When the weight has stopped coming off how do you mix it up

amccrack82
amccrack82 Posts: 3
edited November 9 in Health and Weight Loss
I have been eating great and watching my calories and fat grams. I exercise 3 to 4 times a week but the weight has stopped coming off. Does anyone have nay ideas that will help? I eat about 1200 cal a day and try to stay between 20-25 fat grams a day plus I drink 3 1liter bottles of water a day. I do walking 15-20 min 2 days a week and kettle ball exercises 2xs a week for 20min at a time what gives??????

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  • sophjakesmom
    sophjakesmom Posts: 904 Member
    bump
  • joannasaurusrex
    joannasaurusrex Posts: 83
    This happened to me, I hit a plateau for 4-6 weeks, and was eating perfectly and going to the gym. I fell off the wagon a bit because I went on holiday and then had a relaxed week or two when I came home. When I finally climbed back on the scales, I was worried I'd have put weight on. I hadn't, I'd stayed the same - and as soon as I started exercising again and eating 1200 cals a day, it started coming off.

    Now whenever I start to plateau I have a few days of eating what I like, or I order a takeaway! Usually gets things moving again :)
  • stormieweather
    stormieweather Posts: 2,549 Member
    How long since you lost?
  • tunktunk5583
    tunktunk5583 Posts: 76 Member
    Eat more or increase intensity of your workouts...or do both! :)
  • thickmomma0519
    thickmomma0519 Posts: 34
    It's called a plateau. Your body has adjusted to your new routine. It's time to step it up. Try increasing the time you exercise or days per week you exercise, or you could workout twice a day. It sounds like you're doing great. Keep up the good work and don't lose heart!!!!
  • Armygirl67
    Armygirl67 Posts: 177 Member
    This happened to me, I hit a plateau for 4-6 weeks, and was eating perfectly and going to the gym. I fell off the wagon a bit because I went on holiday and then had a relaxed week or two when I came home. When I finally climbed back on the scales, I was worried I'd have put weight on. I hadn't, I'd stayed the same - and as soon as I started exercising again and eating 1200 cals a day, it started coming off.

    Now whenever I start to plateau I have a few days of eating what I like, or I order a takeaway! Usually gets things moving again :)
    bump
  • time2bhealthy
    time2bhealthy Posts: 211 Member
    I am going through the same thing....good luck to you. Don't give up!
  • jamiem1102
    jamiem1102 Posts: 1,196 Member
    This happened to me, I hit a plateau for 4-6 weeks, and was eating perfectly and going to the gym. I fell off the wagon a bit because I went on holiday and then had a relaxed week or two when I came home. When I finally climbed back on the scales, I was worried I'd have put weight on. I hadn't, I'd stayed the same - and as soon as I started exercising again and eating 1200 cals a day, it started coming off.

    Now whenever I start to plateau I have a few days of eating what I like, or I order a takeaway! Usually gets things moving again :)

    Basically shake things up. Either dropping your calories for a couple of days... changing the kind of exercising you're doing (i.e. swap from kettle ball and walking to hiking and swimming)... or as joanna said, eat more for a couple of days. I think you just need to jolt your body from it's normal routine to get it back on track. Good luck!
  • m2kh
    m2kh Posts: 17
    I keep going for another week on the same plan. If nothing happens after that I increase my cardio workouts, by time and intensity.
  • PughTooFew
    PughTooFew Posts: 44 Member
    I recently had the same problem and was told to mix it up for a few days and confuse your body into thinking you are no longer trying to lose weight - up your calories slightly by around 200cals for a few days and then reduce them back, whilst at the same time trying a different exercise like swimming or an aerobics dvd and making sure to have a rest day in the week. Hope you start losing again soon : )
  • ahmpierce1
    ahmpierce1 Posts: 221 Member
    I hit a plateau after 10 pounds...and it frustrated the crap out of me, because I was running 4 miles a day and eating well.

    After throwing a fit and extensive googling I came to this conclusion: The less you weigh, the less calories you burn. So, an exercise that used to burn tons of calories, may now burn less because you have less weight to carry around during the exercise.

    So, I increased the intensity and variety of my exercise (added weight training, started spinning, ran uphill and incline, ran at 8mph, not 7mph, etc). Since changing up my routine, I've lost close to 10 pounds in 1 month.

    This worked for me...perhaps it will work for you! Good luck!
  • Armygirl67
    Armygirl67 Posts: 177 Member
    This happened to me, my scale hasn`t moved in over 10-weeks..
    Im eating 1200-1300-cal -day, burning 600-1000 5-6 days-week.
    I `ve tried to eat half of my excercise calories for 3-weeks, i`ve gained 4-lbs,
    I`ve tried excercising less, and eat 1200-cals,
    I`ve tried avoiding salty food, im drinking more.
    Nothing is working, and im really getting upset, and want me to give up..
  • amccrack82
    amccrack82 Posts: 3
    ok well I will try this. I have been very strict on not cheating but I dont wanna do it so bad until I benge all of the sudden and gain 10lbs back I have lost 17lbs and its been almost a week since I lost anything. On the flip side I have losy 1 more inch off waist so thats cool. Thanks for the help.
  • marquesajen
    marquesajen Posts: 641
    For some people it helps to eat a little more one or two days then change up their exercise routine and go back to your normal calories and continue. Different things work for different people though.
  • jenluvsushi
    jenluvsushi Posts: 933 Member
    This happened to me, I hit a plateau for 4-6 weeks, and was eating perfectly and going to the gym. I fell off the wagon a bit because I went on holiday and then had a relaxed week or two when I came home. When I finally climbed back on the scales, I was worried I'd have put weight on. I hadn't, I'd stayed the same - and as soon as I started exercising again and eating 1200 cals a day, it started coming off.

    Now whenever I start to plateau I have a few days of eating what I like, or I order a takeaway! Usually gets things moving again :)

    This ^^^ worked for me too....
  • gregavila
    gregavila Posts: 723 Member
    Throw in some interval training, get the heart rate moving up and down a lot rather than just doing steady state exercises. Change your food up a bit...eat some new things, eat a little more.
  • demery12371
    demery12371 Posts: 253 Member
    Bump... I've hit a wall too.. Not gaining but not losing anything..
  • amccrack82
    amccrack82 Posts: 3
    it has been a week
  • alil2loveable
    alil2loveable Posts: 178 Member
    This happened to me, my scale hasn`t moved in over 10-weeks..
    Im eating 1200-1300-cal -day, burning 600-1000 5-6 days-week.
    I `ve tried to eat half of my excercise calories for 3-weeks, i`ve gained 4-lbs,
    I`ve tried excercising less, and eat 1200-cals,
    I`ve tried avoiding salty food, im drinking more.
    Nothing is working, and im really getting upset, and want me to give up..

    You should eat more and switch your exercise times, your body is use to the routine and cutting calories it thinks it is starving.
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