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What is a weight loss plateau? You are on a diet, but you reach
a period of time (two or more weeks) where you can't seem to lose
any weight. Your weight may actually fluctuate 3lbs up or down,
but you can't seem to break below this range. You can experience
a weight loss plateau for different reasons:...
- You are consuming too many calories for the amount of calories
that you are burning off.
- You are not consuming enough calories; your body defends
itself by slowing down your metabolism.
First, you need to determine if you are experiencing a plateau
or if your weight is in a state of normal fluctuation. Weigh yourself
once per week. If you have not lost any weight after 3 weeks,
you've hit a plateau. Remember, people lose weight at different
rates. If you've lost even one pound after three weeks, you are
still losing weight and probably don't need to change anything.
The closer you get to your goal weight, the harder it will be
to lose weight. Second, if you are experiencing a plateau, look
at your current diet and exercise patterns. The NutriCounter can
function as a measurement tool to see how many calories you are
consuming each day. It will also help you determine if you are
eating the appropriate amount of carbohydrates and protein each
day. You should also keep an exercise journal that will help you
determine how much exercise you are getting each day.
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Here are some patterns that you may need to break:
- You should be eating at least 1200 calories a day if you are
a woman and 1500 calories per day if you are a man. If you restrict
your calories too much your body will start stockpiling fat
because it thinks you are starving.
- You may try to break a plateau by decreasing the percentage
of carbohydrates and increasing the percentage of protein that
you intake each day.
- Another common recommendation is not to mix your protein
and carbohydrates. If you have a protein breakfast, wait 2-3
hours before resuming your balanced meals.
- Generally speaking, you should be exercising no more than
1 hour per day. However, ask yourself if your fitness routine
is intense enough? Simply walking around the block for 15 minutes
a day may not be enough for you. Each person is different. Also,
walking around the block may have been an excellent exercise
when you first started to lose weight, but it may not be enough
now that you've hit a plateau.
- If you have recently added a fitness regimen to help you
lose weight, you may experience a slight weight gain for the
first few weeks, especially if part of that routine involves
weight lifting. This can be a very frustrating experience. If
you are engaged in an intense workout regimen, it may help to
measure yourself with a measuring tape, rather than the scale.
You will be putting on muscle and muscle will burn more calories
than fat, but it's also heavier.
- If you are already on a low calorie diet and you are sticking
to it, then it is not recommended that you cut out any more
calories. Increasing your activity is really the key to breaking
out of a plateau. However, if you are "supposed" to
be on a low calorie diet but you are not sticking to it, well,
the answer is obvious: you need to stick to it.
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