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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m 5’7”, 185lb. I’m down a total of 20lb, but I’m finding that even though I’ve started doing more cardio and increasing the weight I lift, on top of staying at 1200 calories in an attempt to end this plateau, the scale isn’t changing. My pants are super loose, however, and my husband says he can see definition. Is this normal? It’s just odd that the scale hasn’t budged in two weeks, but everything else has changed. I’m starting to get really frustrated. I don’t want to be stuck at 185![/quote]

I am 5'7" 171lb. MyFitnessPal recommends 1300 calories a day, the includes a 250 calorie deficit per day to lose half a pound a week. Without that I would be at 1550 calories a day. I am guessing that 1200 is too few calories and that your body is not budging because you actually need to be taking in more calories.

Download one of the food tracker apps, enter your info and see what calorie count it comes back with.

I eat back my exercise calories because I have already set my calories to take out the amount needed to lose weight at the pace that I want. Most days I end up closer to 2,000 calories a day. I am losing weight and inches. The scale show me gaining muscle and losing body fat and weight. [/quote]

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