We are going to add five more minutes everyday to our exercise minutes. If you walk for 30 minutes add 5 more minutes. Whatever exercise you're choosing to do that do just add on 5 more minutes. At the end of the week if you workout for 6 days you added an extra 30 minutes of exercise. Wow!!!
Your weight loss diet plan was working so well, but all of a sudden, things are not going as planned. Have you hit a plateau or even started to gain some weight? With any diet you will eventually hit a plateau in weight loss or run the risk of falling off track. We all hit that point where we are doing everything right, but with little or no results. Don’t be discouraged. When you first start off you will lose weight more quickly, but as you shed the first few pounds, the body begins to adjust. In order to push past your plateau in weight loss you may want to make some changes. Try these tips to get over the hump and get you losing weight once again.
Often when people start to see success in their weight loss they relax a bit on measuring, tracking and recording. Although it is not necessary to track and record to be successful it may be what you need to get over the hump. Maybe you think you are consuming the right amount of calories and burning the right amount of calories, but if you are not tracking and recording this it's just a guess. So double check you have everything right and go back to recording your calories consumed and calories burned. Even if it's just for a few weeks to get you past the plateau in weight loss and back to losing weight.
Change your Eating Habits
You've been eating the right foods and the right portions. You are counting your calories and tracking the foods you eat. Yet you have still hit a plateau and the pounds are no longer falling off. Just like with exercising now is the time to make some changes. If you have been eating 3 meals a day try breaking these into 5 or 6 smaller meals throughout the day. Eating smaller meals more often keeps your metabolism revved up to burn more calories.
Try altering the snacks and foods as well. If you usually have a yogurt as a snack try a high protein snack instead. Try adding a bit more protein and less carbs to your meals.
It's also time to adjust your calorie intake. As you lose weight the amount of calories you need is less. So double check your calorie intake for weight loss.
Often when people start to see success in their weight loss they relax a bit on measuring, tracking and recording. Although it is not necessary to track and record to be successful it may be what you need to get over the hump. Maybe you think you are consuming the right amount of calories and burning the right amount of calories, but if you are not tracking and recording this it's just a guess. So double check you have everything right and go back to recording your calories consumed and calories burned. Even if it's just for a few weeks to get you past the plateau in weight loss and back to losing weight.
Change your Eating Habits
You've been eating the right foods and the right portions. You are counting your calories and tracking the foods you eat. Yet you have still hit a plateau and the pounds are no longer falling off. Just like with exercising now is the time to make some changes. If you have been eating 3 meals a day try breaking these into 5 or 6 smaller meals throughout the day. Eating smaller meals more often keeps your metabolism revved up to burn more calories.
Try altering the snacks and foods as well. If you usually have a yogurt as a snack try a high protein snack instead. Try adding a bit more protein and less carbs to your meals.
It's also time to adjust your calorie intake. As you lose weight the amount of calories you need is less. So double check your calorie intake for weight loss.
Mix Up Your Exercise Routine
If you are like many people your exercise routine is similar from day to day. Perhaps you always exercise in the morning for 30 minutes alternating between aerobics and strength training. Exercise is great and you don't want to stop this step.
But now is the time to mix it up. Instead of doing only 30 minutes add 15 more minutes to your workout. Try doing 30 minutes of aerobics followed by 15 minutes of strength training in the same day. Change the time you workout. Try switching to working out in the evenings before dinner instead of first thing in the morning. Or divide your exercise time into two sessions. Change the intensity as well. If you have been doing low impact aerobics then kick it up a notch. Your body has gotten used to the low intense workout and therefore is not as challenging. So challenge yourself and your body so you can burn more calories and say goodbye to your plateau in weight loss.
If you are like many people your exercise routine is similar from day to day. Perhaps you always exercise in the morning for 30 minutes alternating between aerobics and strength training. Exercise is great and you don't want to stop this step.
But now is the time to mix it up. Instead of doing only 30 minutes add 15 more minutes to your workout. Try doing 30 minutes of aerobics followed by 15 minutes of strength training in the same day. Change the time you workout. Try switching to working out in the evenings before dinner instead of first thing in the morning. Or divide your exercise time into two sessions. Change the intensity as well. If you have been doing low impact aerobics then kick it up a notch. Your body has gotten used to the low intense workout and therefore is not as challenging. So challenge yourself and your body so you can burn more calories and say goodbye to your plateau in weight loss.
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