Weight Loss Plateaus – How to get back
on track to Losing Weight
March 30th,
2006
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The weight no
longer is coming off and you have reached a diet plateau. No matter how
hard you are trying to lose weight you don’t budge one pound. You are
still dieting and doing what you did before and the weight loss came to
a stop.
This could be a
process that your body is catching up with the changes going on in your
body. You could be reaching a point where the amount of calories and
exercise are not enough to push past the plateau. Adding more exercise
will get you past the plateau, but you may need to add variety to your
workout.
If you are
doing aerobic exercise strictly that could be a problem. While
aerobic exercise will work to burn fat, you could be hitting a
physical fitness plateau. After a while the exercise that you are
doing may become too easy and your body is no longer being
challenged. If you do aerobics on a treadmill you can increase the
intensity of the workout by adjusting the incline of the treadmill
and the speed.
What would be even
better to add to your exercise routine would be weight lifting. Make
sure to check with your doctor before adding any new routines. If you
are able to add resistance training and weight lifting you will add new
challenges in your fitness routine. Building muscles will make your
body burn more calories in a day. It can also help firm and tone your
body to make it look even better when you do lose weight.
If you add weight
lifting on the exercise routine, you might experience no weight loss
because you are building muscles. But after a little while you will
notice the changes in the way that your clothes are fitting. The more
muscles you have the more energy your body needs and the more calories
you will burn each day.
Take
measurements of your body as a marker of your progress. You can
still weigh yourself, but don’t be too hard on yourself if you’re
not instantly lighter. It will come off the more exercise that you
do.
You can’t starve
yourself too much as it will make your metabolism come to a halt. This
will catch up with you and you will find this can cause weight plateaus
as well. You need to find a reduction of calories that make sense. If
you restrict your calorie intake by 500 calories a day you would lose 1
pound a week. If you add exercise to burn extra calories you can boost
that weight loss.
Being to drastic
in your calorie cutting which causes your metabolism to slow more
quickly is not good for long term dieting. It is better to still have
treats and count calories and not feel too deprived as it will make it
more likely that you will stick to your diet longer. You could replace
one meal with a lighter meal once a day. This may be all that you need
to do to lose weight in addition to a great workout routine.
Boosting your
physical activity is the best option for getting the pounds to come
off. You can purchase ankle weights that you can wear all day as
you go around your daily chores and you will find that this addition
can also help to burn a few extra calories each day. Wearing a
pedometer and setting a goal of 10,000 footsteps every day is
another way to insure that you are moving enough.
Be creative in how
you can add physical activity in each day. Plan on adding variety to
your exercise routine and add more challenges to get you past the
plateau. You need to watch what you have been eating to see if you are
eating too many calories. But don’t drastically cut your calories to
low; it is better to add more exercise.
Nicole Wilson
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