help! whats going on!
 

I have a problem... I take dance slasses 5 days a week and one pilates class a week, keep my calories between1200 ans 1600 and I haventlost any weight in almost 5 weeks!!! I havent been off my diet! I dont understand! I havent gained any either but I :mad: im not ready to maintain! I need to loose 15 more pounds! what am I doing wrong! :?:

Might try upping your calories to 1600-1800 cals. Make sure they are healthy calories or switch up your work out and try more cardio.

I'm in the same boat, just stuck. I'm doing cardio and weights, and a similar calorie level, but things are just not moving. I'll note this thread and get back to you if I find something that works. Good Luck!

I know this is not going to be a popular response but it has worked for me. I was exercising six days a week and not losing any weight (no gain either) I stopped the 6 days and now only do three or four and I started to drop immediately. I find the days I exercise I lose nothing and the off days the scales move.

It could also be that your body does not think that you need to lose anymore. Good luck!

Dale

What is your recommended daily calorie intake based on your weight & height? (You can find this on the main page under Daily Caloried needs Calculator) You should deduct 1000 calories per day from your calorie needs to lose a healthy 2 lbs. per week.

Maybe you are gaining more muscle tone. (muscle weighs more than fat) Check out your start measurements against your measurements now.

-Jenn

diet plateau
 

My friend did LA weight loss...and was VERY strict about her diet and everything, also did WW....and eventually she hit something called a plateau and no matter what she did she just wouldnt lose anything...she was like to the point of starving her self and still nothing...I cant rememberwhat the LA weight loss people told her to do...but maybe thats what some of you are experiencing...if this is the case....possibly research it some on-line?
Heres something I found. Hope it helps. http://www.obgyn.net/displayarticle....tWatch-plateau

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LaDean, like many others who have been trying to lose weight for an extended period of time, had hit the dreaded weight loss plateau. Weight loss plateaus are common among dieters, and are usually defined as the period when weight loss stops after a number of weeks on a diet.

"There actually are two weight loss plateaus," says Dr. David Levitsky, Professor of Nutrition and Psychology at Cornell University. "The first occurs when one drastically reduces caloric intake by about 40 to 50 percent. Body weight decreases rapidly at first but then hits a point where very little additional weight is lost even though one continues to restrict intake. This plateau may occur within 10 days of starting a diet but depends upon the degree of caloric restriction."

According to Levitsky, this apparent "halt" in weight loss is due to the fact that scales only measure total body weight, and ignore differences between fat, water and muscle mass. As soon as caloric intake (especially from carbohydrates) is restricted, there is an immediate loss in sodium from the body, which is accompanied by water loss. This leads to the rapid weight loss that balances out later on and creates the plateau. In other words, the initial weight loss is primarily loss of water, and not body fat. The weight loss rate of body fat mass is much slower than that of water. Therefore, as weight loss progresses after the initial rapid "success," it slows down considerably.

"The second weight loss plateau," says Levitsky, "occurs weeks or months after the beginning of a diet." This second, and more permanent halt in weight loss is a result of a decrease in metabolism, which happens for two major reasons: a reduction in thyroid hormone activity and a lowering of the body's basal metabolic rate (BMR). First, the caloric restriction causes a decrease in the activity of the thyroid hormones, the hormones that regulate the metabolic rate. Second, the initial weight loss achieved by a restriction of calories decreases the body's size and by doing so, lowers the amount of energy burned from the body's functions. These two processes combine to lower the body's BMR (see frame). When the body's energy expenditure decreases while caloric intake stays the same, weight loss will come to a halt. These mechanisms are the basis of the "set-point theory."

Plateaus can be a discouraging phenomenon....But what you need to do is shake things up a bit to shock your body...Whether it be exercising by increasing your intensity. Exercise for less days but with higher intensity or interval training. Or tweaking your food intake....

Here is a great article that Juju on this site wrote recently...
http://www.skinnydailypost.com/archi...ve.html#000986

Hope this helps good luck...