I plateaued for a while. I continued what I was doing. Didn't think about it. Avoided the scale for a bit and when I went back to check, I passed the plateau. It happens. Don't stress... stress creates cortisol.. not your weight losing friend.

How long have you been stuck?

Cal's In Cal's Out ratio.
when I yoyo, I fast for at least 2 dys. 1 day I fast n 2nd dy I recover. 2dy I only have raw veggies.
From time to time when I get stuck I half to temporary re ajust my cal in take ratio.
Recently I gained 3 whole lbs :0 n as of today Fri 12/27/12 I'm going to re start fast. wish m luck.
I'm determon to get in n be able to zip my skinny jean. Recently I brought 2 prs of skinny jeans.
I have 18 lbs to lose. afterward I'm going to have my navel re percied :)

Don't give up.

It took me a month and a half to lose 6 lbs. Should I reduce my calories?

I've been plateaued for months so I finally got the myfitnesspal app and I'm hoping this will give me the boost and tools I need to lose the final pounds.
I'll let you know if its working.

I agree with your thought that you have to do something different. I think your body has gotten used to what you are doing and you need to change things up in order to keep the momentum going. If it were me, I would probably look at whether I could change the kind of resistance training I did. Maybe try other machines so that I worked slightly different muscle groups, or, if you only use free weights, change what you do slightly - maybe do some exercises on one of those big balls or learn some new moves. I would definitely change the cardio. I would change the cardio activity and I would add some cardio. I would recheck how many calories I should be consuming in order to lose the amount of weight on the timetable you want. And I would change what I was eating. If the number of calories is right, I'd change the food, probably to more protein and fewer starches.

I plateaued when I was close to my goal and I broke through it by adding more minutes walking per day and cutting out all starches. I still ate carbs, I just got all of them from vegetables and fruit and none of them from starches. But I was really close to my goal, just trying to push through to the end, so this was doable for me. You are getting close but not quite at the end, so your changes have to be reasonable and not make you crazy.

Lan. seems like your doing good. 6lbs is a lot.
next time your in grocery store take a look at how lrg a 4 or 5 lb of hamber is n/r look at 12 oz pk of anything, better yet look at n lift a 5 lb bag of potatoes. yep 6 lb weight loss is a lot.

I stongly believe in Cal In Cal out ratio. It soo works for everyone I know n know of n myself.

Currently I gained 3 lbs :0 so I'm on a 3 dy fast. I normal fast 1 r 2 dys.
I know that my weight will temporary yoyo,as my body re adjust. Then I will be temporary stuck.Then I will cut down on my cal intake. again my weight will yoyo until it adjust to new cal amount.when it adjust n accepts lower cal amount, then I will resume loseing weigh.

when I'm stuck I decress cal intake n walk a little more. I'm basically a shut in so walking is my form of exercise.
I pace in my hall n outside around my house. I like going to mall n to wal mart to walk w/o shopping. At Wal mart I walk the outter but inner walls of the store.
Most malls have walkers club. Walk anytime at mall that you wish. I assume that mall walker club have meetings n possible weigh in's (?)

Again you r doing good.
Musal weighs more than fat. so the scale may even show slow weight loss or no weight loss, or weight gain. take into account that muscal weigh more than fat. N after we pump up,of course the scale will show that we weigh slightly more.

Only n I do mean only weigh in the 1st thing in morning.
In course of day we temporary gain. when we sleep the body slows down but uses up most of the dy supply, n 8 % of water. body uses 5 of 8 %. the brain uses up to 3 % of 8 %. It is best to drink at least 80 oz of water. I drink a gal.

Sorry for rambleing, opp's, sorry

I started myfitnesspal on 12/27 and have lost 2 pounds so far. It really is a wonderful calorie tracker! It gives calorie counts of a zillion foods, including restaurant foods. I love it and it keeps me accountable.
I put in my weight, height, daily exercise and it tells me how many calories to eat in a day.

I even had slip on my fast this mo :( Dang holidays.
How r u doing ?

LANALEO15

happy new year.
i use webmd personal food and fitness planner and the tip of the day for jan 1st was in regards to plateaus in weight.
said that you will plateau while your body is getting use to your new weight and is adjusting metabolism. says to exercise more and or eat less to continue to lose.
you will be fine. my girlfriend's scale didn't budge for 6 weeks and she exercises and eats real healthy every day.. finally she dropped like 5 lbs all at once.

i've also heard sometime you have to shock your body and go off your diet """" 1 day """" to get that burning furnace blazing again!