I seriously hope it stays this way

madisonsteelex
madisonsteelex Posts: 295
edited October 3 in Health and Weight Loss
After about a month of not losing any weight at all, just in the past week I've lose 3 lbs! I don't know how this is working because I've barely exercised this week, when on normal weeks I burn about 4000 calories and this week I burned maybe 1500. But I hope it stays like this!
Anyone know why this could have possibly have happened/ what I should do to keep it this way?

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  • blondebandbabe
    blondebandbabe Posts: 26 Member
    My doctor told me when I plateau to add more strenght training. So maybe the calories you burned were in a different fashion than usual? Also sometime it just takes a while for things to even out, things like your thyroid play a big role in losing weight. The thyroid takes 6 weeks to change levels, so everything could of just been adjusting to the new you.
  • Nikki881
    Nikki881 Posts: 203
    It could be because you weren't eating enough of those 4000 calories back, and your body went into starvation mode. Sometimes to break a plateau, you usually need to eat more than you think you should. It could also be water weight.
  • madisonsteelex
    madisonsteelex Posts: 295
    Yeah I was thinking I should be eating more calories back, since I never do
  • Nikki881
    Nikki881 Posts: 203
    Yeah I was thinking I should be eating more calories back, since I never do

    Your net calories for the day (on the home page) should be at LEAST 1200, otherwise your body goes into starvation mode. I usually aim for 1250 or so, and I lose between a pound and two pounds a week. And a lot of it is water too.
  • madisonsteelex
    madisonsteelex Posts: 295
    When you up your calories for a couple days to get out of a plateau, after you get out should you lower your calories back down?
    Like this week I upped my calories a bit and lowered my exercise and lost 3 lbs, now should I lower it back down and start working out the same six days a week burning 500-800 cals a day?
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    No. Why would you switch back to something that wasn't working?
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