How to Conquer the Weight Loss Plateau
March 3rd, 2010If you are anything like me, you were probably starting to lose weight easily for the first few weeks after you joined a new weight loss methods, only to be stuck at a certain time later. When you begin to start losing weight really fast in the beginning of a new diet program, and experience instant weight loss success, sometimes you find that later down the road, your instant weight loss success was really temporary weight loss success.
Initially, you lose weight really quickly for the first few weeks, but after discover that the scale is not reflecting the steady weight loss that you were initially experiencing. You begin to have trouble dropping more of the weight than what you have already lost. You are experiencing what is commonly referred to as a weight loss plateau. When this happens, simply kick start your diet and exercise program into overdrive.
Perhaps you have done the very same exercise routine for the first few weeks, and eating the same kinds of foods. You need to start exercising at a higher pace, and changing the kinds of food you are eating. Try an incline treadmill, or add 15 more minutes to your cardio routine. Mix up your exercise routine, and raise your heart rate more. There are many different fruits and vegetables that you can add to your diet. Try drinking vegetable juice for energy, and mix up the fruit you eat as snacks. The key is to eat more fiber. If you are walking, walk further, and if you are running, run longer.




