First off, how did you generate the calorie chart? It's snazzy. I have two weight charts going, but no calorie chart.
Next, I have to say that it appears your trend line is still going down, albeit more gradually than before. Are you measuring yourself, by any chance? Obviously there's a difference in how your clothing fits, but measurements from different time periods might be helpful as well, since the body is so damned weird when it comes to weight sometimes.
Third - there is yet another plateau-busting plan I've read about, which had completely slipped my mind 'til a day or so ago. I've been thinking about your plateau and expecting to hit one myself any day now (optimist that I am); losing regularly so far, and down 15 pounds, but Lose It! adjusts the daily intake to allow for decrease in weight... and mine won't go down much lower. It's 1,255 at present.
Anyway, this strategy was instantly dismissed last time I was doing this as it seemed too involved and took too much time, but seeing as neither of us are in a race, it might be helpful. It's pretty simple: you gradually increase your calories (about 100 a week, if I recall) - as if you were going on maintenance. Only right after you stabilize, you cut back again. It's supposed to work because your body has adjusted to the new intake, so when you cut back again, it's going into fat-burning mode all over again.
This article doesn't suggest that plan so much as taking a break, but the logic behind it is the same. (Though I find it difficult to believe anyone who could easily 'take a break' in the middle of a diet and come back with no problem would need to be on the diet in the first place. That sort of careless discipline just seems really bizarre to me.)
The alternative to upping your intake to rev up your metabolism then cutting the intake would be to up your exercise more, but you're already getting plenty of exercise, from the sound of things. Although, muscle burns more than fat: have you tried strength training?
Withings scale looks shiny. Keep us posted on it, please! Lose It! promotes it pretty heavily (and offers a discount! of, like, 2%! but so does probably everyone) but I'm too cheap at present to buy one. Would certainly encourage me to weigh daily. And might be a good investment if it's better on batteries than my current 9-volt-devouring monstrosity. Still, scale envy. Shiny.
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Next, I have to say that it appears your trend line is still going down, albeit more gradually than before. Are you measuring yourself, by any chance? Obviously there's a difference in how your clothing fits, but measurements from different time periods might be helpful as well, since the body is so damned weird when it comes to weight sometimes.
Third - there is yet another plateau-busting plan I've read about, which had completely slipped my mind 'til a day or so ago. I've been thinking about your plateau and expecting to hit one myself any day now (optimist that I am); losing regularly so far, and down 15 pounds, but Lose It! adjusts the daily intake to allow for decrease in weight... and mine won't go down much lower. It's 1,255 at present.
Anyway, this strategy was instantly dismissed last time I was doing this as it seemed too involved and took too much time, but seeing as neither of us are in a race, it might be helpful. It's pretty simple: you gradually increase your calories (about 100 a week, if I recall) - as if you were going on maintenance. Only right after you stabilize, you cut back again. It's supposed to work because your body has adjusted to the new intake, so when you cut back again, it's going into fat-burning mode all over again.
Here are some links regarding the notion.
This article doesn't suggest that plan so much as taking a break, but the logic behind it is the same. (Though I find it difficult to believe anyone who could easily 'take a break' in the middle of a diet and come back with no problem would need to be on the diet in the first place. That sort of careless discipline just seems really bizarre to me.)
The alternative to upping your intake to rev up your metabolism then cutting the intake would be to up your exercise more, but you're already getting plenty of exercise, from the sound of things. Although, muscle burns more than fat: have you tried strength training?
Withings scale looks shiny. Keep us posted on it, please! Lose It! promotes it pretty heavily (and offers a discount! of, like, 2%! but so does probably everyone) but I'm too cheap at present to buy one. Would certainly encourage me to weigh daily. And might be a good investment if it's better on batteries than my current 9-volt-devouring monstrosity. Still, scale envy. Shiny.