I AM NEVER GETTING OUT OF THE 180's!

MrsTomkins
MrsTomkins Posts: 64 Member
edited October 5 in Motivation and Support
After I had my daughter I lost a lot of weight.. I have now been stuck in the 180's for almost 4 months.. it is so frustrating!! I work out, I eat clean.. I know it takes time and sometimes you plateau and yadda yadda yadda but I am SOOO ready to be in the 170's.

maybe this week. I have been at 181.5 or almost a week... Sooooooooo ready.

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  • missxlaur
    missxlaur Posts: 286
    you can do it! it took me almost a year to get out of the 180s. just stick with it! i promise you'll get there!
  • FaithandFitness
    FaithandFitness Posts: 653 Member
    I am right there with you, but up in the 210's . . .I once made it to 199.5. I feel like once I break that it will be so motivating! We can do it!
  • mom4nursing
    mom4nursing Posts: 28 Member
    Good luck. I'm with you. I have been in the high 150s for months now. It is very, very frustrating. I want to see the 140s!!!!
  • Fairysoul
    Fairysoul Posts: 1,361 Member
    You can do it!!!
  • Staobe
    Staobe Posts: 2
    Have you tried shaking up your routine? Or change what your eating? :happy:
  • stef_3
    stef_3 Posts: 173
    I was stuck in the 170 for almost 5 months:(
  • witheredorchid
    witheredorchid Posts: 164 Member
    I'm in the same boat with the 170's. I dipped to 169 for like a day once and man do I just want to see that on the scale again. :(
  • GettingFit4Me2011
    GettingFit4Me2011 Posts: 112
    You will do it. Watch that salt intake, make sure you are not eating too much.
  • peggyalex
    peggyalex Posts: 174 Member
    You will do it! I was the EXACT same way. I was stuck in the 180s forever...........finally I changed up my workout routine and started working out at a high intensity and finally got down in the 170's........now Im stuck there! HA! Just keep switching things up and find out what works for you and you will get it! Just don't give up!!!!!!!!!!
  • Peanutmanda
    Peanutmanda Posts: 103
    You can do it!! The 180's were SO hard for me too!! Just got to keep at it. It is hard, but worth it! Congrats so far tho!!
  • Ambrogio1
    Ambrogio1 Posts: 518 Member
    I ws there. EXACTLY THEREEEEEEEEEEEEEE

    180-183

    I introduced Spike Sundays and broke it. Do it! SPIKE ON SUNDAYS
    DOUBLE CALS DOUBLE CARBS

    You will drop 5 lbs quick
  • vettle
    vettle Posts: 621 Member
    You can do it! Eat a bit more food and your body will kick into burning again. Your body is too comfortable with what you're eating now and is afraid that you won't be getting any more food so it's hanging onto every calorie it gets. I can't see your diary, but plateaus are basically caused by under eating.

    good luck!
  • LynnBoyer
    LynnBoyer Posts: 1 Member
    Maybe try eating more lean protein? And if possible, running is a very fast way to burn calories. You can do it!
  • tinacrane
    tinacrane Posts: 134 Member
    I know the feeling as well...I am stuck at 145 for two months now. I can honestly evaluate what I have done and not done and know where my problems are. I know that for my husband at least -he tries to underestimate his calories, and takes bites of unrecorded food in the evening, and overestimates his exercise calories....which can stall weight loss too.
  • radfordgal05
    radfordgal05 Posts: 11
    Sodium is the next best thing to start watching. I keep seeing people post on here they reduce their sodium and lose more weight.
  • tinacrane
    tinacrane Posts: 134 Member
    What does that mean to SPIKE ON SUNDAYS?
  • NotGoddess
    NotGoddess Posts: 1,198 Member
    Four months is a long time, but look at how far you've come! Re-evaluate your calories in/out. Are you eating the right amount and moving every day? Increase those little calorie burners like parking at the back of the lot and 'forgetting' stuff so you have to make additional trips up/down stairs. The effect will add up. I was stuck at the edge of 140 for 6 weeks and incredibly frustrated but I finally broke through and so can you!
  • MinnieInMaine
    MinnieInMaine Posts: 6,400 Member
    You and me both!! I've been in the 180's for far too long now! Not sure if you use the app or just the website..I just use the website so I don't get that weekly view that the app users do. So this morning, I decided that I'm going to keep my own spreadsheet of net calories so I can see an average of my consumption over the next few months.

