can someone check out my food journal and give me some exper

zuzuanne88
zuzuanne88 Posts: 104 Member
edited December 17 in Health and Weight Loss
So for two weeks now i've been stuck at 200 pounds,can anyone give me some advice to overcome my plateu?Thanks

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  • TurnLeftNow
    TurnLeftNow Posts: 171
    Eat more. Preferably try and hit 1600 every day.
  • mel100808
    mel100808 Posts: 23
    Exercise more?
  • tracymarie2012
    tracymarie2012 Posts: 164 Member
    Heylo,
    I looked at your diary, and agree, you are not eating enough. You are heating healthy, and thats great, but if you dont eat enuf, your body will go into starvation mode.
    Wish you success,
    t
  • aboadle
    aboadle Posts: 27 Member
    You make very healthy choices which is great!

    I would suggest swapping some of the fruit for some healthy fats.... almonds, walnuts, peanut butter on rice thins. Or even cheese. You are always falling under on daily fat. It's been shown that a certain amount of healthy fats help with satiety (keeping full) and in turn weight loss. Even olive oil is great.

    Like turnleftnow suggests, maybe eating more, adding these fats to your daily calories rather than swapping with something else may get you going off the plateau.

    Good luck :)
  • melaniecheeks
    melaniecheeks Posts: 6,349 Member
    On the whole it's not bad - I would suggest tracking sugar, you're eating a lot of fruit, and that much sugar can have an impact.

    But 2 weeks isn't a very long time.
  • liftandcycle
    liftandcycle Posts: 209
    eat more hun even if you feel full, our bodies are wierd.. maybe you need to change your workout routine if you workout, little things like upping your cals or changing ur workout routine will break a plateau... I've lost alot eating 1400-1600 cals daily.. soon i will start eating 1700-1800 cals..
  • StrawberrySt
    StrawberrySt Posts: 235
    Try upping your calories, there are plenty of threads on here about success in breaking a plateu by upping your cals.

    Watch your sugar and sodium and drink plenty of water. You can add these to your diary to track as well.

    Good luck!
  • Beezil
    Beezil Posts: 1,677 Member
    Two weeks isn't very long, I agree. I personally think you should stick with your diet plan, but try adding in more exercise. Not necessarily longer periods of exercise, but maybe instead try a more intense workout routine. Good luck! :) Your food choices and your diary looks pretty darn good to me!
  • Razkler14
    Razkler14 Posts: 74
    You DEFINITELY need to eat more! Also I am not sure what you were doing before but it takes your body a min of 2 weeks to a month to adjust to a new way of eating or way of working out. So if you just stared, give it some time! If you have been at your training and diet plan for a while, change it up. Lift heavier or lighter, walk instead of run, or row or do HIIT training, circut train or superset some lifts. If you are not lifting weight, start.

    But number one, eat more good quality food. You could even supplement in a protein shake if you wanted but it's always better to choose lean cuts of meat, poultry, or fish. Also, a good multi vitamin, and make sure your drinking enough water!

    Hope that helps!
  • Elleinnz
    Elleinnz Posts: 1,661 Member
    At 200lbs you are not eating enough if you are eating 1200 calories a day - you need to eat more!!

    Have a look at this thread - it gives you all the information you need to calculate how much you need to eat.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/538381-in-place-of-a-road-map

    I weigh 210lbs - and eat at least 1750 to 2300 calories a day. Weightloss is slow - but going down bit by bit...
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