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Originally Posted by suzan
I had a plan and I am failing, I didnt lose a bit this week. Would it be because I am stuffing myself a lot?? Even if its healthy food? HELP!
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I didn't see anything in your post to indicate you are failing. I assume you said that because you didn't lose scale weight this week. I would encourage you to read any one of the dozens of threads about taking too short of a view of scale weight, there are just SOO many factors, that anything short of a 3-4 week plateau if you are doing good behaviors shouldn't cause you to even tweak.
From what I've seen the whole 5-6 meal thing "firing your metabolism" is overrated. However I've seen a couple of significant benefits from eating the smaller meals when I do it. First is that it helps keep my energy level more consistent throughout the day. Second it helps me realize more what normal portions and normal meal amounts should consist of. Those are real benefits.
You should post your calories on here, many times people are off on this without realizing. In my opinion there is nothing wrong with eating frequently enough to not be super hungry, but eating again when you are "stuffed" probably isn't great. It might be just tweaking the types of calories you consume.
But my guess is that your first option should be simple patience. Focus on evaluating your behaviors not the scale in the short term.