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Get Motivated: Helpful Hints to Bust Through That Weight Loss
Plateau
If you have ever been on a diet, you know how difficult it is sometimes to loose the last few pounds to reach your
goal. This is called a weight loss plateau and it is essentially when your body has adjusted to your new diet and
exercise routine and cannot shed the last few unwanted pounds. Most dieters, whether they are trying to lose 15
pounds or 50 pounds, experience some sort of weight loss plateau during their dieting program. If this is what has
happened to you, then you want to break past the plateau, so you can reach your weight loss goal. Here are some
things that you can do to help shake up your routine and reach your ideal weight.
Vary your exercise routine or workout: Once you have gotten into the groove of your diet program and have
found an exercise routine that you enjoy, it is great to know that you can do the same exercise over and over.
However, it is this repetitive exercise routine that may be preventing you from losing weight. This is because your
body has adjusted to doing the same routine again and again and while you are not gaining weight, you are not
losing weight either. This is when you need to vary your exercise routine. If you are used to walking two miles a
day, then you may want to consider walking 2-1/2 miles a day, or adding weight bands to your arms or your legs. If
you ride a bicycle, consider going a different route where you can go up and down hills instead of a straight path.
It is these types of variations that can help you break past your weight loss plateau.
Keep a food diary on hand: many people who have successfully reached their weight loss goals will tell you
that keeping a food diary can help you a great deal when you are trying to lose weight. It doesn't matter how you
decide to keep your food journal as long as you are vigilant and you write down everything that you eat every day.
This will help you visualize the amount of food you are putting into your body. At the end of the day you can tally
up your fat grams, carbs, or calories if you choose and see where the bulk of your calories are coming from. When
you can visualize what you are eating, you will understand what you can do to help with your weight loss. You may
not realize that you had three cookies earlier in the day-- a food diary or journal will help remind you.
Monitor your intake of carbohydrates, and watch low fat foods: If you have reached a weight loss plateau and
you cannot seem to get down to your ideal weight, then you might want to consider watching your carbohydrate
intake, as well as the amount of low-fat foods. Carbohydrates can add up when it comes to the amount of calories
you are eating each day. One slice of bread may be low in fat, but is not low in calories or carbohydrates. Extra
carbohydrates can lead to weight gain or a weight loss plateau. The same is true for low-fat foods. Even know a
food is marked as low fat, it may not be low-calorie, if you have dieted and you are down to your last five or 10
pounds, consider the amount of low fat food you are taking in and make sure you are not taking in too many of the
types of foods. You can also vary your diet a little more to help shed the unwanted weight.
There are many things that you can do to help reach your weight loss goal and get past that pesky weight loss
plateau.
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