Weight won't budge after 6-7 weeks of cutting calories

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stop weighing yourself every day. It’s going to go up and down-that’s normal. Weigh yourself once a week MAX.

This advice never makes sense to me, from a mathematical perspective. If something is variable then you want more data points, not fewer. With fewer data points, you run the risk of getting a statistical outlier. My weight varies between 148 and 152 on a regular basis. If I onlyvweigh once a week, I may get 152 one week and 148 the next, making me think I’ve lost 4 pounds when in fact I really haven’t lost any weight. If I’m weighing every day, I can smooth out the natural hills and valleys in the data.

For many (most?) though, you have situations like the person who weighed a pound more the next day after eating cauliflower. This isn't really helpful. True weight gain/loss is really measured over a month, not a week.

[Anonymous]

There are so many variables to losing weight it is hard to figure out what works best for an individual.

My DH decided he wanted to get rid of his “dad bod” a while ago and I was inspired and while I only needed to lose about 15lbs I wanted to try and keep up with a guy who was not stopping at just having abs again after 20’years.

This is what helped me (that I picked up from watching him at various stages and plateaus).

First, and most obvious was cutting out alcohol almost entirely (like once a month or special occasions). It was not the calories as much as for a lot of people your body will switch its metabolism priority to processing alcohol out of your system and increases just processing food to fat stores because that is easier when dealing with alcohol in your system.

Second was gut health. Everyone’s digestive system is going to vary based on what your body is used to eating so probiotics and digestive enzymes you take before eating, daily or whatever may be worth looking at.

There are lots of products out there but there are three primary enzymes that break down food and then millions of colonies of bacteria that are part of the process. You can google it or talk to a real dietician.

Obviously diet - pick what works and is sustainable.

Exercise is huge, and you are probably not doing enough. Walking and weights are good but what I picked up from him as he progressed from losing some weight and lots of lifting was high impact interval training 3x a week. You can google it but it is basically 20 minutes of calisthenics that we did as kids I gym class with short breaks. All kinds of “programs” can be bought but really all you need is a timer and doing basic stuff works.

For me the difference makes were the gut health (as in your body gets the most energy out of the food you consume and does not just make it into fat stores) and the HIIT exercises worked the best for me - was not much of drinker to begin with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stop weighing yourself every day. It’s going to go up and down-that’s normal. Weigh yourself once a week MAX.

This advice never makes sense to me, from a mathematical perspective. If something is variable then you want more data points, not fewer. With fewer data points, you run the risk of getting a statistical outlier. My weight varies between 148 and 152 on a regular basis. If I onlyvweigh once a week, I may get 152 one week and 148 the next, making me think I’ve lost 4 pounds when in fact I really haven’t lost any weight. If I’m weighing every day, I can smooth out the natural hills and valleys in the data.

For many (most?) though, you have situations like the person who weighed a pound more the next day after eating cauliflower. This isn't really helpful. True weight gain/loss is really measured over a month, not a week.

I don’t understand your point. There isn’t a magic day where you wake up with no undigested food in your system. Measuring everyday shows you that’s noise and allows you to see overall trends.

[Anonymous]

I also do the cabbage soup diet. I learned about it reading dcum about 4 years ago. I make 2-3 batches over the course of 7 days to keep it fresh, and I make it slightly differently each time. Change up the herbs and seasonings. All recommendations from here.

Banana day is weird. But I did learn to make banana "ice cream." Yummm. I use the ice cube tray method.

It's only 4times a year, and it works for me to get back on track to eating healthy. I always lose 5-6 pounds, but never 7 as it claims.

Lots of youtube videos.

[Anonymous]

Calorie cycling, live by it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cabbage soup? 1100 calories? Dear god.

It's barely a plateau. If you have been at it for a month, who knows where you are in your cycle and normal, temporary weight gain.

Add in some more activity because it is good for you, but be patient.

It will keep coming off.

1100 calories sounds very extreme to me (the PP who wrote the comment about weighing food) but I am 5’1” a little over 100 lbs and to maintain my weight all I need is 1400-1500 calories a day. If you’re short like me then your daily caloric needs will be much lower than the average adult woman or man.

One thing that really helps me with weight loss/maintenance is to prioritize protein and fat (full fat dairy/yogurt, cheese, etc) because you will actually feel satiated after eating those.

Exercise is rarely an efficient or effective way to lose weight. It takes a lot more exercise to burn even 100 calories than most people think and you will be hungrier after which makes it harder to stick to a diet (or daily calorie goal). The saying “you can’t outrun a bad diet” is true, especially if you are not accurately tracking. Most people are awful at tracking calories