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Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Keep Working Out but Stop Losing Weight? NO WAY!

Most people who follow a weight loss program will notice that after losing a few pounds, the body stops losing weight further despite religiously sticking to the weight loss program. This is called a weight loss plateau. The reason for this is that the body is naturally programmed to fight any change in energy intake and output. Your body resists weight loss in order to maintain an energy balance. Therefore it adapts to your diet and exercise routine, and learns to maintain the same weight regardless of all your efforts.

So before you feel guilty, you must understand that this is the natural tendency of your body and happens to everyone. Next, you need to take some steps to make your body lose weight. You can do this by either making your workout more rigorous or by making it more refined.

Here are some tips to overcome a weight loss plateau:
• If you’ve been eating chicken, change to eating fish instead.
• Eat more of fruits and vegetables instead of your regular snacks.
• Don’t starve yourself or else your body will slow down its metabolism and conserve fats thinking that there is a shortage of food.
• Substitute proteins for carbohydrates and see if this is making any difference.
• If you are on a walking routine you will need to increase either your pace or the distance you walk.
• Swimming is a good all round exercise. It works out the entire body and is a good cardiovascular exercise. Increasing the laps will help you overcome your weight loss plateau.

Once you make the changes, do not expect results overnight. Allow your body a few days to get your metabolism boosted up. By changing your diet and exercise routine, you will notice that your body will begin to lose weight again.

Don’t take this response for granted, as you may require another adjustment in a few weeks time in order to avoid another weight loss plateau. In this way you will have to constantly make changes in order to keep your metabolism at its optimum till you reach your weight loss goal.

Tony Horton has developed a muscle confusion system for his P90X workout. This muscle confusion is meant to keep your body from hitting a plateau by always introducing new workouts for your muscles.

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