Breaking the diet plateau

Get on a plateau diet. We have all been there. Lynn and I have experienced it more than once and have been fortunate to find solutions to break the weight loss plateau.

You may have gotten stuck if you’ve ever tried to lose fat for an extended period of time. Your metabolism has revved up and the pounds and inches are shifting. Then all of a sudden the fat is no longer disappearing and your weight remains and nothing has changed. The human body will do its best to maintain balance, find homeostasis. He is incredibly adaptable at that.

The plateau effect has to be one of the biggest killers of motivation. Unfortunately, many diet books don’t address the topic directly. It must not be a spectacular seller. But you and I know what happens and it stifles your enthusiasm.

The best action step you can take is to change something in your weight loss plan. Continuing with your diet program without change meets Ben Franklin’s definition of insanity: “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Wow, he was a wise man.

What changes can you make?

1. Balanced zigzag / variable intake

Zigzagging, or varying your protein, complex carbohydrate, and fat intake is the process of varying the daily percentages of intake for the three major food groups, while maintaining the same weekly volume intake. For example, instead of consuming exactly 45% protein, 35% carbohydrates, and 10% fat every day, you can mix it up. Get 55% protein one day and 35% protein the next. This can be as simple as re-providing your plate proportions. or add a protein shake to the plan. Keep your body guessing.

2. Strength training activity

Working your muscles will help strengthen bone tissue, increase lean mass, and ultimately increase metabolic rate. You will demand more from your body and your metabolism, therefore, you will make a change in your habit.

3. Change your activity routine

So if you walk a lot, try jogging, swimming, or biking – anything that changes the way your body works. If you’re doing low-intensity cardiovascular work, try some high-intensity exercise, such as burst training.

4. Modify macronutrient intake

In the weeks that you are not Zig-Zagging, change what you are eating. If you’re primarily eating animal protein, try eating plant protein like tofu, soy, or nuts, or switch to dairy proteins like eggs or whey. Modify your complex carbohydrate intake by changing the vegetables you eat.

Change the time of the snack and its content and also modify the percentages of protein, carbohydrates and fat of the snacks.

Whatever you’re doing steadily, mixing it up a bit.

So you say you know all that – what else is there?

Give your body and mind a break. Learn to eat more intuitively, not automatically. Each person is unique and we must learn how our individual body responds and how to work with it.

You can take one final step in boosting your weight loss goals and breaking the aggravating plateau with a nutritional cleanse. Every day we inevitably ingest more toxins than our body can naturally defend itself. There are toxins in the air we breathe, the food we eat, the water we drink, everywhere in our environment and it has a direct effect on your weight loss goals and this pesky plateau.

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