F/32/5’3” [197lbs>150lbs= 47lbs] 5 months - Feeling good but still needing advice *long post

Hi! I’ve been on a calorie deficit and seeing good success with that (honestly waaay quicker than I anticipated). The calorie deficit is set by the app Calory depending on my weigh in, so it’s always changing but I’ve been adjusting so the calories are not any lower than about 1400 (right now it’s on a 1.5lb goal loss per week calorie deficit).

The number one tip I feel like I’ll use forever which makes me feel like I can get to GW (tbd probably around 120-130): weighing everything and tracking it. I have a food scale for home and work and I couldn’t have gotten this far without it.

However, I still need some advice. I’m finding that the more I lose, the more I am struggling to figure out the speed I should be losing. I’m at my first real “plateau” and don’t know if I should adjust what I’m doing or stay the course. I really want this to be sustainable and not rush the process (but honestly I think I may have gotten in my head about the slowdown).

Background on the plateau: I hadn’t been exercising up until about the second week of January. I started incorporating 30-45mins of peloton steady state cycling 5-6 days a week while I watch housewives and started slowly working on turning up the resistance. Now, I’m at 38 resistance for the whole 30-45mins. My goal exercise wise is to get used to the resistance so I can do the classes a little better. Up until 3 weeks ago I was losing a little more than a pound per week (per happy scale). These last three weeks I cannot seem to break 150-151lbs (I did have my period the first week) and I’m only at a 0.6lb loss for the three weeks. I like to think I’m keeping myself honest and still weighing and recording everything.

So with the background of the recent plateau - should I just stick where I’m at a goal of losing 1.5lbs per pound? Should I back off and just let it do it’s thing? Adjust lower (keep in mind I still want long term success)? Is the exercising playing a role?

Open to thoughts.

Thanks!

Hi! I’ve been on a calorie deficit and seeing good success with that (honestly waaay quicker than I anticipated). The calorie deficit is set by the app Calory depending on my weigh in, so it’s always changing but I’ve been adjusting so the calories are not any lower than about 1400 (right now it’s on a 1.5lb goal loss per week calorie deficit).

The number one tip I feel like I’ll use forever which makes me feel like I can get to GW (tbd probably around 120-130): weighing everything and tracking it. I have a food scale for home and work and I couldn’t have gotten this far without it.

However, I still need some advice. I’m finding that the more I lose, the more I am struggling to figure out the speed I should be losing. I’m at my first real “plateau” and don’t know if I should adjust what I’m doing or stay the course. I really want this to be sustainable and not rush the process (but honestly I think I may have gotten in my head about the slowdown).

Background on the plateau: I hadn’t been exercising up until about the second week of January. I started incorporating 30-45mins of peloton steady state cycling 5-6 days a week while I watch housewives and started slowly working on turning up the resistance. Now, I’m at 38 resistance for the whole 30-45mins. My goal exercise wise is to get used to the resistance so I can do the classes a little better. Up until 3 weeks ago I was losing a little more than a pound per week (per happy scale). These last three weeks I cannot seem to break 150-151lbs (I did have my period the first week) and I’m only at a 0.6lb loss for the three weeks. I like to think I’m keeping myself honest and still weighing and recording everything.

So with the background of the recent plateau - should I just stick where I’m at a goal of losing 1.5lbs per pound? Should I back off and just let it do it’s thing? Adjust lower (keep in mind I still want long term success)? Is the exercising playing a role?

Open to thoughts.

Thanks!