STAYING THE SAME?

Eula "Evie" R.
on 2/22/12 3:43 am - Mount Nebo, WV
Hi,
Hope I find everyone on here well and happy.
I have a question. I have been staying 150 lbs since about Thanksgiving. My goal was 130 but I think I would be happy at 135-140. I am not losing now. Does your body stop losing on it's own? Do I just have to buckle down and try harder? Take any advice. Thank you.

God Bless
Evie 






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(deactivated member)
on 2/22/12 3:59 am
Hi, you have found your maintenance point.  If you want to lose more, you need to decrease your calories, and possibly carbs.  You can also increase exercise, but that is less effective at losing the weight and is better for maintenance.
heathermc44
on 2/22/12 4:17 am - Bremerton, WA
Yep, I stopped losing at about 9 months out.  I have managed to get about 3 more pounds off but my weight has completely stabilized.  I am at the high end of the BMI range but I am within normal.  I am 5'2 and weigh 133.  I am also 46 years old.  I know I should be happy with this but I still would like to get down maybe 8 more pounds.  Good luck to you!
    
soulsister
on 2/22/12 7:44 am, edited 2/22/12 7:45 am - NY
I have to disagree with Elina. The only way that I break a stall is to exercise HARD.  Things such as jogging, interval sprints, weights with cardio, etc.
If your body is not used to exercising you will see a difference on the scale in 1-3 days.

Exercise is so, so, important during weightloss AND maintenance.

I have 25 more to lose and it gets tougher, I know.

But step up the exercise, eat less than 800 cals and under 40 carbs and you will see a loss!
Tracasa
on 2/23/12 2:04 am
The scale really moved slow for me from New years until last week when after being on vacation I lost 9 pounds! It felt so good finally to see that and what I was doing during vacation was eating
fruits, and fish very few veggies most had sauces all over but I guess from eating more instead of less it helped.
                    
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