Since joining the gym and being on my weight loss and getting fit routine, I've been surfing the net and reading articles about health, foods to eat, metabolism and belly fat. I've been sharing this information with a number of friends and collegues to help them get started on their weight loss or help them with hitting a plateau.
I've hit plateaus of many and each time I have to re-evaluate what I am not doing or what I should be doing differently to get the scale to move. I realize that the numbers on the scale is not the most important but how the clothes fit. Neverthess, us women are from a society of smaller numbers on the scale. I realize a few things to deal with plateaus: 1 - change up of foods, 2 - eat less 3- change intensity of exercise or different exericse.
Here is an example - I was helping someone at work and she was losing weight with what I told her to eat and what exercise and she was successful. Then she hit a plateau - after talking to her in which most people are ignorant of this fact: 1- if you lose weight , you have a new caloric intake - because now you are lighter so you should not need as many calories. 2- if you eat the same foods day by day, your body does not have a chance to digest different foods differently 30 if you are walking 30 mins easy, then after a while your body sees this normal routine.
So after changing these 3 key points - she was able to lose weight.
I am no nutritionist or dietician - so this is just sharing of information of what I learn through my struggles.
So the next time you hit a plateau, think of these key points
Until next time,
Take care
Sue
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