Weightloss plateau

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LauraLegacy
LauraLegacy Posts: 1 Member
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My weight has been slowly declining the past 6 months. I have lost 35 pounds... But the past 2 months I've weighed in at the exact same weight! I need help getting past this

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  • lemonychild
    lemonychild Posts: 654 Member
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    If you're not losing you're not in deficit. You need to do better on your logging of slightly Increase cardio
  • capaul42
    capaul42 Posts: 1,390 Member
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    Have you adjusted your calorie goals since you lost? You should be adjusting every 20lbs lost or so. Especially as you get closer to your goal weight. The smaller we are, the lower our tdee.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
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    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.
  • samwiserabbit
    samwiserabbit Posts: 153 Member
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    How often do you weigh in? Your weight may be trending down even if you happen to weigh the same today as you did two months ago.

    Have you adjusted your intake to account for your lighter self? Now that you weigh less, you need to eat fewer calories to stay at a deficit.

    Are you close to your goal? Maybe it's time to start the switch to a maintenance mindset. Even temporarily switching to maintenance could help you recover your determination to keep losing.

    Congratulations on a 35 lb loss over six months! That's more than a pound per week, a pretty brisk pace, depending on how much you have to lose. It must have taken hard work and dedication to stick with it. Good job!

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