Advice to lose 15 lbs- female, stuck in a weight loss plateau for MONTHS!

lilikoiskincare · May 2019

So to make a long story short I have a long history of binge eating disorder and have slowly been working on improving my thyroid hormones (was diagnosed with hashimoto's 4 years ago)

I weighed 154lbs at my highest and am now 140 lbs, my goal is less than 130lbs, ideally 125lbs and i am 5'2-5'3". I have been stuck at 140lbs for about 3 months and it seems like no matter what I eat the scale wont budge.

Advice for weigh loss plateu? besides cutting calories and just exercising more (both of which ive done). I eat about 1200-1400 calroies a day (unprocessed and organic mostly) and exercise 3-4 times a week.. since i do not see the scale moving I am losing motivation and eating more cheat meals (I haven't gained weight from this though oddly enough).

Anyone been through similar weight loss issues? What helped you get the scale to budge?

cmriverside · May 2019

How are you calculating your calories eaten? Using a food scale? Logging everything? You say you're eating "about 1200-1400."

"About" may be the problem. No. "About" is the problem.

jaymijones · May 2019

Up your calories a bit, and weigh everything you put in your mouth. It entirely possible you are eating more than you think, and that’s why you aren’t losing. Also this close to your goal you need to slow your weight loss rate way back, aim for 1lb a week or less or you’ll find yourself hungry all the time and “cheating” more often as your hunger levels overcome your will power.

Those last few lbs are always the hardest.

jadol87 · May 2019

Would love some views on this! This is exactly my life also! However i’m stuck at your starting weight for over 2 years now! Major plateau! Only person I know on a diet that ends up weighing more than before lol!
Weigh all foods, no processed meals/ sauces all made from scratch. 80-100g protein a day! Xx

Maxematics · May 2019

The answer is that you're eating more than you think. Get a food scale and start weighing everything you eat.

apullum · May 2019

jadol87 wrote: »

Would love some views on this! This is exactly my life also! However i’m stuck at your starting weight for over 2 years now! Major plateau! Only person I know on a diet that ends up weighing more than before lol!
Weigh all foods, no processed meals/ sauces all made from scratch. 80-100g protein a day! Xx

The bolded part is the only part of this post that is needed to ensure weight loss.

xxzenabxx · May 2019

lilikoiskincare wrote: »

So to make a long story short I have a long history of binge eating disorder and have slowly been working on improving my thyroid hormones (was diagnosed with hashimoto's 4 years ago)

I weighed 154lbs at my highest and am now 140 lbs, my goal is less than 130lbs, ideally 125lbs and i am 5'2-5'3". I have been stuck at 140lbs for about 3 months and it seems like no matter what I eat the scale wont budge.

Advice for weigh loss plateu? besides cutting calories and just exercising more (both of which ive done). I eat about 1200-1400 calroies a day (unprocessed and organic mostly) and exercise 3-4 times a week.. since i do not see the scale moving I am losing motivation and eating more cheat meals (I haven't gained weight from this though oddly enough).

Anyone been through similar weight loss issues? What helped you get the scale to budge?

It looks like you’re undereating and then binging. Why not eat abit more, like 1600 calories and then you won’t give up and keep overeating. Your cheat days are accounted for right? We’ve got similar stats: I’m 5’ 4” and 155lbs and I’m eating 1800 calories to lose 1 lb a week. There’s no need to rush and you should have a smaller deficit anyway when you reach the last 20 or less pounds. Aim for a 250/300 calorie deficit and weigh. All. Your. Food. Be patient with the last 15 lbs. they will come off slower and will be masked by water fluctuations.

lorrpb · May 2019

Can someone post the flow chart?

OP it sounds like you’re eating at maintenance. Establish your current actual intake including “cheats”. Then Cut back 200 cals per day from that and you should lose 0.5 per week. All food weighing and logging needs to be spot on because you’re working with a small margin of error.

cmriverside · May 2019

lorrpb wrote: »

Can someone post the flow chart?

OP it sounds like you’re eating at maintenance. Establish your current actual intake including “cheats”. Then Cut back 200 cals per day from that and you should lose 0.5 per week. All food weighing and logging needs to be spot on because you’re working with a small margin of error.

as you wish:

PAV8888 · May 2019

+1 on eating a higher number of correctly counted calories while aiming for slower loss. Also use weight trend app since process will be very slow. Particularly +1 on a starting point of counting all calories currently eaten including "off plan" eating, and starting from that apply a small reduction.

kgb6days · May 2019

I had the exact same thing happen to me. Weighed, measured and logged everything that went into my mouth. Then I was introduced to Intermittent fasting. Broke my plateau, got to goal (125 lb at 5'2"). Had to stop fasting because I didn't want to lose any more. Before IF I ate 1200 calories/day. I did a 5:2 fast pattern, ate around 1800 calories 5days/week. My 2 fast days each week I drank lots of sugar free liquids (coffee, water, unsweetened tea, etc) all day and had a dinner of 500 calories. I found it much easier to do this, and had much better results. Eating 1200 calories daily for a week = 8400/week. In my fast pattern, I ate 9100/week. The math says I ate more calories in a week with fasting, but I lost weight. I believe in it

Advice to lose 15 lbs- female, stuck in a weight loss plateau for MONTHS!

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