I am so angry with myself right now, lol. My story will be short, I promise.
So I weighed myself on Mother's Day of this year, I am 46 yrs old, 5'9". The scale said 241.2.
I looked at it and said 'nope.' So I started my weight loss journey with two initial goals.
- Get down to 220 by fourth of July weekend.
- Get down to 200 by Labor Day weekend.
My plan was pretty simple. Watch what I eat, eat clean, exercise (I started walking about 3 miles/day. Now I bike about 7 miles/day). Cut added sugar down to 10 grams/day. Which was hard, but now it's almost a second nature to check for sugar. And that was it.
I typically hover in the 220 range, +/- a few pounds, but this last winter I blew up. A lot of bad food, a lot of booze, and not much exercise.
I downloaded and, yes, pay $80/yr for the My Fitness Pal app. I like the mechanics of it, so I'm fine with the cost. Anyway, I reached my fourth of July goal. I weighed in at 219.6.
I was ecstatic! But now it's July 18th and I weigh 221.3. For a week now I've been reading articles about getting past the dreaded plateau. I checked all the boxes, or so I thought. Increase exercise- check, drink plenty of water - check, eat at a calorie deficit- check, ect...
Then, the other day I found this subreddit. Started reading some posts about the plateau and how to overcome it. On one of them, someone (sorry I don't remember who or I would thank you) posted a link to a TDEE calculator. I went to it, put in my NEW goal stats of 200 lbs.
And guess what? I never updated my fitness apps goal! So I've been eating at or 1-200 calories above/below my maintenance calorie level! Ugh.
And now I begin again with a new calorie intake amount based on my next goal.
So...for everyone in a weight loss plateau, make sure you are not eating yourself into it, like me. Lol
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