The Weight Loss Plateau

So you have been not on a diet, but on a healthy eating plan for a while now and things have slowed down a little eh? For the first few weeks all was going good and you were losing weight but now??? Well you have reached what is called the weight loss plateau. Don't despair it happens to all of us at some time. Your body has become accustomed to your calorie intake and exercise level and has adjusted to it...it needs a bit of a shake up is all. Firstly be sure you are taking in enough calories, if you do not then the body can go into 'starvation mode' whereby it will conserve energy and not burn fat, lean muscle tissue will be used for energy and you do not want to lose muscle. Try not to drop below 10 calories per 1lb of body weight, so if you weigh 150lbs do not go below 1500 calories per day. Weight loss is not simply a case of the less you eat the more you lose...you have to intake enough to sustain yourself. Secondly increase your level of exercise. This should ideally be a thing that you do automatically from day to day or week to week...as you improve and get fitter you must push yourself further. Act upon these two principles and you will leap out of the plateau...never to return.