Stuck at 198!

[skinnyfate1004 21]

Don't get me wrong I am super excited to be In The ones! But I feel stuck and haven't changed eating habits ! All good habits ! I work out once and a while but is everyone getting stuck??? Does your body finally say I'm comfortable right here! I actually look thinner then 198 and my body holds it different! But now it's a game to finally see what 170 would look like! I started at 313 and surgery was 12/4/12. Down 115! Physically I am so healthy now! No blood pressure and everything else checks out great! Ideas? Thoughts?

[Pinky Green 260]

115 lbs in 7 months. OMG. I started at 240 and I have only lost 77 lbs. I was stuck at 189 for quite a while. I was stuck at 172 for a while too. Up until then I was still having knee problems. Actually, they do still hurt a little but only after walking a long while and I find if I walk slower or just stop and stand for a few moments it will quit hurting.

One I hit 172 or so I started biking and walking every day. After about 168, I started losing weight faster now. I've lost 5 lbs in about 2 weeks.

[Daydra 345]

There are only about a million variables! :-) Your body will eventually come to a point where it has learned to complete all it's functions on the number of calories that you regularly give it. At that point, to push it to go further you have to change something, usually increase/change your exercise. If I were in your position, I would reevaluate what I'm eating and look for areas to make my diet cleaner and I would increase my workouts, mixing in a significant amount of weight work with my cardio. There are a lot of people here that have done more research and have more experience than me, but this is where I'd start to work toward dialing it in to get to your goal. (This is of course, assuming that you aren't built like an ox (like me) and have little to no business inside your prescribed bmi bracket, or that you have pounds of excess skin causing you to be a higher weight and not necessarily remaining fat.)

Best of luck! Congratulations on all your hard work! I know that you will succeed in reaching your goals!