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The Dreaded Plateau
Oh the plateau. I started at 286 in February of 2011 and am now at 212. That would be amazing except no one told me when I started that this would get harder and harder. Now, as if I needed confirmation, everyone is telling me exactly that. I got down to this weight by doing almost pure cardio: Elliptical for the first 5…
Under/Overshooting
I told MFP I wanted to lose 2lbs/a week. It gave me a Calorie limit of 1890 a day. That was 4 weeks ago. Today I've lost between 13-15 lbs so far, with quite a bit still to go. My issue is this: I only eat about 1300 calories a day, and do about an hour of intense cardio 5 days a week. I experienced some slight fatigue…