How I have avoided plateauing ***length warning***

LOL you people are too funny!!!

I agree with "shocking the system" occasionally.......it usually works for me!!

me too, bumping for later!

want to read later

thanks :flowerforyou:

sound the alarms............we have a plateau question on the boards...

I already knew some of those things. I haven't plauteaued yet, but I'm only 2 1/2 weeks in.

Thanks for posting the tips

I have always believed in the value of having a planned "cheat day". I schedule mine on my weigh-in day. Once I have weighed myself in the morning, I can indulge in something that would normally be off limits.

This is also a great way to control cravings. When I see a commercial for a hot cheesy pizza or I smell the fried chicken as I drive by my favorite chicken place, I can just say "Well, I know what I'm gonna have on my next cheat day" and then I can keep right truckin' with my weight loss plan until then knowing that I am not depriving myself of anything.

A "cheat day" doesn't mean "pig out all day long". It just means that it's okay to take a little break and have one of those foods that you really enjoy.

:flowerforyou: Good stuff!

hey, AWTY, glad it finally sunk in...........:laugh:

Love ya! :flowerforyou: CM

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Hi Banks,
I've read your posts a couple of time and have always found them informative and insightful.. I (and obviously many other) find the information really helpful - especially with all of the seemingly conflicting information flying around in magazines and on TV.
I hope you wouldnt mind taking a minute to help me - I don't have a trainer and I work out at home (no gym membership for me .. at least not right now. At my heaviest I was 255lbs 5ft 5in, - always been called big boned but i think of myself as sturdy I was an atheletic teen who began emotional eating and generally just gave up on myself. Quick fixes ?? I have probably tried every fad deal around but the only thing that has worked is changing up diet and exercies. Once the mindset changed and I became committed to changing the real way. I started to lose weight. It looked like this: I'll lose weight , hit a plateau then lose my focus and hover around a certain weight again until I get motivated to exert myself to lose. I've lost about 21lbs since 1/9/09 and my current weight is 165.7. I am pleased with my progress but still not to goal, 145-150. I'm closest I've ever been to my goal and my life is totally different. I'm no longer the couch potato, dr said I can come off of the high Blood pressure med and I feel better. I exercise 6 days a week, I have been doing a ton of cardio (I am a Turbo Jam Fan, kinda like kick boxing/high impact aerobics) and on those 6 day I'll do anywhere between a 40 - 70 minutes work out " w/ 1lb wrist weights. on MFP if my goal is 1.5lbs /wk it has me @ 1200 cals. I try to leave a caloric deficit of 2-400 cals per day. Occasionally I will go over , but that's the rare exception not the rule. Normally I am averaging about 1500-1600 cals.
I have hit a plateau and I'm frustrated. I don't want to lose my motivation and I'm really close to where I want to be, at least the closest I've ever been. The weight has been pretty regularly falling off but for the past 3 weeks .... nothing. I am confused about eating exercise cals - Do I eat them all or not?
You mentioned occasionally giving youself a higher cal treat (burger/fries). Is that what I need to do?
I just started to do some different exercises (adding more strength training w/ resistance bands and run/walking ) - it haasn't even been a week of that so I don't know if that will kick me off of the plateau or not.
Any suggestions? I don't want to stop now but I'm feeling kind of tired and I don't want to give up ~ I appreciate any suggestions and sorry for the long post.

Thanks,
Janet

excellent advice! I have hit a plateau right now so this really hits home for me.

Ditto!

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great post!

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A bunch of ppl just posted about this topic...thought I'd help..

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Ha ha, where have we heard that before????

This is a great post. It's also in the "sticky thread" http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/23912-links-in-mfp-you-want-to-read-again-and-again

If you scroll through the above link, I add on to it all the time, so there are many more posts than those on the first page of "Links".

people have been asking


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