I am at a very plateaued place, and I am in roller coaster mode. Of course, I only have 5 to 10 pounds to reach the first final goal I set, but I have decided I would like to drop that goal by another 10 pounds just to see if I can do it.
I went through almost three weeks of up and down weight, and let me tell you, that gets very frustrating.
My daughter gave me a couple of ideas, and I think I am going to use the one where I add 100 calories to my current calorie count. I have been trying to stay between 1100 and 1200, but I think I am going to allow myself, for the next week to reach 1200 to 1250 each day, and then I will drop that by 100 and see if it makes a difference. She also mentioned varying what I am eating, but I really enjoy my salads at lunchtime, and I can actually eat more in a salad then if I have eggs, bacon, and toast, even though with those three items, I would be eating fewer calories; of course, I need to add the butter for the toast and frying the eggs, but still, food-wise, it is less food I am eating. I will see if upping the calories for a week and then lowering them will help bring me off of this plateau.
So, it has been about a week of adding the calories, and I actually added almost 200 calories to my diet. I am ranging between 1300 and 1400 calories per day, and guess what - it has worked. I have finally begun to drop some weight again. I will probably stay at this calorie target for a few more weeks and see if I still continue to lose a few pounds or ounces here and there.
I guess my daughter was correct when she said that your body can decide that you are starving it, and then your body retaliates by retaining weight to fight off starvation. My goal was never to starve myself, but sometimes, I forget that my body knows better than what my mind is thinking. Who knew you could lose weight by eating more. Of course, not too much more because then I would really begin to gain again, and weight gain is not my goal.
