Plateau Hell

I was on weight watchers for a year and lost 70#, in August all weight loss stopped and for 4 months I have been up and down the same 2#🤦‍♀️I’ve increased cardio, didn’t do cardio, ate my recommended 1700 calories and then went back to WW 1200 calories. Not one thing has broke the plateau. I work out 6-8 hours a week with 4 of those strength since March ( I know I switched addictions). I have 70# more to lose! Why is my body doing this and how can I get off this crazy bus?

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  • nighthawk584
    nighthawk584 Posts: 2,023 Member
    edited January 2020
    barring a medical issue, it has to be something in your calorie counting..are you weighing EVERYTHING that goes in your mouth on a food scale?
  • ruperthumphrey
    ruperthumphrey Posts: 195 Member
    When I plateaued, I changed my routine, I found Intermittent Fasting kick started it for me.
  • Katmary71
    Katmary71 Posts: 7,087 Member
    My first major plateau was from not using a scale to measure. It doesn't seem like cups and "small banana " would be that far off but they added up and I had less wiggle room closer to goal. About 4 months into calorie counting I plateaued for a month. I was working out every day for at least an hour and weighing everything. I stuck with it and tried to up cardio. At the end of the month I dropped 5lbs all at once. I didn't plateau after that but it may because I added the gym to my workouts.