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Originally Posted by greenviolets
I'm counting calories (1200 calories), making healthy choices and on a running program. So far I've lost 70 lbs, but now I seem to have hit a plateau.
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At only 1200 calories I would guess that you've had enough metabolic adaptation happening that you have only a couple of choices;
1 - You can further reduce calories (NOT ideal)
2 - You can take a week or so to return your calories to maintenance or just slightly above and hope for a corresponding increase in letptin (only a short term fix)
2 - You can increase calories and focus on lifting weights and building muscle... essentially doing a nice slow reverse diet. From there you can actually increase your metabolic rate and continue to lose fat, or at least get to a higher set point and then, after a while, continue to cut and focus on fat loss once again (ideal scenario)