Stuck at 194 pounds
I hit a big plateau and cant drop any more weight and this week will be my 5th week of Body For Life. I have stuck to my diet and doubled up on the cardio but still no drop in weight. However, I did buy a new smaller belt today and this is my 5th belt since I started out all of this in December 2007, so something is happening.
People who haven’t seen me in awhile do not recognize me. They are shocked and tell me how different I look since losing all of this weight-amazing.
One of the trainers at Ballys told me that my body has completely acclimated to everything that I am doing -thats why my weight will not drop. I believe this is the case.
I decided to go back to the basics. I am going to stop taking all supplements including no explode, muscle milk and cell mass. I am going to change my cardio step and treadmill routine in exchange for an hour long high intensity spin class 3 times each week along with lifting every other day.
I am going to stick to the diet because it has worked well for me and got me down 76 pounds so far.
Presently I am feeling discouraged and bummed out but I know that I will eventually will plow through this plateau. It sucks putting in all this effort and not getting a payoff at the end of the week.
During my 76 pound weight loss I have hit several plateaus before but not for this long. These last 24 pounds have been hell to lose but I know I will get there. When I weighed 270 pounds, the 200 pound mark seemed so far away but I got there and passed that. Now my sights are focused on 170. It is a realistic goal.
24 more pounds. It can be done and I’m gonna get there. Once I put my mind to something I stick with it no mattter what. I am cetrtain that in a few weeks, I can look back and read this post and realize that I was just in a temporary slump.
It can only get better from here.
September 13, 2008 at 11:26 pm
The diet may be working, but also consider if you’ve been changing your portion sizes while dropping weight. Often times its not so much what you’re eating, but how much. If the portions are still similar, try finding ways to drop the calories a little or substitute foods that are lower in cals to increase the defecit. You might just be too close to a calories in matching what you’re burning. Another trick is to try carb cycling to keep the body guessing.
September 14, 2008 at 6:31 pm
Thank you for the advice. I had some carbs today and will cycle off of them tomorrow. Am changing out my cardio routine starting out tomorow and I will see what happens.