Hovering around the same weight points for months
allunits
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Just venting....
I’ve been at it since November 2016, doing mostly low carb, sometimes keto, and have gone from 200lbs to 176 (5’3”). I’m so happy with the progress and I haven’t been perfect along the way so some fluctuation is to be expected, but I’m at the same time frustrated with how slow this is going. I overwhelmingly try to stay at about 1,300cals so based on that alone I was hoping I’d lose more. I seem to lose 3-4lbs, then get stuck at certain weights for months. I’ve been 174-177 since August, with counting, measuring, and mostly in ketosis. I look at keto meals on Instagram and think, I eat so much less and less well than these people, yet they lose steadily... what am I doing so differently?
This is not about giving up because LC has takes away my joint pains, plantar fasciitis, and I’m able to be satisfied eating this way. But boy, I feel like I’ve changed my woe and some days I feel so envious of people who seem to melt their weight away.
I will try to add sticking to macros more faithfully this year. I have a hard time eating 120ish grams of protein. I feel ready to step it up a bit and would love to get to the 140s this year.
Anyone else snailing along?...
I’ve been at it since November 2016, doing mostly low carb, sometimes keto, and have gone from 200lbs to 176 (5’3”). I’m so happy with the progress and I haven’t been perfect along the way so some fluctuation is to be expected, but I’m at the same time frustrated with how slow this is going. I overwhelmingly try to stay at about 1,300cals so based on that alone I was hoping I’d lose more. I seem to lose 3-4lbs, then get stuck at certain weights for months. I’ve been 174-177 since August, with counting, measuring, and mostly in ketosis. I look at keto meals on Instagram and think, I eat so much less and less well than these people, yet they lose steadily... what am I doing so differently?
This is not about giving up because LC has takes away my joint pains, plantar fasciitis, and I’m able to be satisfied eating this way. But boy, I feel like I’ve changed my woe and some days I feel so envious of people who seem to melt their weight away.
I will try to add sticking to macros more faithfully this year. I have a hard time eating 120ish grams of protein. I feel ready to step it up a bit and would love to get to the 140s this year.
Anyone else snailing along?...
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the picture speaks a thousand words. muscle weighs more then fat, forget the scale, your body has totally changed! keep with the plan, trust the plan.
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I agree the picture really show a difference4
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You are doing some recomp of your body. Your progress is great.
You might want to join an accountability group like the one baconslave does each week, it is a reminder to follow the basics. Or you might want to change up your macros, maybe more fat, less protein or vs. versa? We are all different, so it is hard to say what will or will not work for someone else.
I had to start doing intermittent fasting, then some longer fasts, along with upping my fats when I was eating. I dropped the last stubborn 15 lbs. in less than a month doing that and have been maintaining since end of May, even reached a 2nd lower weight which I have been maintaining for over 3 months now. Yeah, through the feasting season, no gains.
Keep calm, continue to keto on, and give it more time.8 -
The progress pic is great, but why are you eating 120 g protein? For the vast majority of women 5'3", 75-80 g/day is plenty.2
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I definitely agree with eating more protein. There’s no need to follow a medically therapeutic keto diet for seizures if your goal is weight loss.
I believe I lost a lot of muscle following the low protein advice and did much better with 120g and I’m only 5’4” myself.
I’ve also not lost weight in actually over 2 years but I’ve lost fat. I started eating more protein after that second photo. I had lost 25 pounds but not much fat. I believe low protein gave great scale weight loss because muscle is nice and dense and unfortunately much easier to lose than to gain.
Keep on keeping on. I think you’ll do well this year.
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Thanks, guys. I’m happy, but just wish it was a little faster or more consistent.
Mistizoom, I dunno... macro calculators seem to give me protein goals of abt 120-130...
Sunny_Bunny, that’s amazing!! Wow, what a difference, desire the scale.1 -
what is your current exercise routine? maybe you need to mix that up a bit, your body may be used to and expecting the current program.1
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You and I could be weight loss twins... except I started in August 2016...1
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I lose weight in fits and spurts, too, you’re not alone! Stick with the plan overall, make small changes if you need to change it up a bit.
