How long does a plateau last before it starts moving again? I wonder......... want to lose another 20-30lbs to healthy bmi

How long does a plateau last before it starts moving again? I wonder......... want to lose another 20-30lbs to healthy bmi

I am 5'4 and weighs about 165lbs

I was at 181.28lbs (Apr or May)when i first started. Highest 185.24. But now the weighs just stagnant and it seems like forever.

I have hurt my feet because at first i exercise without shoe now but currently is healing only feel pain a bit on and off sometimes. Doc said because my feet are flat too

I have actually stop my exercise for quite sometimes. Just start back these 2 days but I cant change my exercise. I have a lot of exercise video, but i am not sure whether I can just use different video to prevent this plateu OR

I really have to change my exercise to maybe to running, cycling or etc.? I would be happy to hear some advise

The food part, I am still trying to eat healthy but still loves chocolates & junk foods sometimes. My love for chocolates, especially during those days of the months is also contributing to the weights. Currently sometimes I seems to eat without concious or maybe binge sometimes. I really hope to counter this and try to relax more. I really want to eat slower and learn to pause between each bites and also realy follow the portion size correctly.

I really need to get to at least 143lbs to get a healthy BMI as doc said this will be good for my borderline high blood however my target is actually 132 lbs

How long does a plateau last before it starts moving again? I wonder.........

Have you been losing the same 5lbs over and over again during plateu too

Start from first principles.... Find some kind of exercise that you can do without hurting your feet (exercise bike? swimming? exercise DVD?) and work out what your energy needs are with your stats and a 'light' level of activity.  Set your calorie-intake about 700 cals below that number and then that's the target.

You do have to be accurate about your calorie-intake... especially if you're not getting all that much exercise.  When you're very overweight it's relatively easy to lose the first 20lbs.  But, as you're discovering, as you get closer to a healthy weight there's less margin for error.   You can still eat chocolate but it has to be in very small amounts and factored into your calories for the day. 

Good luck

HI.

I have very similar stats to you (5.5" and started off at 192 lbs, now 165 ish).

I hit a plateau about 5 weeks ago and was just losing and re-gaining the same 1lb all the time. I really didn't do anything different to get out of the rut, just stuck to what I was doing and hoped that my body would catch up and get the mesage that this was a permanent change. And the last two weeks the scales stared to move again, I lost 3 lbs then 2lbs, so hopefully am on the move again.

I don't know for sure but my feeling is that by changing what you are doing so much and trying so many different things, you confuse your body and metabolism. Try just sticking to your sensible defecit, I'm sure the weight will shift eventually.

You can get out of a plateau without drastic measures, just try to be patient, I know how frustrating it can be to work so hard and not see a movement on the scales, but you will get there.

Louise

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