So I have been trying not to whine...but now I gotta, STALL,

[sdocforce 55]

Alright Already. I'm getting to the end of my patience. I looked at my tracker and I've been hovering now in the mid to low 180s for over a month now. Seems the scale reads 183-185.5 day after day after day. I know I'm shrinking cause my clothes are still getting roomier and I'm jog/running every other day (to protect my joints) to get ready for my 5 K this Saturday. I practiced over the weekend. I thought I would die, but I did run/jog the whole distance. So I admit I'm not eating as clean as I should, but I know that I am not eating too many calories, because I can hardly eat more than 1/2 cup of food at a time. I am 3 days from the 8 month mark with a loss of 71 ish pounds. I can't afford to do anything drastic with only 2 days before the race, but does anyone have any suggestions to help me jump start things or is this it? Do you think that this is where I will land? I guess it will be ok, but I was hoping to get to 160. I'm 5'4", 43 and started this journey at 256 lbs (but my highest weight was 276 lbs).

Thanks for listening to my rant.

[odesa 90]

Hi,

The site creator wrote an ezine article about this exact topic a few weeks back regarding plateau's and if I recall correctly I think he mentioned like five different things one can do to get through it.

Other things that I have read were changing up the amount of calories consumed either more or less than normal. Changing your activity levels, type of activities and time of doing them and finally changing the type of foods you eat. I also remember something about attitude and sticking the course. I have my motto in my signature as remembering it's a marathon and not a sprint. Every day, week or even month that you do NOT regain any wait is a POSITIVE. Stick with your programs, tighten up your 'clean' eating and recommit, focus and stay positive. You've done great so far and best of luck in the upcoming 5k, I am still just trying to walk 1k LOL so put that into perspective and I hope you do well.