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Old July 4th, 2008, 09:07 AM
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Default Re: I've stalled for 5 days.

Based on other posts I've read here, a stall is technically a period of 3-4 weeks with no weight gain AND no loss of inches. While not a visually exciting video, I like Bowulf's YouTube video on the subject.

If you had alcohol and artificial sweeteners over the weekend, your body may take a while to burn off the excess calories which would halt ketosis. After that, it might take a couple days to get back into ketosis so a week without a loss should be no cause for alarm. Who knows? The stress/anxiety you are having over the scale may be yet another reason for your body to hang on to the fat stores. Frankly, I think you should focus on the positive: the scale may not have gone down this week, but after a weekend of alcohol you haven't GAINED either! Could be a lot worse.

Hang in there, and stick to plan. Give it a couple more weeks before getting nervous. It may just be coincidental that you are having a mini-plateau as your body adjusts to your weight change about the same time that you had family in town and you are blaming the wrong issue.
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Age: 38
Height: 6' 1"
Round 1: 6/08 - 11/08 (SW 270 / LW 223)
Round 2: July 19, 2009
SW 254.5 / CW 242 / GW 210

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