Nine weeks flat after five months of steady loss, same dose, same routine, and I cannot tell whether to wait or change something.
The question I want answered is how to distinguish a genuine plateau from measurement noise and creeping intake, before changing anything.
Practical detail welcome, however dull — the duller the better.
JakeSmashed95 said:Nine weeks flat after five months of steady loss, same dose, same routine, and I cannot tell whether to wait or change something.
Plateau breaking story with a stall: I stalled at 213 lbs for 6 weeks. Tried everything — calorie cycling, increased exercise, more water. Nothing worked.
What finally broke the plateau: increasing protein to 150g/day. Lost 5 lbs in the next 2 weeks. Plateaus are temporary — they always break if you stay consistent.
Dr.RenalNash said:Plateau breaking story with a stall: I stalled at 213 lbs for 6 weeks.
No disagreement with Dr.RenalNash. One condition attached. Most reported plateaus are not plateaus. Weight is a noisy signal — daily variation of one to two kilograms from glycogen, sodium and gut contents — so a fortnight of flat readings is well inside the noise band. Before concluding anything, look at a rolling weekly average over at least four weeks and at a tape measure, because recomposition shows up in circumference before it shows up in weight. Then track intake honestly for a week: appetite suppression fades unevenly, and intake creeping back up is the single commonest cause.
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Adding a me-too, because a thread of one person's experience is not much use.
From the other side of the consultation, briefly. It helps to say which part of this you are uncertain about. A precise question gets a precise answer; a general one gets everybody’s favourite anecdote.