I'm on a plateau right now. I think I've been doing the right things on my program but I've stopped making progress. How can that be?
Almost everyone who diets to lose weight reaches a point where they stop losing weight for no apparent reason. They eat the same size portions, eat the right foods and do the same amount of exercise but they are stuck at the same weight.
Here's what's happening Our bodies have been losing right along and our body detects that we aren't getting the same quantities and same calories that it was formerly used to. A physical defense mechanism sets in and our body in effect tells all of its systems to conserve, to slow down, to be more efficient with the food it gets. It doesn't realize that we want to keep contracting or losing weight. It thinks we are making a mistake and physiologically it is going to correct this mistake. It tries to make one calorie act like two and thus keep us on this no lose plateau.
Don't worry. Don't fret and don't let your underwear bunch up on you. Your body will get used to your new lower weight and let you get on with your business of losing weight. Just "STAY the Course" and it will all work out. Naturally our watchword/slogan for this lesson is:
"STAY the COURSE".
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