How many days without any weight loss quantifies a stall?

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I consider it a stall if I haven't lost weight in a week. I've had multiple stalls with the longest one lasting three weeks. You'll get passed this! It's completely normal!

Edited August 19, 20205 yr by NovaLuna

Yep, if you don’t lose any weight in a week it’s likely a stall. (Think of them as your body playing catch-up with the changes you’re making.) Like NovaLuna, my longest stall persisted 3 weeks too & I experienced about 3 during my journey. Some people advocate shaking your body up by increasing or decreasing your exercise or food intake. I just continued with my routine & gave my body the time it needed & I eventually started losing again.

Good luck.

Yep - I weighed daily, but only officially recorded it weekly, so a week without loss (or a bit of gain) I chalked up to being a "stall". I only had one week without loss until I started ramping up my calories to slow down the loss leading into goal (and my "three/third week stall was maybe a day - it's a big YMMV thing.) There are too many water weight effects to worry about daily fluctuations.

On 8/18/2020 at 8:05 PM, NovaLuna said:

I consider it a stall if I haven't lost weight in a week. I've had multiple stalls with the longest one lasting three weeks. You'll get passed this! It's completely normal!

I went by this criteria as well, though I’d also add inch loss. So NO weight loss AND no inch loss for more than 7 days = STALL.

Based on this, I didn’t have any stalls during weight loss phase. But everyone’s mileage will vary.

P.S. I weighed every day (and still do) and took my measurements once a week.

Edited August 20, 20205 yr by ms.sss