Plateue?

lauramay1956
lauramay1956 Posts: 2 Member
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Iam 5"6 155lbs. I've lost 12lbs and then completely stopped losing weight. I even just threw in the towell after two months of no weightloss. I gained back 8 of it. Then this month i amped it up and doubled my excercise and my calorie intake is between 13-1500. I lost it all and am right back at 155! And it's stuck again! Driving me nuts! Any advice??

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  • DennisA70
    DennisA70 Posts: 115 Member
    If you are doing the same exercises, try changing it up. Same thing with food, try something different within your calorie goals
  • TylerShewbatski
    TylerShewbatski Posts: 265 Member
    > up your carbs for two days > up the cardio > lower your carbs to same level again > continue
  • xcalygrl
    xcalygrl Posts: 1,897 Member
    Are you weighing all solids and semi-solids on a food scale? If not, you may be eating more than you think you are.

    If you're weighing everything, how long have you stalled? A couple of days isn't actually a stall. It could be water weight, food, food waste, hormones, etc.. If it's been several weeks, refer make sure you are weighing and logging everything.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member

    1. If it's been less than 3 weeks or so since you last saw a drop on the scale, don't sweat it! Normal fluctuations happen and unfortunately sometimes we stall for a week or two even when we're doing everything right. Give your body some time to catch up with the changes you're making.

    2. 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.

    3. 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.

    4. 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.

    5. 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.

    6. 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.

    7. 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.

    8. 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.

    9. 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.
  • 2snakeswoman
    2snakeswoman Posts: 655 Member
    edited April 2016
    Patience (hard as that is). Pay very close attention to how you're eating, whether you're taking extra bites, nibbles, and sips that you don't count, etc. Sometimes you do have to tweak things a bit. Calorie budgets and exercise burns are all estimates and may be completely wrong for you.

    Oh, and in case you're curious, the word is spelled: plateau
  • ericatoday
    ericatoday Posts: 454 Member
    Yeah try sticking to cardio not so much muscle building if you want to lose weight and drop your calories to between 1000-1300 and dont get discouraged ive lost 30lbs in 6 1/2 months and the first 15lbs came off in the first month so its taken 5 1/2 months to take off 15lbs because i hit my healthy weight. Ive hit plateaus and it sucks but they do break if you stick to it.

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