I have an awful feeling I'm about to get stuck where I am now, at 223-224. I don't know why, something like a hunch. Time to start journalling food and upping the exercise, in general raising my awareness again and see what happens.

Oh, if it were only as simple as calorie deficit = pounds lost. It's such a complicated condition. The weight loss "plateau" is famous in infamy. Who knows what the reason is. It is one of the most frustratng things in the history of losing weight. Once I was stuck at just under 250lbs. I have pretty much the same schedule every day. I drove to Canada to have some dental work done, overate, but not much and went to the casino. And when I got back I had lost three lbs. And that broke that plateau. I have heard people saying that some kind of change in food or routine can sometimes break it. We all know that the human body eventually adjusts to any behavior that is repetitive. It seems to want to maintain the status quo. So we have to shake up things once in a while. So, hang in there. What? do you want to go back to where you were? :( No Way......:)

I was stuck for the longest time around 250, then broke through right after taking a cruise. I ate what I wanted on that cruise, so was sure I'd gained a ton. Instead I only gained the teeniest bit, then lost 4 lbs. the next week. I think sometimes the body needs to reset its internal "happy place" and reassure itself it's not starving. Whenever I hit a plateau, I just remind myself that it's only my body being persnickety, and keep on doing what I've been doing. A week or two later, my weight loss resumes.

I was stuck at 215. I stayed within 4lbs either side of it. I stayed there for months and then slowly over the summer my weight started to change...going the wrong way.I gained back a full 15lbs before I got it under control.I now have half of it back off and cant wait to see 215 again. I will get past it this time!

I'm stuck on 214....have been for about six weeks now...it's very frustrating and I'm trying to stay focused and some times I think I will never see 213 but I know somewhere in the back of my head it has to come off eventually if I stick to the plan and plod along. Maybe my body has to get use to the 40 pounds it's lost before embarking on the next 40...who knows? I'm patiently taking one day at a time.

I had a devil of a time getting past 160, because, as Robin mentioned, my brain got stuck there. That was my high school weight, the lowest number I remember weighing as a mostly grown person, and I spent a long time there this go around for whatever mental reasons.

Then again, I seem to hit a plateau every 30 pounds or so, though as I get closer to goal it's become more like 20 pounds, which is around the time I hit 160 (my last plateau was right around 180).

I have heard, but have so facts to back it up....that the body remembers weights we weighed in the past and it tries to hover there when it reaches it. Just keep on doing what you are doing, you will get past it, it may take some time and you may get frustrated, but it will be well worth it and you will be so happy you did. May the force be with you.

See you in the 240s...:)

I haven't been below 235 lbs in my entire adult life (18+). However I don't think its my body getting stuck there, I think its me. Usually once I get to that "low," I become a little complacent and my mind begins to play that this-is-your-lowest-weight-ever game and then I probably begin to subconsciously sabotage myself and that's where things get problematic.