Just wondering how many of you have had to literally tweak your woe just to get underneath a certain weight - even if it was just 1/2 a lb under - and what you tweaked or how you did it. It just seems that once I get to 122 lbs, I stay there and just can't get underneath it...when I got back from my 5 day vacation, I was able to lose what I gained and was hoping to lose at least another lb but nope - once I got to 122, I stayed there. I'm not looking to lose 5 lbs within a week or anything like that...I would just be happy if I could get underneath 122...even 121.9 would be sufficient enough for me! I've considered tweaking what and how much I eat or even what I do for exercise and how much to see if something will just break that number but not too sure where I should start. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Sheyla
186/122/105 60.5 inches

My two big setpoints have been 200 and the 170's. Just couldn't get past either one. After much frustration, I finally resorted to several little tricks to see the scale march downward...

1) no eating after 6pm - no snacks, no nothing.

2) extra water

3) added 15 min to my walk (from 45min to an hour)

4) less cals (avg of 1,500 a day)

5) varied my carb levels (one day 20g, the next day 40g, the next 30g, etc)

I've been struggling with these issues myself lately as I gained some weight back last year and am still trying to lose it. Lost about 15 pounds so far this year but I'm finding that I don't want to do the above mentioned "tricks" so my scale is stuck again!

How tall are you? 105 seems pretty low. Just be sure you aren't trying to get to a weight that's too small for your frame. I'm 5'5" and at 122 I'd be a size 5 going on a 4. Perhaps 122 is the perfect weight and you ARE at goal!

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Thank you for your reply. I am rather a small frame - I am 5 ft and 1/2 an inch tall...so 105 is in my range but at the lower end of the scale. I am in size 3/4's right now - as long as they stretch a little. My hips and buttocks just are too big for jeans in that size...sure, they'll fit around my waist but it's hard to get them past my hips and buttocks!

Anyway, my dh told me to quit worrying about what the scale says and to start concentrating more on toning - 'cuz as I'm doing that, I'll start looking thinner and becoming thinner - even if the scale isn't moving. I already added 45 minutes of running to my routine along with 30 - 40 minutes of fat burning daily...so guess I'll see where that takes me...

And I was thinking about doing one of the things you said you did - no eating after 6 pm...I'll see where that takes me as well...

Sheyla

When I got close to goal and had trouble breaking through a set weight I decreased or eliminated many dense calorie or salty foods, replacing or combining them with more veggies. For example,

Ate celery stuffed with peanut butter instead of nuts.
Quit snacking on Jimmy Dean breakfast sausages.
Quit eating pork rinds.
Included a vegetable at breakfast (i.e, had cauli mash as a hot cereal replacement, or added cooked mushrooms, zucchini or yellow squash to my omelet instead of cheese.

I also instituted a "no seconds" rule. If I wanted more, I could go get something else to eat, but I could not keep eating more than 1 portion of any food. The point was to avoid falling into a mindless eating pattern - even if I was eating legal foods. For example, if I ate 1 oz of nuts and wanted more, I'd go have 1 oz. of cheese instead. If I still wanted more, I'd eat some celery with a tbs of sour cream. If I wanted more yet, I'd eat a hard boiled egg. Or, maybe, maybe some cherry tomatoes. Usually, after 2 to 4 switches, the munchies would pass.

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Maybe I'll have to do some tweaking of that sort...but already, I don't eat salty foods - I'm not a salt person and my dh watches his sodium intake. I stoppd eating pork sausage a long time ago 'cuz I know that a lot of it has glucose in it and could stall me...I do eat lots and lots and lots of veggies and to come think of it, I don't eat a lot of meat anymore - not the way I use to unless you wanted to count eggs as meat...I use to eat 4 oz of cheese a day but limit that to 2 oz now...the celery w/ PB sounds like a pretty good idea and then wanting seconds, eating something else...maybe I'll give that a try, see what happens...thanks for the suuggestion!

Sheyla

I did what Marcielynn does, and altho I can't do physical things like walking, I DO go to the fitness center and ride the stationary bike, as well as use some of the other equipment that isn't weight bearing.. It does seem to help to up it a little when I need a little help in moving the scale numbers a little lower...I think tho, we have to find what works for us as individuals. Sometimes, a combination of several different suggestions works .

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Sounds like you're on the right track!

Good idea, Teel. I could certainly benefit from the "switcheroo" rule.

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Sheyla,
Also, if you've increased your exercise, you could be building more muscle, which weighs more than fat, as I'm sure you know. You could be doing everything right, and for the moment, or week, or month, the scales just aren't going to move. Also, you may need to up your good carbs a bit; your body might be sensing *starvation mode*.
And, last but not least, you are just SO close to goal, the going may just be slow from now til you reach goal.
Good luck to you

Shelley

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