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Originally Posted by Glory87
Took me about 6 months to lose the first 52 lbs, and then 10 months to lose the last 13 lbs.
What helped me was changing my mindset. My original goal was 135 lbs. When I got stuck at 140 I agonized over it for around 3 months. I increased calories, decreased calories, worked out more, worked out less - nothing I did changed my weight. Stuck at 140.
Being stuck at 140 made me miserable. I got on the scale every day. I was mad I couldn't lose the last 5 lbs.
After about 12 weeks I realized something pretty neat - my weight wasn't going down but it wasn't going up either. I had never been able to lose weight and keep it off, but here I had maintained a 52 lb weight loss for 3 months. I wasn't plateauing, I was maintaining! That made me feel better.
Now this is one seriously inspiring post, especially for me. Because I'm doing exactly what YOU were doing, getting stuck around the 140 mark. It's like
WHAM, you hit 140 and everything just stops.
Some weigh-in days (which is less than once a week for me, maybe a couple of times a month, so that gives you an idea of how long I've been stuck, lol) I'm 138 and the next I'm back up to 140. Then 139, then 140. 138... 140. You get the idea. You've obviously been there.
It's not that it's driving me totally crazy, I'm fairly comfortable where I'm at, although I really would like to get down closer to 130. I want to be BELOW 135. Yeah, I know, they're only numbers. But we each have our reasons for wanting to
BE at a certain place. I'm also going by how clothes are fitting. I've got a pair of jeans that are a little on the snug side and I think dropping an extra 8-10 pounds will make them fit just right. And that would put me at about 130.
Maybe I'll do what you did, increase my calories, just not going OVER maintenance, and see what happens.
Great post