Getting off the plateau

kantone999
kantone999 Posts: 174
edited October 4 in Food and Nutrition
I was stuck at 160/161 for 4 whole months. What turned the tide for me was reducing fat calories. I upped my complex carbs, cut out almost all refined sugar and lowered the fatty foods. Voila! I started losing again. Makes sense--if you eat 100 carb calories, it takes about 25 calories to turn 'em into fat. You eat 100 fat calories and it takes about 3 calories 'cuz the body doesn't have as much conversion work.

Anyway, I'm losing again, thank heaven. Anybody else out there who's stuck might look at that. It might work for you too. Good luck!

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  • freebrd89
    freebrd89 Posts: 3 Member
    thanks for the tip!
  • macenmen3
    macenmen3 Posts: 1
    Wow thanks so much im going to have to try that, ive only been stuck for about 2 wks but its driving me insane, i workout everyday and am always under my calorie in take and its just so frustrating, im willing to do just bout anything
  • kantone999
    kantone999 Posts: 174
    It's definitely worth a try. I know I was just about to give up when I came across an article with the percentages. I thought--hey! Why not? And it worked. Woo-hoo!
  • DisneyMommy
    DisneyMommy Posts: 281 Member
    Thanks for the tip, I'll give it a shot.
  • jovz10
    jovz10 Posts: 531 Member
    been stuck for two weeks... i was losing a pound every three days down to nothing... thanks for the info... i'll give it a try! see if i could break this plateau...
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