How to Break Out of a Weight Loss Plateau by Renee Kennedy

are a woman and 1500 calories per day if you are a man. If

you restrict your calories too much your body will start

stockpiling fat because it thinks you are starving.

2. You may try to break a plateau by decreasing the percentage

of carbohydrates and increasing the percentage of protein

that you intake each day.

3. Another common recommendation is not to mix your

protein and carbohydrates. If you have a protein breakfast,

wait 2-3 hours before resuming your balanced meals.

4. Generally speaking, you should be exercising no more

than 1 hour per day. However, ask yourself if your fitness

routine is intense enough? Simply walking around the block

for 15 minutes a day may not be enough for you. Each person

is different. Also, walking around the block may have been

an excellent exercise when you first started to lose weight,

but it may not be enough now that you've hit a plateau.

5. If you have recently added a fitness regimen to help you

lose weight, you may experience a slight weight gain for the

first few weeks, especially if part of that routine involves

weight lifting. This can be a very frustrating experience.

If you are engaged in an intense workout regimen, it may help

to measure yourself with a measuring tape, rather than the scale.

You will be putting on muscle and muscle will burn more

calories than fat, but it's also heavier.

6. If you are already on a low calorie diet and you are

sticking to it, then it is not recommended that you cut out any

more calories. Increasing your activity is really the key to

breaking out of a plateau. However, if you are "supposed" to

be on a low calorie diet but you are not sticking to it, well,

the answer is obvious: you need to stick to it.

Come and visit the NutriCounter web site for more

information on how nutrition and fitness influence

weight loss, diabetes, pregnancy, heart disease and more!

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