Questions About Weight Loss Plateau's: Why do they happen, w

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  • jleWings
    jleWings Posts: 19 Member
    *bump* so I can find this thread again. :smile:
  • TNoire
    TNoire Posts: 642 Member
    Everyones very welcome =)
  • MrsRAW712
    MrsRAW712 Posts: 28 Member
    This definately helps. Thanks for posting this good food for thought! :)
  • dia77
    dia77 Posts: 410 Member
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  • ALH1981
    ALH1981 Posts: 538 Member
    love it - i think the bit about intensity is key for me - i am motivated to excerise, eat pretty well, and change things up - but the intensity of my routine is not something i ever looked at - i guess its the really important change i need to make.
  • vguynes
    vguynes Posts: 753 Member
    Thanks for the post!
  • Idbigjohn63
    Idbigjohn63 Posts: 7
    Great post
  • katharinamarie
    katharinamarie Posts: 1
    This is a great great advice. Thank you so much for sharing it.
  • bahamachick
    bahamachick Posts: 17
    I have reached a plateau after just 14lbs but after reading this I think
    i know whats going on. Thanks great advice.
  • TNoire
    TNoire Posts: 642 Member
    I have reached a plateau after just 14lbs but after reading this I think
    i know whats going on. Thanks great advice.

    it takes your body a bit to adjust but it will happen just give it time =)

    everyones welcome you can do it!!
  • aTROOPSTER
    aTROOPSTER Posts: 15
    Thank you for the advice!
  • tami7447
    tami7447 Posts: 23 Member
    Bump!!
  • patricia909
    patricia909 Posts: 205 Member
    bump
  • Nefertiti31
    Nefertiti31 Posts: 30 Member
    I like! Thanks!
  • amymeenieminymo
    amymeenieminymo Posts: 2,394 Member
    "Are you working out at a high intensity"?

    While I am sure there are many helpful points in this article, I wouldn't call it the bible of losing weight. Working out at a high intensity is not only not an option for everyone, but it is not necessary. When I first started here in 2008, I walked. That's it, I walked for 30 minutes a day, 4-5 days a week. Yes I was talking at a quick pace, but I would never call it high intensity. Walking is great cardio, it is easy on your joints and unlike sweating it out in the gym for a couple hours, it can be very enjoyable and something virtually everyone can do.

    That's not to say it's a bad idea to work out at a higher intensity if you choose, or perhaps in order to jump start your metabolism again, but working out at a high intensity all the time is not necessary to lose weight, and perhaps one of the main reasons many people aren't motivated to try to lose weight. They think losing weight involves killing themselves at the gym, doing something they do not enjoy at all. Not enjoying a work out = not sticking with it for very long.
  • Sabogirl01
    Sabogirl01 Posts: 4
    Great post, the body is a wonderful machine and likes to be challenged to push through those plateaus
  • tialynn1
    tialynn1 Posts: 884 Member
    That is a great post. I haven't reached a plateau yet. But, I know those are going to happen. I have been saving great ideas that people put on here and inspirational, I copied and pasted it to my things. This way I have things to look at when I get frustrated or down .
  • lovelee79
    lovelee79 Posts: 362
    Bump !
  • tsmith84
    tsmith84 Posts: 1 Member
    Thanks!
  • emrys1976
    emrys1976 Posts: 213 Member
    bump and thanks!
  • asmithson19
    asmithson19 Posts: 59
    bump
  • buttahbaby
    buttahbaby Posts: 53 Member
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  • noexcuses118
    noexcuses118 Posts: 36
    Interesting article. Thanks.
  • santamommy
    santamommy Posts: 88
    Excellent post! I have noticed during a plateau that I still loose inches without the numbers on the scale ever moving. My doctor said that sometimes your body is simply taking a short break but you can still be burning hard fat deposits and changing it out for muscle during a plateau...and some doctors dont even believe a plateau exist.
  • TNoire
    TNoire Posts: 642 Member
    Excellent post! I have noticed during a plateau that I still loose inches without the numbers on the scale ever moving. My doctor said that sometimes your body is simply taking a short break but you can still be burning hard fat deposits and changing it out for muscle during a plateau...and some doctors dont even believe a plateau exist.

    yup yup, just gotta keep pushing along, cause sometimes after that plateau hump you can/will notice a big drop in weeks to come, just dont' starve your body thinking it will help

    females - 1200 cals a day
    males - 1800 cals a day

    any less than that your body goes into starvation mode and can cause massive weight gain so you have to be VERY careful

    I never eat back my calories since it takes 3500 burned cals to burn 1lb

    I burn on average 600-1200 sometimes more a day thats before my BMR is added on

    sodium can cause weight gain (daily intake is 2400mg) if your not getting enough water your body will store what water you give it to make up for that sodium



    If anyone wants to add me as a friend feel free just warning I am honest if you wish me to look at your diary i will
    ill give you honest options and feedback and I will tell you like it is im not trying to be mean ill just been trying to help you along :)

    Ive lost a few friends on MFP and ive got kicked from a weight loss group for being "TO HONEST"

    so if you can handle it and want me as a friend, add me :)
  • milkandtea
    milkandtea Posts: 116 Member
    This is really helpful, thank you!
  • PrincessGlitterTush
    PrincessGlitterTush Posts: 388
    YAY FOR THIS POST :)
  • deedermooney
    deedermooney Posts: 9 Member
    ^bump^
  • TNoire
    TNoire Posts: 642 Member
    I just been seeing a lot of "plateau posts"

    and thought I could sum it up and avoid us getting flooded with 1000s of more posts on it =)
  • mdollian
    mdollian Posts: 70 Member
    BUMP !!
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