plateau question

[kirafiki 0]

I have done really well with my band, I am the first one to acknowledge that. I credit eating well and exercising 5 days a week at high intensity. I seem to plateau every 30 pounds or so. Does anyone else seem to plateau at regular intervals like this? They last so long and are so frustrating. This time around I have changed two of my days to a new and different kind of cardio work... spin class, and I love it... just started this last week though, so haven't really seen any results. I just am feeling sorta frustrated, and don't really have a great support system at home so thought maybe someone here could identify with me? Thanks for reading...

[Emilie1 3]

If all else fails change the amount of calories you take in. I believe that I saw somewhere that if you up the calories it will get your metabolisim moving faster. The band is working also for me and I am hitting more plateaus, but my weight loss is less between plateaus about 3 to 5 lbs and I will stay there for about two weeks before I start to move. I also do not exercise as much as you do. Good luck.

[tacah14 0]

I'm at the plateau stage Now!! I'm so fustrated, like you i work out 5 times a week... I spoke with my personal trainer and she advised me to do interval cardio training now, in addition to weight training...instead of steady state cardioshe suggests...on the treadmill do 1 minute as fast as u can on an incline then a two minutes of recovery at your normal pace..repeat this about 8 times... my trainer has helped me alot i'm down 60 lbs and about 30 inches...

[kirafiki 0]

Thanks to you both for posting ideas. Continued success to us all!