I hear so much about stall.. What is it?

Basically a stall is where you don't lose any weight at all for a while. Could be a week, could be several weeks, could even be a month. But usually it seems to be a week or so. Every body will have their own pattern. The trick is to be more diligent with keeping a food journal, eating your protein, drinking a lot of water, and getting exercise. And then, at some point, you automatically drop like 5 pounds! It can happen a lot. Whenever it does, just get refocused on what you are doing, stop weighing yourself so much and focus on following the plan and being healthy. And don't get down when you are at a stall. THough that is easier said than done!!!!

I've gone for months with no weight loss. Sometimes it seems like the scale is stuck.

I've also found that not watching my Protein and carbs, and not measuring food, is often ta factor when I've been on a plateau for too long.

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A weight loss plateau (stall) occurs when your weight does not change over a period of time.

One of the most common reasons is because your metabolism has adjusted to meet your new lower weight. As you become smaller and lighter, your body does not need the same amount of calories. Weight loss will slow down, naturally, as your metabolism adjusts to the new you.

For me, when I felt I was in a rut, I changed up daily routine...both in eating and exercising...., usually eating less and more healthy, and exercising more...every day possible. I started out with the minimal time and resistance on the elliptical, and over time, increased it to the point it was not doing anything for me....so I found I needed to start running....slow and minimal at first, then gradually increasing that in terms of speed and time (distance means nothing to me)....

Like when you are driving your car down the road and the engine cuts out, and there you are on the shoulder of the road waiting in the hot sun, or wind, or rain, seems like FOREVER for a friend or relative to pick you up so you can get the car towed, then fixed, so you can finally be on your way. Whew! That's what it feels like.