2 Easy Ways To Overcoming Weight Loss Plateau

It is very common you will hit a weight loss plateau along your weight loss journey and easily be de-motivated by it. This situation is only temporary and overcoming weight loss plateau is not difficult by changing diet and exercise routine.

First off, have you been eating too less or too much? Eating too less does not mean you will lose weight fast. Instead your body will go into starvation mode and burn less calorie. If you have been eating too much, you need to control your calorie intake. Your calorie input must be less than your calorie burned. Eat smaller and frequent meals, drink more water and eat more high fiber foods. Green tea helps to increase your metabolism so it is good to consume at least 2 cups per day. With the correct eating habits and healthy food, the body's metabolism will always remain high which means more calories burned. Altering diet is the first thing to overcoming weight loss plateau. It is not an option but a necessity if you want to continue losing weight.

Another necessary step to overcoming weight loss plateau is to change your workout or exercise routine. Are you adopting the same exercise routine for the past few weeks? If yes, then you must adjust your exercise routine with higher intensity or with longer endurance. This is due to your body already accustomed to your exercise routine and start to burn fewer calories. If you are concentrating on weight training, you may try to add more aerobics or cardiovascular exercise to your existing workouts and push your endurance to its limit. It is also good to try different exercises to "shock" your body so that it will continue to burn more calories. Some fitness experts recommend interval training to increase resting metabolism. This result in more calories burned while you sleep.

The above 2 steps will effectively overcome weight loss plateau and by the next scale reading probably in two week’s time you will be please to see your weight dropping to a new low record.

All in all, overcoming weight loss plateau is about eating sensibly and changing exercise routine consistently. There are no other weight loss methods that can beat them.

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