    My daily goal is 1400 but I tend to go over that once or twice per week. When I was much heavier, that didn't seem to make much of a difference but I think now that I'm closer to goal, it's messing me up. Plan on keeping goal at 1400 (should be losing about 1 pound per week but I'm not) but trying to stick to that goal more often. I'm also going to try kicking my workouts up a notch and do more strength training to see if that'll help.

    Good luck to us all! :)
  • MrsTomkins
    MrsTomkins Posts: 64 Member
    thanks for all the support guys!! feel free to add me :) my work out routine is a mix of the chalean extreme program and I just started the couch to 5 k program on Sunday to add some much needed cardio..

    I also eat pretty clean with an occasional indulgence.. but recently found out I have a gluten allergy and today is my first official day of no gluten.. so maybe with the lure of pizza and pasta and bread out of the picture I will drop a few pounds..
  • Maryfullofgrace
    Maryfullofgrace Posts: 342 Member
    After I had my daughter I lost a lot of weight.. I have now been stuck in the 180's for almost 4 months.. it is so frustrating!! I work out, I eat clean.. I know it takes time and sometimes you plateau and yadda yadda yadda but I am SOOO ready to be in the 170's.

    maybe this week. I have been at 181.5 or almost a week... Sooooooooo ready.

    NEVER SAY NEVER!!! change it all, change your mindset, change up your food, Black is white, up is down... Try SOMETHING NEW!!! most of all CHANGE YOUR MINDSET! Eat breakfast for lunch, dinner for breakfast. Instead of walk, skip. (I do this in the dark of night and if the neighbors are watching they at least don't know it is me...) Just do something radical to change what you are doing. It WILL happen, never say never!
  • AnneGenevieveS
    AnneGenevieveS Posts: 441 Member
    you can do it!! You've lost weight and you know what to do!

    You body may be rebelling against all the weight you've lost, but just stick with it! It can't hold out forever :) Great job girl :)

    Also, make sure you're not eating too little, not too much and switch up the exercise routine. Its amazing what that can do to break a plateau.
  • tuffytuffy1
    tuffytuffy1 Posts: 920 Member
    I've been stuck in the 170's for 5 months, I feel your pain. And I go to a personal trainer 3 times a week! I have only lost 8 or 9 pounds in these 5 months I have been here. But I figure the weight is bound to come off eventually if I keep at it. You can do it!
  • kegonzales
    kegonzales Posts: 75
    I understand your frustration and like many other posts my advice is to change something up. If you are working out you may have to change it such as trying something completely new so your body has to adjust. Increase your calories slightly in case your body thinks you are trying to starve it. Stay positive and keep on track.
  • lb7970
    lb7970 Posts: 79 Member
    I feel the same way! I've been stuck here for months myself. Sounds like lots of people get stuck at this weight for some reason. I've varied my workouts and my foods. Started taking thyroid medication, stopped hormonal birth control. So hopefully once my body balances out I'll break through the plateau.

    My cousin and and her son have gluten allergies. Once she started eating gluten free the weight dropped quickly not that she needed it. Good luck!
  • cassblue21
    cassblue21 Posts: 207
    I am also in the many that are stuck here! I have been here for the same amount of time and it seemed to take just as long to get out of the 190's! Its so frustrating! I did the C25K over the summer and ended in the beginning of Oct. Loved it! I am not a good runner, but do still get in 2 miles here and there. I would like to increase that to 5! Anyway, I digress... If you find some routine that starts to work, or foods that help let me know! Feel free to add me! :)
  • khk2010
    khk2010 Posts: 451 Member
    I'm in the same boat with the 170's. I dipped to 169 for like a day once and man do I just want to see that on the scale again. :(

    I made it into the 160's for the shortest time but now stuck in the 170's again. Arrrrrg! I loved the 160's!
  • Ambrogio1
    Ambrogio1 Posts: 518 Member
    www.spike84.com

    Basicly you set your overall weekly goals of eating to be at a loss. So lets say you eat 2k a week to lose 1 lb per week. Drop that number to 1700 and then eat all those cals you saved in one day. TONS OF CARBS. A bitmore complex then that but thats the rough idea. Its fun and It works!

    Alot of ppl on ths board do it.
  • Elwood08
    Elwood08 Posts: 1
    I am determined to get out of the 80s this week. Saturday, when I weighed in at WW, I was 180.5. But I've been there and back for months. This is the week I see a 7 when I step on the scale! Stay in touch and let's get there this week together.
  • JStarnes
    JStarnes Posts: 5,576 Member
    Ugh, I feel you there. The 180s SUCKED for me. Seemed like once I finally got out though, I stayed out. Now I'm stuck in the 170's.
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