Is it Time To Accept Defeat?

First off, you look absolutely gorgeous and amazing and have come so far. You've done a great job! I've loved having you on the last couple of challenges with me. You're always working hard and busting butt. Don't give up. Maybe give yourself a break and go back to the basics. I know you can get under the 200 if you want to and plateaus get annoying. But I have faith in you!!!

xoxox
Gretchen

I continue to hit plateua's myself. I don't wait more then 4 days then get pissed off. Take a pick out day then start back. That works most of the time for me. 7 months is a long time. Take a break then get right back on.

A big cheat day, and then right back on usually bumps my weight loss back into gear. Cupcakes for everyone!

Is your goal set on what should be considered the best weight for your height/BMI or is it a goal you set for yourself? Have you tried adding a multivitamin to your diet? one person said the other day that they heard if you plataeu then try turning your workout routine backwards...For me it usually takes one really BAD day of eating then back to my normal healthy eating to get off the plataeu. It's crazy but it works for me. If your goal is set on what is healthy for your height then I'd say keep trying with the condition that you stop if you feel great about how you look and feel. Also, if you haven't seen a doctor for a regular checkup then I would do that as well, before giving up. Before I even started losing weight my doctor ran all the yearly test to make sure there were not underlying problems that could cause weight gain such as diabetes, hypothyroidism..etc etc.. It's a healthy thing to do anyway. My insurance gives me a discount of 20% a year just to get my regular yearly checkup and to complete a health survey. Not all insurances do that, but most all that I have found at least pay for the yearly physical.

87lbs lost isn't defeat. You may not see the number on the scale that you'd originally planned for, but you've lost and kept off a significant amount of weight. I know how you feel, going through the same few lbs over and over-but it isn't failure. Just focus on remaining healthy through diet and exercise and maybe you'll lose weight, maybe you'll stay the same-just remember you haven't been defeated.

Fantastic job - wow! Very impressive. Just curious, do you get enough sleep? Do you every get a nice relaxing massage? I find that getting 7-8 hours of sleep a night is imperative to weight loss and massage is good for stress and releases toxins from the body. Worth a shot as it seems like you are doing everything else right.

Maybe its time for a *game changer*. Perhaps you should begin to focus more intently on the body fat % segment of your goals rather than over all body weight. This will undoubtedly involve diving into some new habits and understandings that you are likely oh so ready for.

Seems like you have come a long way to give up on your goals, so perhaps you need to readjust them to be closer to the reality of where you are now.

First of all, don't weight yourself, measure your body fat index, that's the important thing here, forget about weight!!!
what you actually need is to increase your weight!! What?! yes increase it!
what do i mean? Increase your Muscle mass, that way your going to increase your metabolic Fat burning machine.

So now particularly to you, you've been dieting and reducing calories, that's wrong if you're trying to increase weight (muscle mass) your body will hit a stand on your weight inf you're reducing your muscle mass, the less you eat the less muscle you'll have because the body starts eating himself. So now you need to do a reset on your metabolism.

My recommendation will be, stop "dieting" for a whole week, keep doing your regular exercises don't be afraid to gain a little weight on that week, maybe you already consumed your muscle mass and you need to replenish back your fat burning machine.

Now try to eat nutritious food, why!? maybe you have a imbalance on your hormones causing a metabolic syndrome even though you're are not fat for your height.

Stop dieting for a week, start uptaking aminoacids, complex carbs only, no refined food, that means nothing that comes in: cans, bags or boxes. that way you'll increase your glycogen in your body giving you more energy for your muscles and detoxifying a little bit of yourself.

If you want check out the paleo "diet" and a few documentaries called: "fat, sick and nearly dead" and "food matters" that will give you a way to start getting to the correct pathway to star getting a balance on your body hormones.

Drink lots and lots of water not 8 glasses of 8 ounces! no no no this is wrong you have to drink and drink and drink water as long as you're eating and doing exercise and you don't have a kidney condition or Hypertension you are ok.

Sleep this is an other of your most important things, you need to rest, your body needs it to actually create a hormone balance between other important things.

For now start by stopping your current diet witch i don't know what it is, continue your exercise, don't eat processed food, increase your water intake and sleep, then after that week, start a weight lifting routine and just 20 mins of cardiovascular exercise after the weight lift, increase your aminoacids intake and protein intake, keep eating complex carbs, all your fruits and vegetables and eat a well balanced diet!

Increase your Muscle mass and just forget about weight you'll see the difference on your body, if you keep checking your weight you'll create excess stress hormones that won't let you loose the weight and actually wont let you reduce your body fat.

I'm in the same boat with the last 10 pounds but I don't consider it defeat. I'm at a healthy weight right now so this may just be my body's "goal weight". I've come to the conclusion that I'm better off calling what my mind wants my goal to be my "wish weight". Sometimes wishes come true and sometimes they don't...if they don't I've decided to accept that this is where my body knows it needs to be.