breaking through a plateau?

Eat more. Set your weekly goal to half a pound. Look through the boards for eat more to weigh less. Oh and start lifting heavy =]

You mentioned that you do cardio; what type of cardio? I have read several pieces of material which talks about the benefits of interval training. I enjoy doing it on the treadmill, but interval training can be done on the crossramp, ellipitcal, or stationery bike. Our bodies tends to get used to the exercises we perform quicker than what we think, so changing your routine may help push through your plateau.

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Eat more. Strength train. Your body is probably getting used to walking, so it's having less of an impact. Don't give it up by any means, but add some HIIT or metabolic conditioning stuff: quick sets of pushups, pullups, squats, box jumps with little to no rest in between. Keep it short and sweet so you go all out.

Awesome advice. We don't want to keep adding hours of cardio. That just trains your body to be more efficient at doing hours of walking or jogging which means it's good at long periods of exercise with less calories burned. The shorter interval training and addition of strength exercises is the ticket.

being you haven't weight trained for some time, you don't need to go to the gym or use weights.. Use your own body weight for eg push ups box, three quarters and then eventually full length... Squats and when you get used to doing them start to use things like bags of sugar in each hand to increase weight... Bicep curls use tins of food or again bags of sugar, triceps again the same thing... The list is endless on what you can do and what you can use, plus makes it a little easier to fit in at home.... Also try changing your breakfast to just protein.... By not fueling the body with carbs in the morning your body will be encouraged to take its energy from the fat you store in stead.... Weights are so important in a work out tho and you must include them some how... You need to build more muscle to burn more fat, also weight bearing exercise will help protect you from bone disorders.... Remember its the muscle of the body that holds up not the skeleton.... So get lifting and you will defo see a result, but remember to also use a tape measure to measure around the tops of your legs, the wides part of the body often the seating area, hip, waist, under bust over bust and tops of arms... you will see a deffo inch loss but not necessary weight loss as muscle weights more than fat....
Also bear in mind you have stopped breast feeding now so the body will be having time out to see what your up to and once it decides your not being stupid it will start to let the weight go again... sometimes you can go six weeks with out any weight loss then bang a huge amount will drop off... Your body is still return to pre pregnancy state which can take up to 18 months to return to normal... Keep up with the good work tho your doing brill

I have lost 77 lbs over the past year. I am currently 135 and 5' 2''. I have been "stuck" here for the last month or so. A google search turned up that to lose weight my calories should be around 1250, so that's what I have myfitnesspal set at. I have not been able to get my weight to budge and I am very frusterated. I am meticulous about counting my calories and my exercise (and usually estimate low on exercise). I generally run/or walk (incline) on the treadmill for about 40 minutes a day and most days take a 2.5 mile walk around our neighborhood at night. I am able to get to the gym once in a while and will put in an hour of cardio there if I can make it. I had no problem losing weight before and the only difference I can really see is that before I was breastfeeding, now I'm down to just once or twice a day, so I know I'm not losing any calories there, but I'm also not eating an excess of calories. Any ideas on what I could be doing to break through this?

You will be getting down to your last bits of stubborn fat soon.
This is the trickiest part to losing weight.
It becomes a game of hormonal balance and smart training.

One of the worst things you can do at this point would be steady state cardio.
Your lean mass is so important and if you look in the mirror and feel that you are just a smaller version of yourself from a year ago, you may need another dietary approach.
I recently started working on this and feel that:
1) A dietary break for 2 weeks is in order.
This will help reset certain hormones that have been pushed out of whack from dieting for long periods of time.
2) Cyclical dieting.
This is where you set MFP to your TDEE.
On lifting days you eat above TDEE to spark muscle growth.
Surplus days are carb heavy days where you get to indulge a little.
Rest days are at a deficit and the emphasis is on healthy fats.
Protein is always paramount at 1g per pound of LBM.

I recently did a post on how to determine your TDEE.
Its on my profile page if you want to give it a go.

PM me if you have any questions.

Lyle McDonald talks about this phase in depth in a book called The Stubborn Fat Solution.
He says "Overweight people have more leptin and are better able to lose fat while maintaining lean mass. Unfortunately the gears switch as the person becomes leaner and the bodies defense mechanisms kick in for survival. These people are the ones losing lean mass faster than fat."

Start weights ASAP.
Drop cardio.
Diet smart.

I have lost 77 lbs over the past year. I am currently 135 and 5' 2''. I have been "stuck" here for the last month or so. A google search turned up that to lose weight my calories should be around 1250, so that's what I have myfitnesspal set at. I have not been able to get my weight to budge and I am very frusterated. I am meticulous about counting my calories and my exercise (and usually estimate low on exercise). I generally run/or walk (incline) on the treadmill for about 40 minutes a day and most days take a 2.5 mile walk around our neighborhood at night. I am able to get to the gym once in a while and will put in an hour of cardio there if I can make it. I had no problem losing weight before and the only difference I can really see is that before I was breastfeeding, now I'm down to just once or twice a day, so I know I'm not losing any calories there, but I'm also not eating an excess of calories. Any ideas on what I could be doing to break through this?

Change up your routine your body has adjusted to it. IMO start lifting some weights, I know most girls are scared of this cause they think they will get all huge or something but your body doesn't have the hormones to be big. Here is a quote from my friends blog that I love

while strength training you are obviously expending energy to do the work, just like you would with Cardio. However, the difference lies in your rest day. While Cardio workouts(eg. running) will improve your cardiovascular endurance, strength training on the other hand results in the controlled destruction of muscle tissue. Since the body's reaction to this is to rebuild the muscles stronger than they were before, they need energy to rebuild, which happens when we rest. Looking for the most efficient way to rebuild, the body looks for the closest energy source to use, that is the fat surrounding those muscles! By incorporating a nutritious diet with strength training, fat will be dispensed of faster, strength will increase and your body's biochemistry will improve as it would not with mere calisthenics, further improving various aspects of your wellbeing.

IDK what your diet is like but cut something out for a bit like dairy, cheese, cream ext. Humans aren't meant to consume dairy past the age of 2 years old that part of the digestive system is supposed to be shut off at that point.