How To Bust Via Weight Loss Plateau!

and take it off again

You are doing everything right, counting calories, exercising for an hour a day, but one day you realize that suddenly you have stopped losing weight. How annoying it is that you can no longer fit into smaller clothes, and moreover, the scales stopped shaking for days or weeks. This can be very frustrating, believe me, I've been there.

How to break through Weight loss plateau and take it off again

Recalculate your daily calorie intake

Your metabolism slows down when you lose weight because your body doesn't have to expend as much energy to maintain its now leaner body. If you don't adjust your calories to take this into account, you can plateau. The easy way to avoid this is to recalculate your daily calorie goal every 5 pounds of weight loss. As you will see, the goal creeps deeper and deeper. For example, if I weighed 81 kilograms, I needed 1,500 calories, but if I weighed 74 kilograms, I only needed 1,300 calories.

Be consistent

In order to become the healthier person you want to be, sometimes you need to act like that person even when you don't feel like it. That can mean going to the gym every day even if you don't want to, or grabbing an apple if you'd rather have a piece of aloo paratha, cake. But consistently making healthy choices – especially when it's difficult – will accelerate you on your way from the plateau to the healthy lifestyle you want to lead. Because if you expect to follow a thing and get results just once, think again.

Hormones

Hormones are chemical signals that body cells use to communicate with each other and tell each other what to do. Hormones Like the thyroid gland, PCOS can also lead to these problems. So, see if your hormones are holding you back on your weight loss goals by making an appointment with your doctor. To promote good hormones, make sure you eat plenty of vegetables.

Cut down on salt and sodium

Water is attracted to sodium like a magnet. So if you drink a little more salt or sodium than usual, you can hold on to extra fluids. Five cups of water weighs one kilogram, so any displacement of the liquid has an immediate effect on the scales. The best way to reduce sodium is to skip the salt shaker or seasonings with sodium and eat fresher unprocessed foods.

Treat yourself once a week

Losing weight is pointless if you are not enjoying and celebrating your new body. This means that every now and then, and not every day, you treat yourself to something and forget about your strict, healthy regime. For this reason, many nutritionists recommend a cheat once a week to boost your metabolism, followed by a healthy diet for the rest of the week. The closer we get to achieving our goals (i.e. the last 5 or 10 pounds); the harder it will be to shed. Patience is really the key. Stick to your diet and exercise regimen and you will eventually achieve your goal

Be patient and stay strong and motivated and know that just because the scales aren't moving as fast as you would like your body to achieve better health which, in the long run, means reaching a more sustainable weight loss goal.

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