By Jennifer Ferguson
You were doubtless shedding weight successfully for the first few weeks after you joined a new diet program, only to be stuck to a certain point later on. When folks start a diet program they rapidly lose a couple of pounds, because most diet programs are made to offer you 'instant weight loss'. Unhappily enough, this 'instant weight control ' is more often than not 'temporary ' weight control.
You may lose weight very quickly for the initial few weeks but after that, you will suddenly discover the scale is not going down any more! You are not losing any more weight than what you have lost already! You have hit a situation commonly known as weight reduction plateau! In such scenarios, the only cure is a complete overhaul of your lifestyle habits.
You have probably done the same sets of exercises as well as ate the same types of foods time after time again during those first few weeks when you were losing weight. As a result your body got accustomed to your diet and exercise routine. When that happened, your weight management techniques failed to bring any supportable results!
If you want to go past this point, you need to switch your diet and exercise regimen.
Here are two great techniques you should to follow to get out of the weight loss plateau.
1. Calorie-counting isn't the way to go: When you count your calories, you basically limit the intake of calories to a unusually low level. When you eat lowcal foods, there isn't any motivation for your body to boost your rate of metabolism since it must burn only a few calories. The result is that your metabolic rate always remains at an exceedingly low level. When your metabolic rate is low, you are not able to burn fat!
In order to burn fat and lose pounds successfully, you want to forget calorie counting and eat enough so that your body is forced to keep your metabolism rate at a high level. The body needs fuel to burn up the calories, and it can get that fuel just from foods!
2. Exercise more: If you have been avoiding exercises altogether, or have been doing only light exercises, then you can't lose weight. Weight loss is only ever possible if you perform high power work-outs daily. Rather than being afraid of exercises, attempt to love them. Exercises are yet one more dynamic way of accelerating your base metabolic rate.
Follow these 2 methods and you'll soon be able to acquire the slim body you wish!
You may lose weight very quickly for the initial few weeks but after that, you will suddenly discover the scale is not going down any more! You are not losing any more weight than what you have lost already! You have hit a situation commonly known as weight reduction plateau! In such scenarios, the only cure is a complete overhaul of your lifestyle habits.
You have probably done the same sets of exercises as well as ate the same types of foods time after time again during those first few weeks when you were losing weight. As a result your body got accustomed to your diet and exercise routine. When that happened, your weight management techniques failed to bring any supportable results!
If you want to go past this point, you need to switch your diet and exercise regimen.
Here are two great techniques you should to follow to get out of the weight loss plateau.
1. Calorie-counting isn't the way to go: When you count your calories, you basically limit the intake of calories to a unusually low level. When you eat lowcal foods, there isn't any motivation for your body to boost your rate of metabolism since it must burn only a few calories. The result is that your metabolic rate always remains at an exceedingly low level. When your metabolic rate is low, you are not able to burn fat!
In order to burn fat and lose pounds successfully, you want to forget calorie counting and eat enough so that your body is forced to keep your metabolism rate at a high level. The body needs fuel to burn up the calories, and it can get that fuel just from foods!
2. Exercise more: If you have been avoiding exercises altogether, or have been doing only light exercises, then you can't lose weight. Weight loss is only ever possible if you perform high power work-outs daily. Rather than being afraid of exercises, attempt to love them. Exercises are yet one more dynamic way of accelerating your base metabolic rate.
Follow these 2 methods and you'll soon be able to acquire the slim body you wish!
About the Author:
Jennifer Ferguson is a zealous smoothie enthusiast and regularly developes new and exciting recipes. See more smoothie and protein drink recipes on her website and find out how it's possible to get your free 100 smoothies recipes.