Stuck between 292 - 295 pounds - uggh -- help!!!

It does sound as if your lifestyle is quite sedentary.
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Independently of weight this is not the greatest thing for you.

And it is not uncommon for people who eat at a deficit for an extended length of time to show some slowdown in involuntary movement which many of us attempt to counteract by deliberate activity,

I second the suggestion of carving some additional time out of your day for additional activity, perhaps walking to start. You may also want to look into the NEAT maximization thread.

In a target rich environment (lots of easily obtainable highly caloric food) an extremely sedentary lifestyle reduces rather than increases your chances of maintaining your weight in the normal weight range....

The other solution is continuing what you do now and accepting a slower loss rate. Or reducing your food intake even more. With my personal feeling being that extensively eating well below your current ~1750 net at your current weight could end up being long term counterproductive

I will expand a little bit on my above post and bring in another thread I responded to today regarding set point.

I'm making a percentages based assumption, namely that being at ~300lbs for your height puts you in the obese ii(+) category as opposed to, for example, just a slightly overweight level.

And you're under 40, so you have a ways to go, hopefully

I spent my late 20s, 30s and early 40s moving as little as possible! Why make two trips to the car if I can make one? Why walk to McDonald's if I can drive through the drive through and get my food faster? Once the dog poops what's the point of walking around in the cold? Any time uselessly spent detracts from my TV shows, from my books, from my gaming, from online and offline socializing, right? Going out for dinner is the easiest and best way to get together with friends, so it's something I should do several times a week!

I don't think you will be surprised to learn that I was obese (+) through most of that time period even though at various times I minussed and plussed 20 or 30lbs.

Maintaining a substantial weight loss (especially during the first few years after you achieve it) requires that you develop a variety of tools and self management techniques and that you set up preconditions that will encourage the retention of this lower weight as opposed to pre conditions that encourage a return to your previous one.

Failing to do so, in conjunction with the normal propensity towards weight regain on resumption of unrestricted eating that is pushed by hormonal changes triggered by prolonged caloric deficits is likely to result in the classic weight yo yo.

Which in turn pushes the narrative of set points and of destined to be obese.

The one thing I put on the table when I realized at age 48 that my weight was a substantial driver behind the life choices i was making (think avoiding river rafting, not touring a city, not going to wildernes park, not using a bike, not taking a bus, dreading sitting in an economy seat in a plane, not cutting my own grass), the one thing I put on the table was ... that my health was more important than *any* other activity I was engaged in and that *everything* was on the table for reconsideration and re-evaluation as to its importance in my life.

Not all at once. But for the re examination over time. And yes this includes things such as emotional eating (barely partially addressed in my case) as well as habits and work and everything else that constituted initial reality.

Remember not everything has to change. But *some* things in your life must change over time if you want a different outcome this time around.

There is a thread around about increasing non exercise activity thermogenesis (NEAT).

It's not a bad start in terms of examining one's activity levels.

Weigh the single serving items! They can be off by up to 20%.

I have lost 28 lbs but I have been bouncing between 193 and 195 for six months. I know exactly why this is happening. My logging is sloppy and I am eating too much to lose but not enough to gain. Therefore I am eating at maintenance. It is just physics.

I know exactly what I need to do to lose and that is to reduce the amount I am eating and go back to weighing and logging more accurately

Usually if you are not losing then you eating more than you think.

AndreaTamira wrote: »

Everybody is mentioning weighing your food (true and important), but one additional thing you can try is updating your MFP goals.

You list over 20 pounds before your weight loss stall. Which is so, so great, BTW. - But, at some point the deficit MFP originally calculated you should be eating at is your maintenance calories for a new weight. Even if the deficit is still there, only shrunk, it could play a role in the stall, especially if your logging is less accurate than you assume.

Just what I was about to add. Have you been back in to the Guided Set Up and re-clicked Save? It's highly likely that the number of cals you need, per day, has reduced with your weight loss. If you're still working to your original calories, you're eating more than you need / your deficit is much smaller than you think.

PAV8888 wrote: »

(snip-a-roo to some good stuff you can still read up there ^^^^ somewhere, to shorten reply)

There is a thread around about increasing non exercise activity thermogenesis (NEAT).

It's not a bad start in terms of examining one's activity levels.

Like maybe this one? 😉

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10610953/neat-improvement-strategies-to-improve-weight-loss/p1