've only finally started losing again in the last 2 weeks. I had to really look at my eating habits and I cleaned them up entirely. My food diary is public. Basically I keep to less than 1500mg of sodium a day, get 100g of protein, and I bring my lunch to work every day instead of buying it from somewhere. I also have a protein smoothie for dinner. Overall, I eat about 1500 calories a day. Didn't really change my workouts aside from adding in some more strength and running less. But it seems to have done the trick, finally!
  • ashlinmarie
    ashlinmarie Posts: 1,263 Member
    I'm stuck in a 3 week plateau myself, but with only 16 lbs lost, I feel I might be a little early for a long one. I'm not even halfway done!
  • kimphillips36
    kimphillips36 Posts: 125
    Busting through plateaus are hard!! I've usually increased or changed up my workout routine. Just recently, I did a 3 day cleanse and I lost 7 lbs....worked great!!
  • Pappadhum
    Pappadhum Posts: 2 Member
    I had a 1-week plateau during the last cycle... Overcame it with patience.

    It actually helps to get into "trend weight" calculation (I used the Hacker's diet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hacker's_Diet). Trend weight is something I really miss on this site, and that helps tremendously with plateaus (see http://www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/e4/signalnoise.html).

    If you have an Android phone, you can use LIBRA as a weight recording tool - it calculates trend weight, is quite pretty, and is free.
  • Kimrenaud
    Kimrenaud Posts: 118 Member
    I plateaued for about 6 months... so 2 weeks to me doesn't sound like a bad deal. I've only finally started losing again in the last 2 weeks. I had to really look at my eating habits and I cleaned them up entirely. My food diary is public. Basically I keep to less than 1500mg of sodium a day, get 100g of protein, and I bring my lunch to work every day instead of buying it from somewhere. I also have a protein smoothie for dinner. Overall, I eat about 1500 calories a day. Didn't really change my workouts aside from adding in some more strength and running less. But it seems to have done the trick, finally!

    I am at 4 months now and it stinks.....it was melting off before now I can't get back to my 60lbs I lost I teter between 5-6 lbs....Crazy!
  • Kimrenaud
    Kimrenaud Posts: 118 Member
    Busting through plateaus are hard!! I've usually increased or changed up my workout routine. Just recently, I did a 3 day cleanse and I lost 7 lbs....worked great!!

    Thanks for sharing photos!
  • ypena78
    ypena78 Posts: 236 Member
    Well I was in a plateau, for about 6 months. and I think i was because for 1 my dad got real sick & I was in & out of hospitals, then my daughters seizures were very active, so couldnt leave her out of my sight. Then I wasnt really exercising as much, but now that everything has calm down & I am out of work for the summer I am exercising & toning a lot more so now I am back on track for losing the weight....
  • hmm33502
    hmm33502 Posts: 201 Member
    My Plateau is BUSTED! I lost 4 lbs! My body was probably hanging on to it because of my kicked up exercise lately. It probably wasn't even a plateau, but it was a bit discouraging. Thank you all for helping me get through it!
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