MostlyDickWeight wrote: » Sounds like you have hit a hard plateau. Try carb cycling, it has worked wonders for me. Here's a link that gives you some suggested tips based off your body stats. http://www.1percentedge.com/ifcalc/
keeponkickin wrote: » I'm 5' 8" and my thinking is you're where you should be. Also, I learned the hard way to NOT eat 1200 calories. I stalled out for 3 years at that calorie intake and being very active. I began EM2WL and happily eating 2,000 calories a day and losing again. There's a great group here on MFP for Eating More 2 Weigh Less. BTW, I too lost 100 pounds and then stalled out.
TerraThomas1 wrote: » Hoping people can help/give me some advice with my weight loss. I am 5lbs from my goal, and have been for about a year now. I just can not seem to lose these last 5lbs. I started my weight loss journey in March of 2013 when I joined weight watchers. It total I have lost 101lbs starting at 253 and am now 152. I am 26 years old, 5'8.5", just some back round info. I consistently lost weight every week, and if I didn't I could pin point what I did wrong that week, exp. had a "cheat dinner" of pizza and wings, holiday, someone's birthday party, etc. My weight loss seems to have come to a complete halt no matter how healthy I eat or how much I exercise. I try hard to stick to a 1200 calorie per day diet (have a food scale and weigh EVERYTHING religiously), work out 6 times a week which includes 5 7.5 mile runs and 1 9 or 10 mile run. Strength training 2x per week for about 30min. I do allow myself to drink on the weekends, something I am not willing to give up. Let me know if you have any advice. Since I just joined I can not open my food journal to the public, but can post an average daily food intake if needed.
Alex37166 wrote: » keeponkickin wrote: » I'm 5' 8" and my thinking is you're where you should be. Also, I learned the hard way to NOT eat 1200 calories. I stalled out for 3 years at that calorie intake and being very active. I began EM2WL and happily eating 2,000 calories a day and losing again. There's a great group here on MFP for Eating More 2 Weigh Less. BTW, I too lost 100 pounds and then stalled out. Everyone reacts differently with each scenario. I eat 1,200 to 1,400 calories a day, depending on my workouts/exercise, and have no problem with it and losing weight, too. Just thought I'd let you know that. :-)
TerraThomas1 wrote: » My weight loss seems to have come to a complete halt no matter how healthy I eat or how much I exercise. I try hard to stick to a 1200 calorie per day diet (have a food scale and weigh EVERYTHING religiously), work out 6 times a week which includes 5 7.5 mile runs and 1 9 or 10 mile run. Strength training 2x per week for about 30min. I do allow myself to drink on the weekends, something I am not willing to give up.
Machka9 wrote: » TerraThomas1 wrote: » My weight loss seems to have come to a complete halt no matter how healthy I eat or how much I exercise. I try hard to stick to a 1200 calorie per day diet (have a food scale and weigh EVERYTHING religiously), work out 6 times a week which includes 5 7.5 mile runs and 1 9 or 10 mile run. Strength training 2x per week for about 30min. I do allow myself to drink on the weekends, something I am not willing to give up. How much do you want to lose weight?
ndj1979 wrote: » Machka9 wrote: » TerraThomas1 wrote: » My weight loss seems to have come to a complete halt no matter how healthy I eat or how much I exercise. I try hard to stick to a 1200 calorie per day diet (have a food scale and weigh EVERYTHING religiously), work out 6 times a week which includes 5 7.5 mile runs and 1 9 or 10 mile run. Strength training 2x per week for about 30min. I do allow myself to drink on the weekends, something I am not willing to give up. How much do you want to lose weight? please, drinking on the weekend is not going to result in a long term plateau … I drink on weekends and have no issue with losing….