Stuck...Just Stuck...

Eat 100 calories less a day and weigh yourself every day, average every 7 and see if there's a downward trend.

Unfortunately as you get get smaller, you need less fuel. But you'll be less hungry!

It sounds like you're maintaining. So to lose more means either eating less or burning more through increased exercise (although it sounds like you have exercise pretty much covered!). I'd agree with the advice to try 100 cals less and see if that makes a difference.

Your photos are great by the way! It looks like you have a wonderful family and a very happy life together

adreal wrote: »

The hard part is I feel hungry all the time. I guess I just need to watch it more. I fee physically hungry at times. It's a tough balance

Yeah same boat here, hard to cut more because I'm so hungry. The only thing you can do is reduce the amount of not filling calories that you eat (for me it's things like chocolate, cookies, bread, rice).

I've found that eating very low carbs in the evening meal helps to kick me through a plateau. Eggs, grilled chicken, grass fed beef etc.

adreal wrote: »

I have lost about 77 pounds and am now stuck between 151 and 154. I would like to break this but it seems I just fluctuate between these numbers and have been doing so for months. It is rather fustrating. I have really been watching my over snacking and logging everything that I can. I just don't know where the break is.

I have switched from running 3-4 times a week to only running about 2-3 and I have switched from T25 to P90x3. So I am working out 5-7 days a week. I just can't seem to break the 150 mark. At this point I would just love to hit 150! But I am sure I will be up again tomorrow and will be at 155. I just don't understand it. And I am not losing inches. I have been keeping up with that also.

Someone Please HELP!!!!!!!

I'm in the same boat and it is sooooo frustrating! It's taken me from LAST JUNE till this JANUARY to lose 26 pounds. It takes me 4 times longer than a normal person to lose 2 pounds. Partly because I have no thyroid and take meds to supplement but I still think somehow that is related. But now, I'm stuck at a place between 179.6 and 180.4. I read that if you lose 10% of your body weight and you get stuck, that you either have to reduce calories a bit MORE or exercise MORE (didn't we know that already but hate the thought). Ugh...I'm eating between 1200-1400 a day already. I'm pretty used to that, and that's how I live now, but now the treats I would give myself have to be gone now, too. My husband and I rejoined Silver Sneakers (for free) at the local gym. I hope this gets me over the hump. Good luck to you! Just know you are NOT ALONE. Hang in there!

oolou wrote: »

I've been looking for the link to a documentary about food (but haven't found it yet) that included a section on what to eat to stave off hunger.

They fed two groups an identical meal of chicken, rice, (and I think a vegetable too?) and a glass of water. Except for the second group the meal was whizzed into a soup. The second group reported staying full for longer than the first group. I think the explanation was that although both groups took the same amount of time to digest the chicken and rice, the soup version kept the stomach fuller for longer and so the signals sent to the brain about needing more food were delayed.

Forgive my complete unsciency explanation! But thought I would throw it out there to those who feel hungry as something to try.

I have heard that soup keeps you feel full longer. My thought on it is that somehow the hot liquid causes a fuller feeling in the stomach. Who cares why it works if it does - right?

I'm 5'7 male 153 right now so a little different, but we don't eat that differently except I skip breakfast. When I looked at you diary I noticed you have a lot of entries you reuse. This isn't itself a problem but you could be getting calorie creep. I would suggest taking a few days where you weigh everything to recheck portion sizes. I try to do this every month so that I don't accidentally keep making them a little bigger over time.

For not feeling hungry I don't eat meat so I eat a lot of beans, peanut butter on toast or large salads with a bit of salsa just for volume. Also lots of water.

lthur714 wrote: »

thadhardin wrote: »

I've found that eating very low carbs in the evening meal helps to kick me through a plateau. Eggs, grilled chicken, grass fed beef etc.

Thanks for the tip! I don't have a problem all day long but after I eat dinner -- that time between 7:00 and 9:30 just about kill me. That's when I would get a snack but I do need to try this for sure.

This isn't a good tip. Less carbs mean less glycogen which looks like a loss on the scale when it's just less water weight. This is why people think they lose so quickly on low carb diets since they see a big dip on the first week of the diet. Then it levels out so they think low carb doesn't work. When they eat carbs again, their glycogen stores are replenished and they "gain all the weight back". It's not fat loss at all and low carb diets are not necessary for fat loss. The only reason one should go low-carb is if they have a medical reason for doing so.