Lost 50 lbs, about 35 to go, hitting a plateau. Tips?

I began my weight loss journey in April of 2018. I was 5’6” and 239 lbs. in May of 2019 I was 188 lbs. I “took off” for a couple months, and worked on maintaining rather than losing. Mid-July I picked things back up. In about 4 weeks, I’m only down to 186. I don’t mind losing relatively slowly, I think it’s what will keep this off permanently, but I was hoping for at least 1 lb a week. I’ve been at less than .5 a week since July.

Tips for those who have plateaued and want to speed things back up? I’m being extra mindful of calories in/calories out, and on paper (er, my app) it looks like a 700 calorie deficit on most days. There’s of course a chance I’m underestimating my food intake, but I usually purposefully overestimate my items without nutrition facts to account for that. I can’t run due to a leg injury, but I walk often, and sometimes hike (usually 5-6 days a week, sometimes twice a day, usually 2-3 miles each walk).

Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated!

(Also, requisite progress pic )

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I was complimented by a total stranger on my weight loss!

I was feeling a little down this week because the scale hasn't budged in over a week, but I still got up and went out for my morning run. I'm so glad I did! Almost 5 miles in, another runner stopped me to say she and some of the other neighborhood ladies have noticed me running all summer and how much I've slimmed down. It put a smile on my face for the entire last mile of my run! She really made my whole week.

I've lost close to 40lbs since the beginning of April using CICO and cardio to help with CO part. I've definitely felt like I don't look that different, especially since no one at work has said anything and I have a bad habit of not believing my friends and family when they say they can see a difference since they know I've been trying to lose weight. But I can also fit jeans that I wasn't able to get over my thighs last year and my running times have improved a lot, so I guess it's finally time to accept that my hard work is paying off!

Don't hesitate to compliment people when you notice something different about them, even if it's not weight loss. It seriously made me feel so good!

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Book Review and Suggestions Non-Fiction Part 1 – Podcast 114

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SV: 4 Months and 1/3 the way there

I started this whole weight loss journey on April 15, and today, I am 239lbs. My goal is to lose 100 lbs, and since April, I've lost 33.4lbs, exactly 1/3 of my loss goal. I am feeling pretty accomplished with this because it is officially the lightest I've been in about 5... maybe 6 years, possibly even longer. I gained all my weight in 2009 when my dad died and never shrugged it off, just sort of lived with it. The best part about doing all this, is that I not only physically feel so much better already, but I am the smallest I've been in all those years. After a decade of obesity, I'm finally putting a torch to it and every day, I wake up thinking: "Man, I'm really doing this." I'm befuddled at how effect CICO is for this whole process. I used to think that exercise was the only way to succeed at losing weight, and that's what burned me out in the past. I would never control what I ate and would exercise too much and either hurt myself or just get so completely frustrated that I'd just quit. Strict CICO and moderate exercise is inexorably marching me to my goal and I am looking forward to the next 4 months of progress.

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2 Weeks of no scale movement - should I ignore the scale for the time being?

M/31/6'2" SW: 220 GW: 190.

About a year an a half ago I lost 40ish lbs on CICO. I never hit my goal weight, but stayed at a comfy 205 until last winter. Since then, I've crept slowly up to 215-220 range.

I started logging calories again 2 weeks ago with my goal around 1750 a day which is my 1.5 lbs a week weight loss. I do train for Triathlons and so I also burn about 800-1200 in swimming, biking and running a day (as counted by heart rate monitor vs just what a machine might say). With that, I'm probably retaining a lot of water in my muscles.

I know there's no way in hell, I can hit my daily intake goal, also burn 1k calories and NOT lose weight. But, here I am. Yes, I do weigh all my food and since my last time on CICO, have become a vegetarian and in particular am avoiding processed food.

My initial thought is to take some photos and measurements and see how that changes in the coming weeks. Instead of logging weight daily, log 1x a week. Anything else?

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Is anybody else extremely thirsty while losing weight?

First of all, I don't have diabetes. I check my blood regularly and I checked it two weeks ago. I'd like to find some people who are in the same boat just to share the experience. I started my weight loss "program" last week and a couple of days later the thirst happened, so it can't be sudden diabetes which coincides with the start of a completely new regime.

My weight loss story is kinda funny. We own a VR set and last week we bought Beat Saber, which is a very physically demanding dancing game where you have to cut cubes with two sabers fast as they're coming towards you. I was fairly unsuccessful with weight loss until Beat Saber happened - it was the first time in years I did something which made sweat drip down my legs. So, positively inspired by this, I also decided to also start tracking calories since now it was possible to actually have a weight loss strategy.

So far, it's great. The workout is one of those where it gets you in the fat burning zone, you get hot and sweat a lot but don't overwork yourself. I started with the strategy of having green tea or coffee first thing in the morning and working out on an empty stomach. I also kinda lost my appetite. It's been almost a week and I've been eating around 1300 calories a day and working out. This is totally crazy for me, I'm a serial overindulger and I could never imagine losing my appetite so much. However - I can't stop drinking water. It's crazy. I can drink four glasses in a row and keep refilling throughout the day. I haven't counted, but I'd say I drink 3 liters at least. I read somewhere that it's your liver turning fat into glucose which requires water all the time.

Thoughts? Anyone with a similar experience?

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