Plateaus are good for you?

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NYCNika
NYCNika Posts: 611 Member
edited February 3 in Health and Weight Loss
That is my trainer's theory that kind of makes sense to me.

She thinks that continuously losing weight straight is not as great as letting your body rest at a certain weight for a while.

Because your body perceives your weight loss as a stressor, and it loosing non-stop for a prolonged period of time makes it want to "defend" its weight even harder and is unnecessary stress for the body.

We are talking about somebody of healthy weight.

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  • Chief_Rocka
    Chief_Rocka Posts: 4,710 Member
    "Maintenance of a given level of progress is indeed a legitimate goal. In fact, people should consciously build plateau phases into their programs. Everyone hates to hear this, but the plateau phases should get progressively longer. When you step back and think about it, isn’t the ultimate goal a plateau of sorts? It makes good sense to give your body regular practice at maintaining. Everyone is so hell-bent on perpetually pressing forward with their goals, that it actually holds them back." - Alan Aragon
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