What to do when you have reached a plateau in weight loss
Every session in the gym is an opportunity to see massive progress compared to the time before, except for that week or two when you walk in and you have to lift less than before. If it DID work that way, in three years everybody would be squatting 1000 pounds. For women, a big issue is not eating ENOUGH calories (which I explain towards the end of this article). As you continue on the Plan, you become more adept at following it. It helped you lose weight the first time and probably will again. Most plateaus are caused by a relaxed adherence to the plan. As we learned in our previous article on happiness, humans (nerds especially) are happier when we make progress. Pull out an old tracker or print up a week from your online tracker and follow it to the letter for a week. Boredom can be one reason for relaxed adherence to the plan. Look at what worked for you in the past and do it again. If you are trying to bulk up, are you eating ENOUGH calories to promote muscle growth. When you first start something new, you can make quick progress and everything rocks because you see big changes. Use a week of eating from one of your first weeks on plan. We all hit plateaus in our lives and quests for health and happiness. If you are learning to squat and you start with just the bar. When lifting weights, the first few months can be life changing.
Weight loss might slow to 1 pound every other week. I want to introduce you to Seth Godin, author of The Dip. Maybe your muscle-building will crawl to 1 lb gained a month. In order to be successful at the task at hand, we need to grind our way through that low point (or flat point) until we can climb out and continue progress. 5 lbs to the bar. Consistently use your measuring spoons and food scale to make sure that you are consuming the right number of PointsPlus values each day. This is one that most people skip out on. They throw their hands in the air ( sometimes ), freak out, get discouraged, and give up or quickly move onto the next plan that they hope will work. If your weight loss seems to have slowed, or even stalled, read on to find out what you can do about it. Maybe this week you can only add 2. You will run into the same issues with weight loss. In a strong majority of the cases, plateaus are really just issues with concentration in disguise. Track your workouts diligently for two weeks and see if these changes kick you back on track. Sometimes that makes you believe that you no longer need to weigh and measure your food or track. Our bodies go from losing weight consistently to getting stuck at a certain number. This can shake things up and introduce you to new and interesting meal ideas.
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