My plateau days are over!!!

Well people, my plateau days are over. When I weighed myself today at the time where I base my weight loss info on (fully dressed in the afternoon) then the number on the scale told me that I had lost 4 lbs. As usual I had a HUGE weight loss basically over night, because yesterday I was in my usual plateau weight (321 lbs). Now I am 317, so in all I have lost 86 lbs since january 2006. The thing is that my weight has been basically the same since 18th June, so I haven't lost weight for nearly one month. It would be understandable not losing any weight if I had been pigging out, but I wasn't! I followed my food plan as I had done before (when I was losing weight) 99.9% of the time. I didn't eat sugar or binge on junk-food, or do anything different. I guess plateaus are just part of the process of losing weight, but they sure are the biggest hurdle for maintaining the mentality necessary for the weight loss. When you don't see any results despite doing everything right, then it is so easy to fall from the right path. You start to think what's the point of continuing, when you aren't losing any weight. Luckily I kept focusing on my goal, so I didn't cave for the voices telling me to quit. I said to myself that the weight loss was just the one of the benefits of eating very healthy. I feel great both physically and mentally thanks to a healthy food choice, and those things are just as important as the weight loss. So I continued to eat as I did, and made an effort to be even stricter with the food-choices, and finally after much waiting I have gotten over this plateau, and lost some weight. I think this plateau is just one of many to come, but at least I gotten the experience that they will end eventually if you keep on eating the healthy way, so there is no reason to quit. Just make minor adjustments in the nutrition and be patient.

Hi Heidrun, I am happy your plateau is over. Those are really annoying times for me and it appears I hit one a lot!!! I know how confusing it is when you don't do anything different and the weight stops. I think you said it well though when you talk about really knowing your body. It's amazing how I can tell quickly what is making me unable to lose, or making me tired, or just making me feel blah. I never knew what that felt like at 350 pounds. I couldn't tell an ache or a pain from a weight related thing, which is why I blamed so many of my health issues on weight. It's sad that obese people are forced to do that. I really had some things wrong with me that I blamed on being obese. So I am glad you stuck it out, even through the rough times. I know how scary that can be!!! Donna