Plateaus: Up my intake or ride it out??

Mkristinek
Mkristinek Posts: 78 Member
edited November 2024 in Motivation and Support
I have searched the last hour, and cannot find a thread that answers my question! I started MFP about 4 months ago. I started out at 158, and am currently at 144. I'm 5'6" and want to get down to 125, maybe 130 if it looks good. In the first 3 months I lost 14 pounds. I was so excited. I ate 1200 cals most of the time, upping my limits on holidays, family dinners, and one weekend day a week, but rarely over maintenance. But it seems like as soon as the new year started, my losses completely stopped! I have goals of losing 8 pounds by may (3.5 more months) but thats looking rather impossible right now! When it stopped budging I upped my intake to 1440, but still haven't seen it go down. If anything, it goes up for a few days after a hard run. I don't know what to do!! I plan on upping my intake again to 1690 ( half a pound of loss a week goal), but I'm really worried its not going to work. My question is, should I up my intake to 1690 or should I stay at 1440 and ride the plateau out? I like 1690 cause I'm never hungry...it's surprisingly hard to eat that much!! I know as long as I don't go over maintenance changing my calories isn't doing any harm as far as gaining, what would be the wisest course of action to start losing again!

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  • careyharv
    careyharv Posts: 134 Member
    Are you working out? If you are, how many calories do you burn?
  • machinegunkate
    machinegunkate Posts: 74 Member
    Change up your workout routine, fo shizzle.
  • Mkristinek
    Mkristinek Posts: 78 Member
    Are you working out? If you are, how many calories do you burn?

    I do most everydays. Even if I don't log it. Usually I burn between 200 and 500, depending on how motivated i am, I started running 5 to 6 days a week for at least 20 minutes each time. Actually when I started running more is when my weight started stalling. But I like running and I feel like if I stop running 4 days a week minimum I'll gain.

    And I have stopped for several days due to injury, but only lost a half pound, which came right back (water?). I stalled at 152 as well, but not this long and difficult!
  • shovav91
    shovav91 Posts: 2,335 Member
    If you aren't eating back the calories you burn, start! This seems to break a lot of plateaus.
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