weight loss plateau

Also, what is your height and weight currently?

aimee - I am 5.4 and 158 pounds.

So you're my height and weight.

What's your caloric intake at this point?

1300 calories a day. I am guessing more on the weekends.

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I put in all the information for you (height, weight, goal weight)

Very Active (hard exercise/sports 6-7 days/wk)

2491 was your caloric intake... from what you noted earlier, what you're eating may be either too much bread, or you may not be eating enough either..

1300 calories a day. I am guessing more on the weekends.

Check out http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/bmr/

I put in all the information for you (height, weight, goal weight)

Very Active (hard exercise/sports 6-7 days/wk)

2491 was your caloric intake... from what you noted earlier, what you're eating may be either too much bread, or you may not be eating enough either..

^^ This would be my guess, with the amount of excercise you are doing your muscles are toning, put your body into high gear metabolism wise...as a result if you do not eat enough calories your body will go into starvation mode, and at your ht/wt 1300 probably was too low anyway.

please only take what i say with a grain of salt, im no health expert, of course what Crowe said, 1 week without a loss isn't really a plateau.. but im giving you suggestions on the side incase it continues.. for myself, being the weight and height you are though, my caloric intake is 1440.. and i don't exercise nearly as much as you, if you exercise as much as you say you do, i wouldn't be eating any less than 1800 a day. just my 2 cents..

and that's netting 1800 calories.. meaning if you exercise and lose 500 calories with the exercise your calories for that day should have been closer to 2300.. not 1300

Just another note, if you only recently started this workout regimen it is not unusual to see an initial gain because your muscles retain water weight while they repair.

Also, to second what a few others have said, 1 week is not a plateau. This site tends to make us think that our bodies are strictly run by numbers and you should consistently lose EXACTLY 1 pound per week, but this isn't the case. High sodium intake, time of month water retention, etc. all factor in to this. If you're still stuck after a month or 2 then that would be considered more of an actual plateau.

And lastly, since you're new to this, I also recommend taking measurements. There are times when the scale doesn't move but you lose inches and this can help to keep you motivated when you start to feel frustrated. I really wish I had done this in the very beginning because I'm so curious how many inches total I lost!!

I had this happen to me too for awhile and kept reading everywhere that you should eat your BMR, so very hesitantly I increased my caloric intake from 1200 to 1600 and the pounds are coming off again! My BMR is actually higher than that but I figured I'd just add in a few hundred more, somedays I don't even eat it but I do go over 1200 and it's working for me! Good luck!

up your cals..i have to do it sometimes, and it gets me over those plateaus..good luck

1300 calories a day. I am guessing more on the weekends.

If you're guessing, does that mean you're not logging?

Weigh and measure everything. Eat more veggies - I didn't see a whole lot on what you said here.

Need help and advice,

Despite doing three types of activities swimming, yoga and elliptical I have plateaued. I am eating right and working really hard but no weight loss for an entire week. In fact looks like I am gaining weight.

What am I doing wrong? It's really demotivating.

Give it more than a week. If it's been working, keep at it. Take measurements along with weighing. If after 4-6 weeks you're still not seeing any results, then you can re-evaluate and change. Your body is very adaptive. Throw something in there you're not used to. Change it up a little.

1300 calories a day. I am guessing more on the weekends.

1300 may be low for your activity level. Log weekends. I know it sucks sometimes. It's the hardest part for me. But you really can throw off a whole week of good eats and hard work by splurging. By not logging, you have no idea. If you find yourself over-eating on the weekend (like I did), raise your calories so you can eat more during the week. This fixed it for me. I was stuck for almost 10 months at 1300-1400 before I raised mine gradually to 1700.

http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/bmr/ Run your numbers and see if this helps at all.

Best of luck.

I went through it for awhile but from my experience I wasnt seeing the numbers going down on the scale but I lost a lot of inches so you might want to keep track of your measurements as well if you are working out and doing strength training. Keep it up b/c i didnt give up and it finally kicked back in on the scale.

I've been stuck at the same weight since April which is a plateau. Your weight will fluctuate on a daily basis due to water, high sodium, TOM etc. I can easily gain 3-5 pounds during my TOM or after a bad night of eating sodium packed meals which can take me about 2-3 days before the scale goes back to normal. If I were you i'd only stick to weighing yourself once a week and in the mornings before you consume anything in order to get a true weight because weight also changes throughout the day as well. The other answer to losing weight is eating! I was atching Dr.Oz last night and he said most women consume very low calories thinking they won't gain weight when in fact that's what they are doing. Try to sneak in a snack 2-3 hours after your main meals.