What Causes Stalls Usually?

[Kiki Von Moonshine 53]

I usually hear that it just "happens" but does anyone have a scientific reasoning for it? What months do stall usually happen. I have been hearing that after six months there might be some slowing down, but I am sure that might have to do with starting weight/or near goal. So in short if you don't have the scientific answer for people that are one year post when did weight loss slow down for you? What month/weight? What part did exercise play? Did it help weight come off faster or slow it down?

[ProudGrammy 8,322]

hey chicke,"scientific reason" - not that i can think! LOL

hi Kiki

Stalls - could be the 2nd day of the week, or groundhogs day! or your 2nd mother cousin once removed.!

really, you can stall at any time with any rhyme or reason - it just happens, and you can't prevent it, no matter how well you eat, or how much you exercise - it just happens to all of us, short, tall, male or female! we can't prevent it - sorry kinki - fact of the sleeve - which we still love

kathy

good luck

[Foxbins 625]

I don't think there is any research on what causes stalled weight loss. I never had a stall--there were months that weight came off slower, but there was never any month that I didn't lose a pound a week. I'm 13 months out now and my weight has steadied over the past 4 weeks. I tried to stop at 150 in November but kept losing, another 12 lbs in total. I could keep losing now if I ate less but I like how I look so I'm trying to stablize here. There's a guy on OH that has lost over 300 lbs and he just keeps going. I think if you want to lose the weight you can keep going as long as you have weight to lose. It becomes difficult after about 8 or 9 months to keep journaling, avoiding Desserts and chips and ice cream when you feel so normal and people around you are eating stuff like that.

I don't think exercise had a great impact on my weightloss. It did keep my legs and upper arms looking okay and helped me with stamina and endurance.

[Kiki Von Moonshine 53]

I don't think there is any research on what causes stalled weight loss. I never had a stall--there were months that weight came off slower, but there was never any month that I didn't lose a pound a week. I'm 13 months out now and my weight has steadied over the past 4 weeks. I tried to stop at 150 in November but kept losing, another 12 lbs in total. I could keep losing now if I ate less but I like how I look so I'm trying to stablize here. There's a guy on OH that has lost over 300 lbs and he just keeps going. I think if you want to lose the weight you can keep going as long as you have weight to lose. It becomes difficult after about 8 or 9 months to keep journaling, avoiding Desserts and chips and ice cream when you feel so normal and people around you are eating stuff like that.

I don't think exercise had a great impact on my weightloss. It did keep my legs and upper arms looking okay and helped me with stamina and endurance.

Thanks. I plan on getting a bike soon, so my legs will be taken care of, that's for sure.

[RickM 1,753]

http://www.dsfacts.c...or-plateau.html

This is the best explanation that I have found. We typically stall or at least slow down, 2-3 weeks after the start of a major weight loss effort because that is when the body shifts from burning its short term energy stores of glycogen (basically carbs,) and starts burning its long term stores of fat. Glycogen burns relatively quickly at a rate of around 2000 caloried per pound, while fat burns more slowly, at a rate of around 3500 calories per pound, so we lose slower once we start burning the fat.

As noted in the article, as we start to rebuild our glycogen stores, we have to retain some Water to keep it in solution, and this can be compounded by the matter that our bodies typically don't want to dig into their fat reserves (it has to be convinced that you are really serious about this starvation thing!)

[Kiki Von Moonshine 53]

Thank you.