How Do I Get Out of a Weight Loss Plateau – Problem and Solution No. 2 By Magrietha Du Plessis At Isnare.com Ezine Articles

When you ask the question "how do I get our of a weight loss plateau?" there can be more than one answer, depending on what the reason for the problem is. In this article I am going to look at problem no. 2, the loss of muscle, and the solution to it.

1. Problem no. 2 – loss of lean body mass (loss of muscles)

Loss of lean body mass can be one of the most important reasons why you have reached a plateau. Muscles use more energy than fat even when you are sleeping. So it makes sense that if you lose muscle, your metabolic rate goes down and weight loss becomes even more difficult. This is especially a very great danger with fad diets.

Fad diets do not supply your body with the nutrients it needs to maintain a healthy muscle structure and as a result you lose lean body mass. If you eat too little calories a day, you will be burning more muscle than fat.

A hidden part of problem no. 2 is also that on a fad diet you lose a lot of water when you start on it. This, of course, means that it is not true weight loss and as soon as you eat normally again, the water comes back and so does the weight. It also means that once you have lost as much water as your body is going to allow you to lose, the fake weight loss from water will stop and it will appear as if you have reached a plateau.

A lack of other nutrients such as vitamins and minerals because of a fad diet may also keep your body from maintaining healthy muscles and can also cause the loss of lean body mass.

2. Solution to problem no. 2 – the loss of lean body mass (loss of muscles)

You have to eat enough. In other words you have to take care that you combine your exercise routine with a fully nourished body. This will not happen on a fad diet such as the cabbage soup diet. This is one very important way of identifying a fad diet. If a diet says you are not allowed to exercise while on it, you can be pretty sure that it is a fad diet. A diet does not have to encourage exercise, many will not as lots of people do not like doing exercise, but it must not preclude it.

It is also a good idea to take a good nutritional supplement when you are trying to lose weight. Because you are eating less than normal, the possibility always exists that you are not getting all the nutrition you need, however good your diet may be.

3. Conclusion:

You can reach a weight loss plateau if you are not eating enough and exercising too much. So, it is a good idea to prevent a weight loss plateau before you even reach it by eating sensibly and exercising correctly. It is also clear that it will be very difficult to get out of your weight loss plateau by eating even less. By eating correctly it may even happen that you will initially gain a little weight, but as soon as your body adjusts, the weight loss will start again without reaching a plateau. Keep at it and you will have success!

The good news for you is that there is a program that uses a concept of calorie shifting to prevent your body from slowing down your metabolism. This of course prevents you from reaching a plateau.

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