If you’re at a plateau (which can also be viewed as a “maintence break,” abeit an involuntary one), you might toy around with increasing your calories a smidge, and see how many you can eat and still maintain. Like, if you’re at 1300 a Day now, what happens if you go up a smidge to 1350 a day? If you stay the same weight, then maybe try 1400 a day. Find the maximum calories you can eat and still *maintain* weight. Then you can choose to eat at that level for a couple-few weeks, and when you choose to take a deficit, you might find that you can lose again.
I had to stay at a point of maintaining my weight for most of 2017, for medical reasons. But as a person who has successfully lost weight many times and can gain weight without thinking twice, I had never built the skill set of how to maintain weight. I’m glad I had to do that. I’ve been cleared to take a calorie deficit again, and it’s working well to lose weight. I plan on taking maintenance breaks periodically as I go, though, to practice those habits to maintain weight at the lower weights too.4 -
I've hit a plateau as well so I know what you are going through. I always think of it in a biological sense that just before winter and during winter your body is just geared towards maintaining or gaining weight. I know that I become less active during the winter months and if I get sick I don't work out which all contribute to a weight plateau. Naturally even before going LCHF I used to lose roughly 10lbs going into Spring and Summer and I am sure it will happen again this year.4
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I'm snailing along as well. 5'3", 59, female, started at 167, took a whole year to lose 18 lbs. Combination of post menopause, age, type 2 diabetes. Just keep at it.4
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I figure there is progress being made even if it is not on the scales. My weight seems to be in a holding pattern. I have lost over 100 lbs in the past 2 years, so I am in a better place. I like the keto diet just in general, and I have made big progress with the blood glucose numbers and the T2D.
The body's response to the diet is a puzzle sometimes. In one six week period last year, my weight stayed stable, and I lost 5 inches on my waist measurement - no kidding. Five inches is a lot, and it made a huge difference in appearance. Curiously the scales did not seem to see it. Maybe this was some mass migration of fat cells to brown fat or something. Who knows? I will take it though.6 -
It’s nice to know I’m not alone, although I do wish all of us to lose a little faster! I’ve been more diligent with upping my protein and calories this week and have lost at least 2lbs! Cheesy’s post has been very helpful in particular because it hadn’t occurred to me that I have to learn how to maintain along the way too, especially since this isn’t a woe built around eating as little as possible.2
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My journey is similar to yours, 201 to 169 at 5'4" since Feb 2016. I was down to 165 last summer but then was less active than I'd previously been. My body needs me to get moving if I expect to see further changes. My youngest's April wedding recently got me motivated to get back into a workout routine. I started a yoga class once a week this month and just added a spin class this week. I need to add more walking and some strength training.1
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I wish the temp were more conducive to walking. I hate winter when its -31c (-24f)...brrrr3
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I wish the temp were more conducive to walking. I hate winter when its -31c (-24f)...brrrr
Youtube. Leslie Sansone, Walk Away the Pounds or Jessica Smith both have indoor walking programs that can be easily toned down or ramped up. If you're energetic you can easily make it quite aerobic.
Beginner Step Aerobics with Jenny Ford (no need for the step) can be easily adapted into indoor walking.
No equipment needed for any. Just shoes.4 -
My goal last year was to lose 11 lbs, however I managed to gain 6 instead. Currently 5'9" and 151 lbs
On the plus side, I dropped my body fat percentage from around 26% down to about 20.5%
I am in a size smaller clothes and they are baggy on me at this point. So, don't get discouraged, less fat is way healthier no matter what the scale says. Take measurements, lots of them, particularly around the abdomen, and take photos. I usually measure once a month: arms/legs (widest place flexed), belly button, 2" above/below belly button, chest/hips. When I was not losing on the scale this past year I was always seeing reduced measurements somewhere. Sometimes it was in my thighs, sometimes it was in my waist, a lot of it was in my low belly and hips...it kind of shifted around from month to month, but the measurements were always encouraging even when the scale was going the wrong way.
Your body wants to be healthy more than it wants to be a particular weight, so record the non-scale progress you are making and know that you are improving your health with that progress. Don't get discouraged!3 -
That is great progress! I know the need to see change on the scale, but check it alongside muscle/fat ratio and the tape measurements!1
