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Hey everyone!  I am struggling with losing weight.Hey everyone! I am struggling with losing weight. I have done WW before and lost majority of my weight from it and stopped cause I wasnt losing for months. I started it back up this january and I still cant lose. I've been stuck at my weight for several months now and have been doing Intermittent Fasting along with working out. Idk what to do at this point. I still have 30lbs to my goal weight. Anybody have any good ideas what I can do?  

Answer 1

Lower your carbs?  

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@setup4 I dont eat many carbs  

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I've tried cutting out sweets and sugars too.  

Answer 2

Maybe give up on the intermittent fasting for awhile and see what happens? Also are you changing up your work outs? Eating the same things all the time?  

Answer 3

I’m in the same position. I’m going to have my dr reset my goal weight hoping that less stress about losing will help me focus on healthy habits over losing. Some of it I feel is body type. WW goals are less that I weighed in HS playing tennis or basketball 3 hours per day. I’ve always been heavy in a dense sort of way. But I feel like stressing over 30 lbs is not worth it when I can do the healthy things, push-ups, sit ups, planks, long distance runs and hikes. At that point I don’t feel my weight is a health issue anymore. ‍♀️

Answer 4

I agree about fasting —it can slow metabolism down, weakens my control too. Maybe check with your doctor? Also check out purple or green if you’re back on blue. Dont give up. You can succeed!  

Answer 5

Change up your food, sometimes we get stuck in a food rut, also you might not be eating enough if you are working out daily. your body needs protein. make sure you are eating all of your points and dip into weeklies if necessary. good luck to you!  

Answer 6

Make sure you’re getting adequate sleep

Answer 7

Drink a ton of water

Answer 8

Thank you all for your input :) I do feel like I eat the same foods a lot. The one thing nice for me is that I meal prep so I'm eating the same things for lunch which helps keep me accountable. I should break out of the fasting for awhile and see if that helps.  

Answer 9

On Thursday they talked about that . Sometime you reach a plateau.  

Answer 10

Just keep going.  

Answer 11

Are you eating enough? My WW coach says if I am working out I need to get enough food so my body won't think it is being starved therefore not letting me drop pounds.  

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I think that is where I am going wrong now that I'm hearing more people say that.  

Answer 12

Can I ask how old you are? I'm struggling with the same thing (11 lbs from goal) and have been for about 18 months. I'm 46 and my doctor said that my hormones are likely affecting my results and that I may need to accept that my body has reached it's set point. I may have to make radical changes in order to get to my goal. changes that may not be sustainable for me for the long term. I have been doing WW for the past 8+ years and have lost 55 lbs, About midway through my journey, I reached a weight loss plateau, got frustrated, stopped going to WW meetings and gained 20 lbs back. I recommitted a few years ago and lost those 20 lbs but my weight is stuck back at that same plateau weight and not budging. So here is what I'm doing. 1) I have committed to one year of daily exercise (cardio and strength training) and am about 6 weeks in. I feel better already and can tell that I'm losing inches off of my lower body just by the way my jeans fit. 2) I celebrate all the healthy choices I make each day. I eat well (mostly whole foods), drink lots of water and track religiously. 3) I bought a smart bathroom scale so that I can start understanding how my hormonal fluctuations are affecting my progress. No need to get upset about a gain when it's caused by water retention, etc. I also started a journal to track my exercise and changes in my body so I can detect patterns. 4) If I don't see a significant loss (for me that would be just a few pounds - I'm a sloth at weight loss) after 8 weeks of exercise then I'm going to try a few weeks of intermittent fasting and then a few weeks of "the Wendie Plan" (Google it for more info), which will actually result in my eating more than I'm eating now but it's worth a try. If, by this summer, I haven't gotten to my goal weight then I'm going to ask my doctor to adjust it (which is what my WW leader has already suggested. ) I did WW when I was 30 years old and lost 60+ pounds in about a year and a half but I didn't maintain my weight loss because I never learned how to truly eat healthy and change my habits for the long term. The silver lining in this situation for me is that I've kept 55+ pounds off for going on 10 years. Although my journey has been extremely frustrating, I wouldn't change a thing. Good luck to you.  

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I am 26. Thank you for some of that advice, I really think I might need to change up a few things and see what works best for me. Good luck to you as well! I hope you can get to where you want to be with all your changes!  

Answer 13

I’ve noticed too that I’m up 3 lbs after I run. If I run early I weigh in ok. If I run, then shower and go to WW, I swear wet hair in combination of large water intake increases my weight.  

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That's good to know, because thats how I feel too haha  

Answer 14

If you weren't on the program for a while, perhaps change plans to shake it up a bit?  

Answer 15

☝️ I agree with @workbench353. If you're doing blue, switch to green or purple.  

Answer 16

I had the same issues. Stopped losing on weight watchers. stopped losing while intermittent fasting. So I decided to count my calories and would ya know that even staying under my points I still ate way more calories than what I needed to lose! I did a calorie calculator and then started using my fitness pal. I started losing again! :)

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Oh interesting! What did you eat when you stopped IF? I'm scared it might make a huge weight gain? Do you still do WW or have you stopped and just count your calories?  

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@sooth well I do intermittent fasting most days but not everyday! And I eat SOME WW friendly foods but not really. I eat whatever I want but I just make sure it’s in my calories rage. It’s been really nice not having to scan everything before I buy it. So for sure I feel like WW is in fact a diet but it’s a great diet. But I stressed too much on getting food proper for this diet! I’m still losing  

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@priory I feel like I am right on the same boat as you with stressing on what I eat and the proper foods for weight watchers lol. Thank you for all the advice!  

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@sooth Yea it was becoming a little too stressful for me! Hope you figure out what works for you!  

Answer 17

If you’re working out a lot you could be building muscle. Have you done any measurements or got a photo from before to compare to now? You may not be losing weight but you could be losing inches

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Thats what I was thinking too. I did take a before pic but just waiting to do the after when I am done with my workout program im doing :)

Answer 18

Talk to your coach and explain what is happening so they can give you suggestions on what to do.  

Answer 19

Count calories. you may find you are still eating too many free points.  

Answer 20

Am 69. Was stuck near goal. Switched to green. More accountable. Made goal. Good luck!  

Answer 21

@sooth sounds like you may have come accross metabolic adaptation. What are your current calories set at ?  

Answer 22

Keep on with it. You could be losing inches instead of pounds. It's happened to me. I measured all my curvy points. and I was losing inches.  

Answer 23

Maybe change plans and give it a month to adjust

Answer 24

I was eating way too much fruit!  

Answer 25

Do u have a weekly assessment plan? If not it will be hard. U need to be followed up with weekly to keep u going !  

Answer 26

I've always been awful at sticking to a diet or anything like that, I found something that helped me so much and this was my weightloss in under 2 weeks! So happy with it z

Answer 27

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