Stuck at 192

I know how you feel:sad:
I have been stuck in the 170s for about 4 months...
I seen to stay around 170 lbs to 173 lbs , i took my calories down to 1200 but it's still not working out for me ..
I guess i need to do more workouts but can't seem to burn alot any more....
I still have 30 lbs to lose...

Hope you fine something that works for ya!

Shake up your snow globe! Try something new and exciting... do dinner for breakfast and vice versa! Try a new exercise routine, switch things up and let your body think...WOW what is going on here...things are a changing! Stick with the foods that work well for you and your weight loss, but shake things up! It works for me! Good luck!

Sometimes when I'm stuck on a certain weight....I'll notice that finally one day it'll drop like 2 or 3 pounds instead of the normal .1 or 1!! So be patient and keep doing what you're doing!

u need to eat more..........................find your tdee-15% eat that a day.

Look for the group - all about eating more to lose!

I hit a plateau, and then upped my calories, following my BMR and TDEE, and am happy to report that I have been losing a pound a week, with ease!

Here is a great reference site: http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/bmr/

If you don't know, your BMR is what you would need to eat just to have your body function normally.

I've been going since January and haven't gotten stuck yet. I hit the 60 pound mark today, and I have 20 more to go to hit my goal. I think part of the secret is to take good records and always try to top your last workout, even if it's only by a little bit.

You could try to slowly increase the duration (run for 15 more seconds than you did the last time), but who wants to spend more and more time doing workouts out each week? So when I run, I try to shave 10 seconds on my time, or if I'm on the treadmill, I try to go .1 mph faster than I did the time before. If I'm lifting, I always try to push the amount of weight and still maintain form, or do one more max rep than I did the time before.

I succeed about 80% of the time. Like everyone, I have "off" days where I didn't sleep as well as I'd like or stress distracts me from being as focused as I could be.

The constant striving for improvement in performance seems to stimulate the weight loss. I've been losing 2-3 pounds a week consistently. The old saying is:

"If you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got."

Read this:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/PrfctGdess/view/eating-more-264399

more info at the Eat More to Weigh Less group:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/3817-eat-more-to-weigh-less

Run the numbers - it just makes SENSE!! If you want lose weight in a healthy way (i.e. so you can keep it off), you need to eat MORE than your body requires for basic functions, so you're not starving yourself, but LESS than your body needs to maintain your current weight, so you'll lose.

I was stuck at a plateau since Aug 2011...so nearly 10 MONTHS...and this WORKS!

With eating more it can take about 3-6 weeks before you break your plateau...have patience....it will happen...just remember things take time....it took me years to put on 40 extra lbs...I dont expect to loose it in a month.....

Before you fall for the eating more to lose blah blah, you might want to check out what the Mayo Clinic has to say about plateaus!

Check out this link,

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/weight-loss-plateau/MY01152

Sure sounds like a great way to lose weight to eat more, but lots of times when something doesn't make sense there is a good reason why it doesn't. Just my 2 cents,

Best of luck

Before you fall for the eating more to lose blah blah, you might want to check out what the Mayo Clinic has to say about plateaus!

Check out this link,

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/weight-loss-plateau/MY01152

Sure sounds like a great way to lose weight to eat more, but lots of times when something doesn't make sense there is a good reason why it doesn't. Just my 2 cents,

Best of luck

Even the Mayo Clinic has a calculator that will show you both that 1200 calories is too little, especially for males! Your body actually needs calories in order to function. Yes, we have to eat at a deficit to lose, but going from one extreme to the other isn't healthy. Use their calculator, I'm positive it will tell you to eat more calories: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/calorie-calculator/NU00598 .

TDEE is Total Daily Energy Expenditure. You should know two numbers: BMR and TDEE. BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) is the number of calories your body needs just to exist. TDEE is the amount your body needs to do it's normal day-to-day activities, such as walking around, exercising, and the rest of your normal routine. You want to eat more than your BMR (so your body has enough fuel) but less than your TDEE.

Use a calculator like the one on this site: http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/ . That will provide you with both numbers, as well as your TDEE minus 15-20%. Eat that, every day, whether you work out or not as you've already chosen how often you exercise.