How To Adopt To A Weight Loss Plateau
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How To Adopt To A Weight Loss Plateau
Today I would like to talk specifically about a plateau in regards to weight loss, and what exactly is it is when people who are trying to lose weight, just cannot seem to shift those extra unwanted pounds.
The first thing to understand is exactly what a plateau is. A plateau is basically a situation when the result you are trying to achieve does not take place, even when you are doing all of the required actions for the result to occur. Plateaus happen because the body gets very aligned quickly to routines and patterns that we do on a day to day basis.
Another reason why you might experience a plateau is because you may have cheated on your diet slightly or you may not have put in the hours at the gym that you promised yourself. All of the small things that you have done can make a big difference on the overall scale of things.
We all have a specific routine or pattern that we follow which we do on auto pilot without really giving it much thought process. It can be very hard to simply stop doing what you would normally do and change the way you do things. Its basic human nature, change is difficult. This is basically what happens when we hit a plateau.
The first thing to understand is exactly what a plateau is. A plateau is basically a situation when the result you are trying to achieve does not take place, even when you are doing all of the required actions for the result to occur. Plateaus happen because the body gets very aligned quickly to routines and patterns that we do on a day to day basis.
Another reason why you might experience a plateau is because you may have cheated on your diet slightly or you may not have put in the hours at the gym that you promised yourself. All of the small things that you have done can make a big difference on the overall scale of things.
We all have a specific routine or pattern that we follow which we do on auto pilot without really giving it much thought process. It can be very hard to simply stop doing what you would normally do and change the way you do things. Its basic human nature, change is difficult. This is basically what happens when we hit a plateau.
Last edited by Kathy13118; 03-25-2015 at 09:09 AM.