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Beating my plateau!

rolandhulme
rolandhulme Posts: 148 Member
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Okay, so I spent about three weeks diligently sticking to my diet and not losing a pound! Then the last two weekends, I've fallen off the wagon at least one day of the weekend - by as much as 1,000/1,300 calories - and suddenly found myself losing again! I actually got past my 'plateau' for the first time this morning!

What's it about, though?

Was my metabolism slowing down to make up for eating less? Did I kickstart it by going off my diet?

It was only one or two days - I stuck my diet Monday to Friday.

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  • SHBoss1673
    SHBoss1673 Posts: 7,161 Member
    Short answer... Probably.

    see the link for my long answer.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/20343-how-i-have-avoided-plateauing-length-warning
  • slimmingmom
    slimmingmom Posts: 297
    I've heard from a lot of poeple that increasing your calorie intake durning a platua does help boost your metabolism and helps you start losing again. That why few people hit platues when zig zagging aka calorie shifting!
  • havingitall
    havingitall Posts: 3,728 Member
    A very wise man gave me that very advice to get my weight loss moving again ( thanks SHBoss:happy: )

    I have been eating more the last few days but am not stepping on the scale for a week or two to see what happens then
  • bnabors
    bnabors Posts: 6
    My sister in law is a body builder. When I asked her what to do to get over a plateau, she said eat. Your body goes into starvation mode, thinking you are not going to feed it and it holds onto every calorie you consume. Sounds crazy I know, but it works. Now I try to have one "cheat meal" per week, whatever I want. Last week, not a good choice, Mexican. It got me to losing weight again, but my body was not used to all of the fat anymore so I didn't feel great afterwards, but I have to admit, it was great while I was eating it. Haha!
  • SHBoss1673
    SHBoss1673 Posts: 7,161 Member
    A very wise man gave me that very advice to get my weight loss moving again ( thanks SHBoss:happy: )

    I have been eating more the last few days but am not stepping on the scale for a week or two to see what happens then

    Gulp. I hope I'm right. :wink:
  • havingitall
    havingitall Posts: 3,728 Member
    A very wise man gave me that very advice to get my weight loss moving again ( thanks SHBoss:happy: )

    I have been eating more the last few days but am not stepping on the scale for a week or two to see what happens then

    Gulp. I hope I'm right. :wink:

    Me too
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