I started calorie counting in June and have so far lost 9kg. I did so fairly quickly, about in about 10 weeks. For the last five weeks I have been stuck. Maintaining whilst in a deficit (Cals are accurate, I weight and measure everything).
I have a lot left to lose, roughly 26 - 31kg more and I am tall for a woman, 5' 10. So I can eat a decent amount even with a large deficit. I have had a stressful month and so my eating hasn't been the best but still within my weekly calories.
I have tried upping my calories (so I am set to lose 0.45kg a week as apposed to 0.65kg - that's about a 250 cal different per day). I have also in the last few weeks started exercising - three times as a week, 30 minute HIITs on my exercise bike. I know all of the above - stress, exercise etc. can make the body weight heavy but five weeks is frustrating.
I have decided to keep my cals at 0.45kg lose per week for four weeks and see what happens. Keep the exercise up and hope for a drop.
I have maintained, which is amazing and something in the past I have struggled with but I can't shake the feeling that I could be X kg down in the last five weeks and closer to my goal! I know it the is is my life now and it takes the time it takes. I just need to show up each day and keep going. I just get annoyed, at myself, for something I can't control!
So the purpose of the long ramble is: does anyone have any insight into how to break a plateau?
I would especially be interested to hear from women who are taller - 5' 10 and around the 115kg+ mark (sorry not ready to share my current weight to the online world!). I am nearly 40 (but we don't talk about that!) if age makes a difference....which it hasn't so far but I know it get harder the older we get.
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