To those of you who have been successful at Breaking a Stall !

[WeeWers 48]

For those of you who have been successful at breaking a stall, will you please say (quite specifically please) what you did to break the stall?

You are the ones who have things to teach the rest of us!

WeeWers

[Traci J. 207]

I upped my carb intake for a few days then went back down to the 40g/day I was supposed to be at...works every time for me

[Ms.AntiBand 2,984]

I stick to my normal routine that I want to live by the rest of my life. I'm ok with stalls and gradual loss over quick weight loss. I want my body to know this is it.. Get used to it!

Patience is my best friend

[Ms.AntiBand 2,984]

I should say I want my body and MIND to get used to it.

[vsginnj 415]

Stay the course, is the best advise I was given! Cover the basics, logging EVERYTHING that goes in your mouth on MFP can help. sometimes calories are higher or lower than we think, also that app helps to determine where they are coming from. Take Vitamins , Calcium is important too, hydrate, exercise, sleep, be kind to yourself put the scale away and weigh weekly while losing and you will see it going down. That said, I heard a rumor that chocolate soft serve ice cream has broken many a stall. Cheat day anyone!!

[jacquelynn.mclean 103]

When I hit my first stall, I started working out like crazy. Since then, whenever the scale doesn't move, I work out harder. I'll increase the resistance on the elliptical or add another 10 minutes or so. Also logging everything that you eat works too. It helps to keep you accountable for what you're eating.

[apelt001 116]

I dont run for a day or two and i up my cals/carbs from 600cals/25 carbs to 800 cals/35-40 carbs! Hope that helps! Up your Water those days to i usually get 70-80 oz so i up it to like 100oz

[ProudGrammy 8,322]

what you did to break the stall?

WeeWers

hi there - i see you are an "oldie" but a goodie too!!!!!

I'm also a young at heart "29" year young lady

hmmmm - how do i explain that to my 38 yr young daughter and grand-kids???

I keep mentally telling me myself that age is just a #

we are both 59 - but i venture to say you are also 29 at heart!!!!

ok, 'nough of pleasantries

good words of wisdom coming from "above" posts, and the new posts i'm sure that will follow

stalls happen to all of us

the knowledge of that doesn't help you though

changing this, upping that (Water, et al) will help a stall

IMO by the time the your stall finely breaks, it could be with the benefit or this or that change

or it could have coincidentally finally broke at the same time you've been working on changes

the stall could just have finally run its course

the most important thing i will say about those terrible stalls, you gotta "grin and bear it" like all of us

"this too shall pass"

I'm a eternal optimistic that things will work out

good luck

kathy

"GOD Grant Me Patience - Just Hurry Up About It!!!!"

[KatieOkieDokie 171]

I just hit my first stall (I am two months out today)! I have lost or gained but I've lost an inch around my waist this week! And my energy levels have sky rocketed! Hopefully the scale will start to move again.. until then I'm just going to keep doing what I'm doing.. oh except I'm adding swimming to my workout routine on Monday.. mostly because I should have been a fish instead of a human

[SerendipityHappens 1,594]

I continued to log my calories and exercise and tried to be patient... I honestly think that most times when people "break their stall" it's pretty much just coincidence.