Plateau? Lets break it together!

I have reached a plateau since beginning this diet in January - I started at 171 lbs and i am now hovering between 150-152 and i am 5'5".

I definately need some motivation to get over this hump. Who wants to join me???

I have 15 lbs more to go, and I can not wait to rid myself of them.

Let's share our strategies and support - weigh in once a week on fridays and blow our plateaus to shreds!

Anyone Game?

Gotta love guzzling water!!!  I'm finding that I can actually drink a lot more water than  when I first started being conscious of how much water i actually drink, and yes I have found also that I am not running to the bathroom as often.  My skin is not as dry as it used to be, and I can really tell the difference when I don't get enough water. I'm so thirsty in the middle of the night when I haven't drunk enough!  Amazing!

2 days in a row meeting my goals.  3 goals isn't many but I usually mess up atleast 1. WATER, EXERCISE and DEFICIT. All good.

I make my kids all go pee before we leave the house. Now I have to make myself too. Plus pit stops. I'm worse than the kids!lol

Isn't it great how simply going shopping can disguise many hours of exercise as fun? I was wandering around for a good 3 hours, and carrying stuff for part of that! Even though I didn't log it, because I'm pretty positive I went and ate it back with my mini chocolate binge when I got home, it was nice to be active, I haven't been out in a while.

I'm back up at 169, but I'm squarely focused on the fact that 169 means that I have lost *pauses for drum roll* 2 stone since November of last year! No one can take that away, I have had 4 days of 169 or less, and this is a good. thing.

It sounds like everyone's kicking ass lately, think we can all keep this going?

Speaking of all that water, I must get some myself, getting a tad dehydrated

I'm not exercising today. And I don't feel guilty about it. I was on my feet all day at work, thats good enough for today. My deficit is still more than 400 and I've drank lots of water. I get to go for a run tomorrow. Can't wait!

I think I really HAVE broken the plateau!  After the 154.8 last Friday, I went back up to 155.2 and hung there all this week, not budging either up or down.  Then this morning, I weighed 153.6 and my lean body mass weight was EXACTLY what it has been for the past four days, while my fat % dropped several 1/10 points.  I guess my body decided it really had to let go of some more fat after all!

I'm going to be very active over the next couple days, so hopefully the trend continues.

Great job Sharz and Bigmommah! :) It sounds like everyone is doing really well :D

I've been a total slacker about posting the last few days, so I thought I'd do a quick update :)

I exercised Tuesday and Wednesday night. This morning I weighed in at... 130.5!!! Here's hoping that some of that sticks! Tonight I'm going to a music festival, so there should be lots of walking :) I get excited after I work out now because I'm actually seeing my body change! I officially made it to 3 miles on my elliptical work out! That was pretty cool :) I feel like the exercise is really helping me out of what was a horrible weight-loss stall. I'm really hoping to see a 2 next week! (and not 132) :P

I think that once I hit my goal (125) I'm going to reward myself with 10 or 15 visits to the local tanning place. :) I only go about once a year for a month or so, and I haven't been yet!

Anyways, i'm really excited about this morning, and I hope that everyone else is having a great week! :D

I am so happy for all of us! Let's keep up the good work and keep encouraging each other to reach for the moon and at the very least grab a few stars.  =)

I've been out of the "forum" loop for a few weeks. Just found I was spending too much time on this site. But..I too have been staying the same weight for over a month. I work out hard so increasing exercise isn't my goal but I've started to slowly eat sugary snacks again and once I start I look for something every day. At the end of the day it could add anywhere from 200- 500 extra cals a day. I want to re-focus and lose another 5 lbs. That's it- 5 lbs and I'll start maintance. So.. I'm going to check in w/ this thread often b/c it is motivational and maybe I can get back on track. I feel like I need to detox from sugar once again! One good thing- I haven't gained back any weight.

163 and completely frustrated! Up 1lbs from last week and the same as 4 days ago. I feel so discouraged. I feel like giving up, but I won't.

I leave first thing tomorrow morning. 5 hour drive, by myself. Going to my friends wedding. I haven't seen her in about a year. It should be fun. I don't know if I'm driving back the same day or coming back on Sunday. I won't be drinking unless I decide to stay. And the reception is potluck. So there should be something good to eat. Not sure what I'm taking yet- something low cal.

