i have lost 37 lbs since march and have stopped loosing now

[dansd]

In March i weighed 337 lbs as of today i am at 300lbs and have stayed here for the last 3 weeks. Is there anyone else that has this problem.

[Gotham]

I feel your pain. I was stuck at 139.3 for like a month, so I started working out more (5 days a week instead of 3 or 4). That helped, I got down to 137.1. Then had a sad life event and lost 3 pounds in a couple days because of grief and stress (not how I wanted to lose it). Now I'm trying to keep the trend going by closely counting calories and working out. Hope this helps, you're not alone!

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@dansd wrote:

In March i weighed 337 lbs as of today i am at 300lbs and have stayed here for the last 3 weeks. Is there anyone else that has this problem.

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[NY2TX]

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@Gotham wrote:

I feel your pain. I was stuck at 139.3 for like a month, so I started working out more (5 days a week instead of 3 or 4). That helped, I got down to 137.1. Then had a sad life event and lost 3 pounds in a couple days because of grief and stress (not how I wanted to lose it). Now I'm trying to keep the trend going by closely counting calories and working out. Hope this helps, you're not alone!

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@dansd wrote:

In March i weighed 337 lbs as of today i am at 300lbs and have stayed here for the last 3 weeks. Is there anyone else that has this problem.

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Dan - I started at 254 in March (23rd) and am now 219.  Haven't plateaued yet...some weeks I lose more than others. To me it is the consistency of effort, both exercise and diet...as much as you can tolerate of both.  You'll get going again because you've already come a long way. 🙂

[dansd]

Thank you i appreciate your support and information

[dansd]

Thanks and great job on your weight loss. I hope things are better for you now keep up the good work and remember life is what you make it.

[NY2TX]

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@dansd wrote:

Thanks and great job on your weight loss. I hope things are better for you now keep up the good work and remember life is what you make it.

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Everyone has a different situation. I had gotten to where I was by being complacent. My daughter bought me my FitbIt for my 65th birthday and I used that as an excuse to start exercising.  I walk pretty aggressively every day.  And I diet, without really denying myself the important things in life like ice cream (a small cup every night along with Hershey's Light Chocolate Syrup) and sometimes some of those Brookhill Dark chocolate covered Pomegranates. I purposely go low calorie for break fast and lunch do I have 1200-1500 cals for the nighttime, and I still end up being 1000+ calories under calories burned.  But it is all a personal thing. What works for me will not work for others.

[Annpatalexa]

This might seem really odd. But add an extra 200 calories to your diet if you tend to stick to the low end of things and add in one more day of fitness. You're doing awesome. As long as you keep at it You'll get to healthy. Thin is just a biproduct of health.

[Elansc]

Happens ALL the time with me.... Lose a bit, plateau a bit (for the last 81.5 lbs). My first plateau was around 30 pounds and it lasted about one month and now I get a plateau every 10 or so pounds (15 away from my goal weight). If you are doing everything else -- logging your food, eating good whole foods, and doing your steps -- just keep plugging along and it will pass and the scale will start moving again - I figure my body is just getting used to the lighter me. The important thing is don't get discouraged by the numbers on the scale! Keep plugging along and think about being 50-100 pounds lighter this time next year.

[Heybales · Accepted solution]

How big a deficit to what you burn are you actually eating?

Not what did you set the goal too - because far too many think bigger is better and miss their goal by 100-1000 calories, some set personal goals and totally negate the benefit Fitbit is trying to bring to weight loss.

Bigger can be reasonable for brief period of time when you have a lot of fat to lose.

But it can quickly become unreasonable and body will adjust.

Now, it could be you have a very minor deficit purposely and wisely, but now inaccurate food logging is wiping out your deficit.

Do you weigh all the foods going in your mouth? Because calories is per weight, not volume like cups or spoons.

[NY2TX]

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@Heybales wrote:

How big a deficit to what you burn are you actually eating?

Not what did you set the goal too - because far too many think bigger is better and miss their goal by 100-1000 calories, some set personal goals and totally negate the benefit Fitbit is trying to bring to weight loss.

Bigger can be reasonable for brief period of time when you have a lot of fat to lose.

But it can quickly become unreasonable and body will adjust.

Now, it could be you have a very minor deficit purposely and wisely, but now inaccurate food logging is wiping out your deficit.

Do you weigh all the foods going in your mouth? Because calories is per weight, not volume like cups or spoons.

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I have not plateaued at all and have had a consistent weight loss since March 23rd when I started this. Heybales is 100% right. You have to burn more than you eat (I'm told that a pound lost equals 3500 calories deficit). SO even if you use the FitBit burn estimate that includes BMR, as long as you are weighing you what you eat, you have a decent idea of calorie deficit. Of course, then you have the exercise part of this, and again, IMO, it has less to do with "steps" than it does exertion.

[SunsetRunner]

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@Elansc wrote:
Happens ALL the time with me.... Lose a bit, plateau a bit (for the last 81.5 lbs). My first plateau was around 30 pounds and it lasted about one month and now I get a plateau every 10 or so pounds (15 away from my goal weight). If you are doing everything else -- logging your food, eating good whole foods, and doing your steps -- just keep plugging along and it will pass and the scale will start moving again - I figure my body is just getting used to the lighter me. The important thing is don't get discouraged by the numbers on the scale! Keep plugging along and think about being 50-100 pounds lighter this time next year.

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^This!!! Could have been me writing this. I'm 105lbs down, 20 (ish) from goal and will generally hover around the same weight for a few weeks then drop a bunch at once, rinse, repeat. Make sure you recommit to weighing (not measuring) all of your food. Sometimes I catch myself getting lax on that, too.