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Breaking the "plateau"

deimosphoebos
deimosphoebos Posts: 117 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Well, its been 5 days since I have adjusted my diet and routine and think that it is breaking through my "plateau."

What I've changed:

1. I only drink coffee and water between 6am and 1pm. Then I eat from 1-9pm my allowed calories (about 2000).
2. I drink alot of water.
3. Make sure I get at least 6hrs of sleep, if not more.
4. StrongLifts 5x5, 3 days a week.

My goal is to hit 190lbs by mid June, I'm at 199 right now. :-)

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  • serindipte
    serindipte Posts: 1,557 Member
    If that's what works for you to keep you in a calorie deficit, then yes, it will work!

    If you're only doing this to 'break the plateau', it's unnecessary.

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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    How long has it been since you lost weight? How are you measuring your calorie intake?
  • ilcontreras28
    ilcontreras28 Posts: 12 Member
    What time of the day do you workout?
  • deimosphoebos
    deimosphoebos Posts: 117 Member
    malibu927 wrote: »
    How long has it been since you lost weight? How are you measuring your calorie intake?

    45 days since weight loss (well it has been going up and down +/-5# for the last month) I weigh my food.
  • deimosphoebos
    deimosphoebos Posts: 117 Member
    ilcontreras28 wrote: »
    What time of the day do you workout?

    11am - so on an empty stomach... This is a bit weird, but it seems to work.
  • jjpptt2
    jjpptt2 Posts: 5,650 Member
    If it's working, then ultimately that's all that matters - so good job.

    But just for a bit of context/perspective going forward... except for the sleep part, none of those things are going to inherently improve/benefit weight loss. My guess is that making those changes refocused you somehow, such that you are more dialed in and/or on track with your diet than you had been... and that is what's causing the weight loss.
  • deimosphoebos
    deimosphoebos Posts: 117 Member
    Thanks guys. Either way i am 5.5 months into my 12 month journey. A bit of a way to go, huge progress made, now it`s about tightening up and fine tuning.
  • Running_and_Coffee
    Running_and_Coffee Posts: 811 Member
    100% anecdotal here, but when I've hit a stall of a few weeks or longer, changing things has coincided with a loss. For example, staggering calories so that one day I'm eating pretty low calorie and the next it's high, still hitting the same average number of calories per day over a week's time. So has changing my exercise routine, such as taking a few spin classes instead of my usual daily run. All of this is still eating at the same deficit, but switching it up has helped for whatever reason.
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