Stuck!

I am right there with you. I lost 12.5 pounds and I have been stuck there for 3 weeks-haven't lost an ounce in three weeks! It's driving me insane. I feel like I'm doing everything right and nothing is coming off. I am losing inches, but you really want to see it on the scale. Have you been measuring yourself? That is what is keeping me going-is knowing that I am at least losing inches. If I don't lose anything this week I am going to have to change something up, just not sure what yet. I know how frustrated you are, but keep it up. I always tell myself I can quit, but then I'll never lose. If I keep going eventually I have to lose something. Good luck!

I have found, in my experience, that sometimes at a certain point in weight loss the body just has to take a few weeks and kind of "reset" itself. Maybe get everything back in balance - hormones, etc. Then the weight loss will resume if you are consistant with your lifestyle change. Then, sometimes it just says "yeah, yeah. Been doin' this for awhile, think I'm used to it now and won't lose any more weight with this routine" and you have to shake things up a little. Have a couple hundred extra calories 1 day then go back to normal, add some different exercises, do more or maybe sometimes even less for a few days. Maybe take a week off and play and eat a little extra then go back to your routine. It's amazing what some of the people on this site have done with great success during a "stall out". You will get back to losing weight - be a little patient with your body and keep up the good work!! :flowerforyou:

I was stuck for 2 weeks twice. Once before Easter, (ate some stuff I shouldn't have on Easter) and then next day was weigh in day and LOST A POUND. Then I was stuck again for 2 weeks (this past Sunday had birthday cake AND ice cream cake AND appetizers) and LOST ANOTHER POUND!
I have been doing this since January and lost 25 pounds so far. I guess my body just needed a little treat!
Give your body a treat, who knows! It worked for me. Don't get me wrong, I don't plan on doing that everytime I get stuck, but it's a little weird that every time I plateau and it something I really shouldn't, the next time I weigh in, I do down in weight!