Ive hit a plateau after 60 lbs lost... HELP

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I recently hit a plateau and couldn't get past it. Then I got sick. So I just didn't have the energy to workout at all! But I did still track my calories. I made sure I never went over (okay, once) and the week i was sick I lost 3 pounds. give it a shot

I would listen to your trainer. They are educated in nutrition. Good luck.

Oddly, decreasing activity a bit and adding food can jump start your metabolism. However, in my opinion, the best thing you can do at a plateau is be gracious and kind to yourself, know you are doing what you need to do, and just wait. You WILL start losing again. You body is just getting the house in order. It's normal.

A plateau is your body's way of trying to hold on to what it has left. If it thinks you are consuming too much of what it has stored up for you and it also thinks that you aren't consuming enough to replenish what you've lost, it will slow your metabolism done to a crawl, hence the plateau. If you take a break from exercising for a little bit, and consume a little more calories, your body will then be tricked into thinking it is not in danger of running out of stored fuel and will kick the metabolism back on, and thus you will start losing weight again.

Ive hit a plateau after 60 lbs lost... My trainer told me to take a week off at the gym and add 200cal to my diet. Anyone heard or tried this method?? I still have another 60lbs to lose....HELP

I just hit a month-long, no-loss-in-inches-or-pounds, plateau that I was able to break by going into maintenance for a week. I lost 1.3 pounds pretty much overnight with that method. I also took a couple of days off exercise and a week off running. I started 30 Day Shred for a second time on the third day, still eating maintenance and not eating back the exercise calories. Then bumped back down to a -250 deficit and have been eating back about half of my exercise calories. Another .2 this morning (a week later) so it seems to be working.

I would try it. The worst that could happen is that you don't lose any weight. You're already plateaued, so it's not like you haven't been experiencing it already.

A plateau is your body's way of trying to hold on to what it has left. If it thinks you are consuming too much of what it has stored up for you and it also thinks that you aren't consuming enough to replenish what you've lost, it will slow your metabolism done to a crawl, hence the plateau. If you take a break from exercising for a little bit, and consume a little more calories, your body will then be tricked into thinking it is not in danger of running out of stored fuel and will kick the metabolism back on, and thus you will start losing weight again.

Thank you!
I am guilty of sticking to SAME routine food & exercise wise... GREAT ADVICE :flowerforyou:

I'm in the same plateau after 50lbs lost. I was told to try the same thing, so that's what I'm doing right now. I hope for both of us, that it works!

Your trainer is absolutely right. After months of the same eating habits and working out, your body does need to be shocked to get those pounds off. Same thing happened to me. I was eating way too many carbs and too little fat (good fats). I added more healthy protein (lean canadian bacon, whole eggs, whole milk, cheeses for calcium, steak, avocados) and limited my carb intake to green veggies like salads with ranch dressing, sautéed zucchini & green chard, fresh green beans (also onions, tomato, mushroom, bell peppers, salsa) but NO fruit bc they have way too many carbs. And totally cut out the high carb starches like bread, pasta (not even whole wheat), potato, tortillas, NO sugary drinks including diet stuff. Can u believe after 3 days of doing this, I woke up on day 4 and lost 4 lbs??!! This is without even working out! I'd been at the same weight for 6 long months eating healthy & exercising. Guess my body needed some shocking, and a delicious shock it was. I'm so happy I got to enjoy some yummy food AND lost the lbs. Gonna stick to my 35 carb daily limit for 2 wks then up my carb intake to 50 a day until I get the lbs I want off. I am taking supplements religiously. Try it, it works!