Water and calories will be good again today. I will try to get on my elliptical later after the kids go to bed. but it is Friday and they get to stay up a little later so I may be too tired. I will walk with the kids early today. Earlier in the = less complaining.

Hope everyone else has broken though their plateau

hi!! reading this post,i really couldn't stop myself to be the part of it.i know i'm entering too late but i'm also stuck now i'm hovering between 157-159 lbs from last 6 weeks.i've been working out hard 4-5 days a week with  balanced diet.lets hope i also break my plateau soon like u guys did....good job...keep it up...

Improptu "party" last night. Too much chips and dip and way too much wine. The scale was mad this morning. Up 1.5#s. Grrrrr..... Maybe the bad eating will kick start the metabolism? Wishful thinking. My very short term goal, eat well and water water water......get rid of this sodium weight and have nice clean eating weekend. So come Monday the scale will be nice.

I'm at 149.2 today, up .6 from last week.

Of course we did go to a fair last night and i had a terrible day of snacking yesterday. Makes me wonder how low the scale would be today if i had been as good as i planned.... Hmmm

Hopefully i can be good today (as good as i can on the weekend) have a nice dinner with my BF tonight and see a happy number on the scale tomorrow!

I've been crazy busy this week. Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

So... 129.5 this morning!!! :D

That felt abso-freaking-lutely awesome to see :D I'm officially the lightest I've been since before highschool!

That is so awesome! Congratulations!

Thanks msmeg :D

Just 4.5lbs to go! I still have a lot of visible chub on my body (not nearly as much as before), so I plan on going to about 1500cal at 125, but continuing the workout. I do not want to let myself go below 120, though. So if I ever get to that point, I'll up the calories a bit more. :) Hoping to be maintaining and toned by August 15th :) (My last day at home!)

Way to go hharris!  Looks like we're cc twins!  I too started at 150...last 4/07...and am now at 129/130 looking for the 125.  Those last few lbs are the toughest!  I'm wondering if maybe I'm not eating enough calories?  How many calories are you shooting for these days?

Wow, go you, hh! I'm well impressed :) I slid a bit upwards yesterday, but back to 169.x today (I weigh daily, but measure my fat percentage on Sundays so that's my real "official" day)

Going on holidays on Tuesday, I really don't know how I'll get along without cc to guide me!

My boyfriend and i are having a picnic in front of the tv tonight - thats a bi-monthly/monthly ritual that we love to do. He brings home a yummy pizza and some toasted ravioli or cheese bread and a salad from our fave pizza place and we throw a blanket on the floor and have a nice pretend picnic while catching up on talking and we watch our fave tv shows. I'm excited. My calories are good for today, so no guilt in having pizza.

Didn't get a workout in today, woke up around 10:30 and then did some laundry - got some sun for about an hour then i had a bridal shower to go to, when i got home a bit ago i started cleaning house, but then i had an urge to paint my nails, so i am waiting for them to dry before i get back to cleaning.

I'm starting to get to the point where i like looking at myself in the mirror. I can't wait until i reach my goal weight, i'll have to pry myself away from the dang thing!

I know i'm probably up from last week because of the drinking i did last night, but i had a good time, so i'm not going to let that get me down!

Hopefully i can get in a good workout tomorrow morning before i get groceries and do father's day stuff.

Welcome to the group GG504 and sonam77. Good luck to you both in breaking your plateaus also!

I was clearly at my 171.5 this morning, but I have had a good day and hope to start nudging it down.  I am officially on summer vacation.  This is me time and darn it, I am going to use it. 

Way to go everyone!  I love to see people making strides in breaking through scale barriers.  It gives me hope.

Thanks guys :D

Burnyh - You're right! lol, we are very similar :) Can I ask your stats? I'm 20 and 5'5'' (ish, a small fraction of an inch less). I'm just curious if my goal is about right. On a normal day. I shoot for 1200. Lately, I've found that increasingly hard to eat, so it has been more like 1100, when I exercise though, I am sure to get it to at least 1200. I know that that's not the healthiest, its just so hard to eat when I'm not hungry. On the weekends, I maintain. I eat up to 1500cal. So far tonight, i'm only up to 810, but I'll eat more - and I know there'll be lots of food for father's day tomorrow! I just started my exercise regimen about 2 weeks ago, which, I think, is what is causing the weight to suddenly peel off. (Plus TTOM being over). How about you? What do you shoot for? =)