I have lost about 90-94lbs, but the past 2mths i have been going up and down in weight, the same 5lbs... It is absolutely driving me crazy...

I have added more excercise and cut out sweets/ junk foods and Nothing!!!! I feel as i have good restriction..

So what is a girl to do now?!?!?!

I'm seriously wondering if my health issues have anything to do with my stand still weight.. I have P.C.O.S. and Recently found out that i have I.B.S as well..

Any advice at this point would be of great help..

Thank you in advance to all,

Jeni M.

I have had the same problem the last 2 months It seems that I am also battling to keep losing the same 5 lbs. in the last 4 months I have lost a about 10 lbs.

It can be quite frustrating on the bright side I have gone from a 42 waist to a 38 waist.

I started out with a 54 inch waist at this same time last year. I have gone done from size a 3XXX shirts to X shirts.

My health has never been better and though it is frustrating I have to rely more on the NSV until my body decides to start losing weight again.

The other plus is that by now if I had hit this type of plateau I would have given up and gain 30 lbs by now.

I would have to agree that you need to focus on the Non Scale Victories until your body lets you start losing again. At least it is only 5 lbs that are yo-yoing. You can probably remember dieting a few times and yo-yoing 30 lbs.

I started training for a triathlon a few months ago. I thought my weight would continue to drop. It has only slowly gone down. I can actually do more than I could 2 months ago. I will be doing it next Saturday. My new mantra could apply to any of us with the band: DFL>DNF>DNS!!! Dead Freaking Last is greater than Did Not Finish, which is greater than Did Not Start!! You're on the right track. Just keep plugging away. It will come off!!!

this happens to me alot and when i can't stand it anymore i usually go on a liquid diet for two or three days and it tends to break it so you can try that if you can stand it.

U know u should be very proud of your success thus far... U have done fantastic.. However the IBS sounds like it could be the one thing that is holding u up... If i may ask how many movements do u have on a daily basis... I had to start taking Fiber supplements to keep everything moving freely if u know what i'm sayin...lol.. but u can pick some fiber pills up from GNC, the Vitamin shop and even walgreens, or cvs.. I see u live in chicago... How long are your workouts, and how much Water are u drinking... see one thing i do know is if u have been doing the same workouts for the same amount of time and eating pretty much the same amount of calories u are now prob. at a platu as well.. so u have to tweek your plan.. if u have been eating about 1000 calories start eating 1300-1500 calories for a few days and then go back to the 1000 calories.. do this for a few weeks and u will see the weight start to come off again.. If u are doing the treadmill switch to the stair climber or the elliptical or something...

***Also i have seen your before and after pictures and girl u look good as hell...*****

Edited June 15, 200818 yr by mstrina27

Try just staying away from the scales for as long as you possibly can. The stress you get from seeing the "wrong" number can't be helping matters. Just a thought.

thank you all for your input.... i took some of your advice and not to jinx myself but the scale is going down again...:rolleyes2: and thanks for all the compliments!!