I'm getting pretty frustrated with this plateau. It feels like I've been battling these last 10 pounds forever, and I'm feeling more than a little defeated.
It would be one thing if I was eating crappy, or not getting to the gym and had a real reason to be so stuck, but neither of those are true. I know my diet isn't perfect, but it's mostly a healthy one and, I think more importantly, it's one that I can maintain without feeling deprived.
I've tried both decreasing and increasing my daily calories and neither has worked.
I'm at the gym every day, sometimes doing two workouts or classes back to back, so I'm burning calories.
I'm starting a month of TRX classes in August to try something new. I think my body is becoming too accustomed to what I've been doing. But I honestly don't think TRX is going to change the scale much.
I know that I said before that if I had to fight too hard to get to the 'healthy' BMI that I would just change my goal weight, but that feels like giving up to me right now. I feel like there is no reason why I shouldn't be able to get to that weight.
I'm happy with my progress so far, don't get me wrong, I'm just not at the point that I'm satisfied with my body. It feels extra frustrating that I've gotten so close to goal but can't actually get there.
I've started having dreams that all the weight I've lost starts piling back on despite my doing everything "right". This plateau needs to give soon. I'm just at a loss as to how to make that happen.
How has everyone else dealt with plateaus? What finally worked to get you through them?
I think changing things up will be helpful. Sometimes i just think your body fights back against losing weight-especially those last few pounds-even if you're doing everything right. Keep going though, that's the only thing i've found that really works...just keeping up thehealthy eating and exercise. I've been stuck for months before. It's so frustrating!
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