Stuck!!! Tired of 205!
 

I dropped to 203 on Sat (my weight log day), but I do weigh daily. I've been stuck at 205 this week - I did just start doing some type of Pilates/Yoga video every day this week, could that be affecting my weight? Because I am adding muscle? Or is this the beginning of a plateau?

Help me! I really want to get out of the 200's!

I so understand! I've been hovering at 232, 231, and 230 for a few weeks now. Just want to move into the 20's so bad! I hope someone can help you. I know for me if I add a little more planning and discipline into my week I'll get back on my downward slide. Hang in there and keep making good choices!

I doubt it's the yoga, but who really knows, our bodies react so weirdly to things. I would just give it awhile longer before you call it a plateau. I know how you feel, I had dipped to 177.7 but now I've been stuck at 178.something. Just keep pushing through, the scale will move!

I'm right there with you. I was stuck at 202.6 for a week and I was worried it was the beginning of a large plateau but it budged today so don't fret yet!

Meet you on the other side of 200 very soon! :D

After you have been the same weight for 6 weeks you are considered to be on a plateau. Maybe daily weighing isn't right for you. Fluctuations in weight are normal. You haven't been exercising long enough to build muscle and you need strength training to really do it.

Good to know about the 6 weeks = a plateau! I'm not quite there yet!

Scale today still says 205! Tomorrow is official weigh in day.

I think the problem this week was ME, since husband's birthday was on Wed and I make FANTASTIC cakes, so created a chocolate cake with oreo frosting and of course ate 3 of the oreos and then threw the package on the front porch. Needless to say, husband was amused when he came home to a package of oreos on the front porch, but at least I didn't eat anymore of them! So had cake on Wed AND Thurs and now I am throwing the rest a way (WHAT A WASTE!), but I will eat it, so it's got to go.

I don't mind the scale being stuck when I am not on plan, but when I am OP and it still won't move is what drives me crazy!

At least I am maintaining :D

That's the right attitude.. Maintainance is way better than a gain!
I was stuck between 201 and 202 for 5 weeks. It was the hardest time I've had since starting this journey, and I've just barely gotten through it. At the 5 week mark I put the scale away, stopped counting calories and just tried to eat healthy and the next week it finally dropped under to 198.6. I think releasing the stress of getting under that milestone was the key for me!
Good Luck!

I have been stuck at 203 for almost 3 months. I don't have any advice, just empathy!

We'll get there!

Originally Posted by lindalee9:

I think the problem this week was ME, since husband's birthday was on Wed and I make FANTASTIC cakes, so created a chocolate cake with oreo frosting and of course ate 3 of the oreos So had cake on Wed AND Thurs

I don't mind the scale being stuck when I am not on plan, but when I am OP and it still won't move is what drives me crazy!
:D

Good detective work!

Do you food journal? Writing every little (or big) thing that goes into your mouth - every bite, lick, taste, crumb and sip? Everything, everything, everything - no exceptions.

Because then you'll be easily able to see if those *plateaus* (or weight stalls) are self-induced.

It'll also help to keep those extra nibbles away, thus allowing steadier weight loss. It is a wonderful weight loss tool.

I too would throw it away. Better to be in the waste can than to BE the waste can.

I don't journal everyday. I usually spot check maybe 2 days a week, where I record everything and figure out the calories to see if I am on track.

It's interesting and comforting to see a few others that have been stalled right before ONEderland - I wonder if it is a mind thing as well. I haven't weighed 199 since 2002 . . . and maybe am nervous/excited/too focused on that.

Official weigh in is tomorrow, so we'll see where I stand in the morning.

That's frustrating. Just about everyone I know stalls a bit just before crossing into Onderland. I stalled, for sure. I wonder if it's psychological to some extent. I mean, we're all so eager to cross that line that we sometimes get too eager. I don't know - maybe it's just that our bodies have a sick and twisted sense of humor. lol!

I'd say just keep pressing on and maybe try not to weigh-in every day. The anxiety over crossing into Onderland can't be helping.

You'll get there! :-)