Plateau phase in weight loss
Those pounds of fat that were once falling off effortlessly are now clinging to your body for dear life. Much of my adult life (when not hideously overweight) has been spent at around the 64-66kg mark which I can usually maintain at reasonably well. If you are weighing yourself every day, or multiple times per day, you probably notice your weight can fluctuate substantially by 3-5lb. After a week of fasting I was still about 4lbs up on my pre-holiday weight, thankfully this came off relatively quickly but since then I have been on something of a plateau and starting to get a little annoyed with it. A weight loss plateau is a period of time during which your body weight remains at the same level. Over the next few weeks this setting increased a bit and the time spent on the bike was a minimum of 20 minutes, usually more and sometimes as many as 45 minutes depending on how engaging the TV I park it in front of was I fully expected to only maintain for a couple of weeks as fat hopefully turned to muscle which we all know weighs more. No matter what you do, nothing is working. From the creator of The 5:2 Fast Diet Forum. This article will delve into the dynamics of a weight loss plateau and offer you solutions to overcome it. For example, if you eat a lot of sodium, carbohydrates, and drink little water, you will retain a ton of water, which will increase your body weight. Seems to hold true to some degree, or at least for me.
If on the other hand you drink plenty of water, moderate carbs and low sodium and just finished an intense workout where you sweat buckets, your weight can decrease by several pounds. My 5:2 Diet Journey My 5:2 Meal Ideas 5:2 Diet Questions 5:2 Diet News Other Topics. I invested in a folding exercise bike since space is a bit limited at home for something like that and began with it on the lowest setting for all of about 10 minutes a day. It may seem counterintuitive, but the more water your drink, the less you retain it. I want to be able to depend on this way of eating to look after my weight in the long term without the need for restricting myself in other ways. Most of this weight fluctuation is due to changes in water retention. The unpredictability of water retention is one reason to weigh yourself only once per week with Monday Morning Weigh-Ins, unless you find weigh ins every morning keeps you more accountable. You are making awesome changes in your body when suddenly your progress grinds to a screeching halt. I got home and decided not to weigh for at least a week so as not to shock myself. Still the same half kilo fluctuation for a full 7 weigh ins, argh. The first week may be because of water retention, along with the second week, but the third week indicates that maybe your body is not changing as you have hoped despite your best efforts. The primary purpose of tracking your body weight is (1) for accountability and (2) as a proxy for measuring fat loss. Weighing yourself multiple times per day, or at different times each day is the fastest way to kill your confidence and mess with your head. A weight loss plateau and more specifically a fat loss plateau should be defined as no change in body weight for 3 weeks.
