Hit a plateau

cabes7777
cabes7777 Posts: 2 Member
edited November 30 in Motivation and Support
I've been stuck at my CW for over a month, nothing that I've been doing for the past 6 months (that has helped me lose over 50 pounds) is working. I'm do discouraged, any suggestions?

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  • Jacob1020
    Jacob1020 Posts: 115 Member
    Where you following any certain diet plan or eating what you wanted in a calorie deficit?
  • werleibr
    werleibr Posts: 4 Member
    Well there could me multiple things that have taken place in the past 6 months. You may have it the point in your activity where you are now adding muscle at the same time you are subtracting fat. Don't let your weight be your only judgement of success. I personally am looking at my waist line, neck, chest, legs, and cardio endurance. Keep your chin up.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    1. If you aren't already, be sure that you're logging everything. Sometimes people forget about things like veggies, drinks, cooking oils, and condiments. For some people these can add up to enough to halt your weight loss progress.

    2. Consider buying a food scale if you don't already have one. They're about $10-$20 dollars in the US and easily found at places like Amazon, Target, and Walmart. Measuring cups and spoons are great, but they do come with some degree of inaccuracy. A food scale will be more accurate, and for some people it makes a big difference.

    3. Logging accurately also means choosing accurate entries in the database. There are a lot of user-entered entries that are off. Double-check that you're using good entries and/or using the recipe builder instead of someone else's homemade entries.

    4. Recalculate your goals if you haven't lately. As you lose weight your body requires fewer calories to run. Be sure you update your goals every ten pounds or so.

    5. If you're eating back your exercise calories and you're relying on gym machine readouts or MFP's estimates, it might be best to eat back just 50-75% of those. Certain activities tend to be overestimated. If you're using an HRM or activity tracker, it might be a good idea to look into their accuracy and be sure that yours is calibrated properly.

    6. If you're taking any cheat days that go over your calorie limits, it might be best to cut them out for a few weeks and see what happens. Some people go way over their calorie needs without realizing it when they don't track.

    7. If you weigh yourself frequently, consider using a program like trendweight to even out the fluctuations. You could be losing weight but just don't see it because of the daily ups and downs.

    8. Some people just burn fewer calories than the calculators predict. If you continue to have problems after 4-6 weeks, then it might be worth a trip to the doctor or a registered dietitian who can give you more specific advice
  • cabes7777
    cabes7777 Posts: 2 Member
    My diet is mostly high protein low carb and consuming no more than 1200 calories a day. I weigh myself in the morning and before I got to bed and lately the number will be less at night then in the a.m. I haven't been working out at all but I'm wanting to start cardio and strength training but am totally lost on what will be most affective.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
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    maybe this chart is better for you
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