i've been stuck at 188-189-190 for the past 4 weeks, and it's getting hard to see past it. i thought once i hit 188, i'd made it past and got to the other side of the plateau, but alas. i'm stuck again. i don't really know what to try next. i've upped my water a lot and stopped drinking as much diet soda. i'm thinking about trying this whole gluten-free thing because i've heard so much about it...i need some help with that, though. anyone who does it needs to let me know how it goes--what you eat and everything.

also, i was just talking to my boyfriend's ex-girlfriend (sounds weird, i know...but we have a lot of mutual friends and she's a pretty cool girl), and she's also trying to lose weight. we were talking about what we're doing, and she's low-carbin' it. we started around the same time (i started 10/20, she says she started about a week before halloween) and evidently she's lost 35 lbs to my 12. i don't even know if that's humanly possible, but it made me feel all the more worse about my being stuck.

If you aren't already, I would keep a strict food journal to figure out exactly what your calorie intake is and go from there. Also, HIIT training can help.

whats hiit training?

high intensity interval training.

for instance, walk/jog 2 minutes, then sprint 1 minute, then recover with a 2 minute walk, sprint again 1 minute. etc. etc.

also... i feel your pain, girl. for real. i started sept 11. and i lost 10 pounds the first week. and the whole rest of the time since has been about 6 pounds. you know my story, though. and honestly, it drives me a little crazy sometimes, like i'm wondering wtf im doing wrong. just try and stick with it and not get discouraged, even though its hard.

some words of wisdom my father said the other day: "running is great exercise, you dont see fat runners."

granted my dad is kinda old school and says lots of offensive things. but i took his words to mean. stick with it, b/c eventually, the weight will have to come off. no one that runs miles a day for years stays fat. eventually, it's gonna have to come off.

oh, what a way with words your father has. ;]
nah, but seriously, i just started c25k-ing and 30ds-ing all at the same time. my goal is to 30ds every day in december and c25k every tuesday, thursday & sunday. except when this semester is over so is my membership to the school gym so i'll have to man up and run outside. heaven forbid.

i love running outside. To be honest i can't run but i like to run -> walk -> run -> walk while looking at people. And it helps my thighs smaller (yes, i lost thighs fat the most so i'm pretty happy with it).

What is your calories intake ? You might want to up it abit, or lower it abit for a week or so to see how it affects Body is weird >"<

gluten free diets are not as much fun as people think. they help you lose weight but at the same time you need an awful lot of vitamin supplements. one of my colelagues was just diagnosed a celiac and he's starting to struggle agter a few weeks. so i wouldn't suggest it.

I had a friend who went through the same plateau problem. She kept working our harder and trying to cut calories and nothing happened. Well her husband talked her into upping her calories on the days she worked out and then she started losing weight again. I'm not saying this is an absolute fix but there are other things you can try too. If you are like me I start to eat and do the same things over and over again. Mix it up and try some new recipes, eat different (healthy!) foods, try a new exercise routine and try to cut out processed foods. Good luck!

I've read what Brandy says, too. Sometimes those plateaus get toppled when you increase your calories. Your body adjusts to what you're taking in and what you're burning and levels out. You still may be changing in other ways, but the weight just seems to stand still. I wouldn't know, I haven't gotten there yet!

so maybe it just took me posting about it because the day after i posted this i weighed myself and i was at 187. i've seen 186 on the scale too but right now it just seems too good to be true. if i see it tomorrow morning, too, i'll move the ticker