Question:
Need some advice I am three and 1/2 months out and have only lost 70lbs.
I exercise regularly, have a personal trainer. I recently have modified my eating habits and 6lbs came off, but this week nothing, not even a 1/2 pound. I really need some advice on getting off this plateau. I am averaging about 700-900 cals. a day. I workout five days a week, although I recently hurt myself so my cardio training has been limited. I am at my wits end with how to kick start the weightloss. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. — gloria M. (posted on September 26, 2002)
September 26, 2002
Gloria, you are doing just fine . 70 pounds in three in a half months is a
miracle.if i were you i would not be complaining or worried right now i
would be jumping for joy don't worry just give your body a chance to catch
up and get use to all that weight you just lost and then you will start
loosing again. good luck and keep on trucking you doing great.... from kim
— KIM B.
September 26, 2002
hi gloria :) you are doing just fine and congrats on that 70 lb loss! dont
put yourself down at all. i was like 75 lbs a 3 months out and everyone was
saying how fast that was. 70 sounds good to me and trust me it will keep
coming off. ive lost nearly 150 lbs since feb 8 02. youll be fine and you
are doing great!
— carrie M.
September 26, 2002
Gloria, you're doing great! Just remember to keep your fat and carbs down
and protein and water up and you'll do fine.
Your body occasionally needs to catch up to all the changes it has gone
through.
— LLinderman
September 26, 2002
I don't know if one week without a loss counts as a plateau... but it
doesn't matter.. its difficult... make sure to keep your protein up and eat
more <b>often</b> space the food out... and drink more water...
can you do some other form of cardio until your injury heals? Recumbent
bike or something similar? Keep track of what you're eating on something
like fitday if you're not doing that already.. and limit your carbs...
— Lisa C.
September 27, 2002
Man, sometimes people do need a 'wake-up call', but in this case it sounds
as if Amanda 'woke up' on the wrong side of the bed. Yikes Amanda, she is
just looking for a little reassurance here. That is what this board is
for, support. If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all,
ever hear that one? Maybe you should consider living more by that.
Gloria, your loss is fine. As you know, we are all very different and lose
at different paces! Many lose 100 lbs. by 6 months. Me, I have lost less
than 100 and am 10 months out. I am at goal and feel great, but my loss
was nice and slow and don't have a whole lot of excess skin to deal with.
People talk about breaking plateaus, but that is the natural process and it
WILL eventually break. I am losing 5 lbs. or less a month now, and its not
as fun as in the beginning, but it is part of the process and I have
accepted it. I had a plateau that lasted almost 6 weeks...that was NOT
fun!! I thought that the losing was over and that was it, but it started
again and still going. It'll happen. Try to relax and enjoy this crazy
ride!
— Cheri M.
September 27, 2002
Oh, and by the way, it took me 5 months to lose 70 lbs.
— Cheri M.
September 27, 2002
It took me almost 6 months to loose 70 pounds...
— crishsapig
September 27, 2002
I lost 90lbs. and that is ALL I lost (albeit I am happy for that) and I
lost it in 7 months... we are all different. There are no comparisons.
— Karen R.
September 27, 2002
you are doing fine...everyone's weightloss is different. I have ONLY lost
134 lbs and I am a little over 1 year out...but at 3 mths I was ONLY at 71
lbs. Don't forget you are working out and muscle weighs more than fat...so
stop worrying about the scale...and enjoy your loss. :)
— Ilene M.
September 30, 2002
ONLY 70 pounds???? I lost 60 at 3 1/2 months and was very happy! With
doing a lot of exercise, you are probably gaining some great muscle, hence
why the scale might not move. Check your measurements. Don't get hung up
on that stuff. Plateaus happen and then they naturally break. I hit a
plateau usually every 2 weeks and it lasts a week or more. As long as my
scale is headed in the right direction, I dont sweat it. Hang in there and
just keep doing what you're doing!
— emilyfink
September 30, 2002
Gloria you are doing great. I have lost 80 lbs and I am 6 months post op.
Don't fret with platueas (sp?). Take them with a grain of salt. Use that
time to continue to build muscle and get rid of the flab. When I hit a
platuea, which August and Sept. I wast stuck at 185 - 190 I continued to do
my workout and eat the right things and now I am 179. So I used my
plateaus to my advantage because it gives your body a rest ground and you
can build muscle. Hopefully won't need painful plastic surgery to fix it
all. Best of Luck.
— Chris9672
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