Long stall...or is it?

[Sassafras 136]

I haven't really been stressing about my lack of weight loss for the past 6 weeks(but I have whined a little). I assumed it was a combo of being 7 months out and weight loss slowing down and maybe hitting my first real stall. Since I was trying not to stress, I wasn't doing much other than cutting back on carbs a bit and waiting for it to pass. But...after tracking my calories in/out for a few days I have learned that I may be causing my so called stall.

Although I wasn't eating bad foods,my calories have been more along the lines of maintaining rather than losing. Its been very eye opening and has encouraged me to cut back and ALWAYS keep track of my calories from now on. So now that I am back to doing the right things... lets see what happens. Hopefully once I'm doing what I should and start losing again I will find out I was just the girl who cried stall

[*Dean* 1,594]

Pretty easy to get 'calorie creep' and think it's a stall.

Good luck. Now that you've identified the problem I'm sure you'll start chipping away again.

[Sassafras 136]

Way too easy! I guess once my capacity increasesd a bit it allowed more calories and with me slacking on MFP they just creeped up.Just because I wasn't stuffing myself with high calorie slider foods or grazing all day, I thought my calories were fine I learned my lesson! Just keep tracking, just keep tracking...

[Sassafras 136]

So after 2 days of keeping my calories under 1000, Protein around 100, carbs below 40, and Water above 64 ozs... I am happy to report I have dropped 3 pounds. I really am the girl who cried stall. I will never stop tracking my intake again! It is so important!