sooo what are ppl saying??

sftbutterflykiss
sftbutterflykiss Posts: 223 Member
edited September 19 in Food and Nutrition
I noticed someone posted about a plateau.. ( not sure if i spelled that correctly.. im sure someone will give me the correct spelling).. but anyway...soo if im taking in what i am reading.... if you plateau for a while.. maybe you should up you calories intake..to trick you body... and you may possibly lose.. and how many calories are ppl upping to???.. please correct me if im wrong?...no i dont have this problem yet.. which i am assuming it will happen to me eventually... but i want to be prepared for when it does come...

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  • sftbutterflykiss
    sftbutterflykiss Posts: 223 Member
    I noticed someone posted about a plateau.. ( not sure if i spelled that correctly.. im sure someone will give me the correct spelling).. but anyway...soo if im taking in what i am reading.... if you plateau for a while.. maybe you should up you calories intake..to trick you body... and you may possibly lose.. and how many calories are ppl upping to???.. please correct me if im wrong?...no i dont have this problem yet.. which i am assuming it will happen to me eventually... but i want to be prepared for when it does come...
  • PedalHound
    PedalHound Posts: 1,625 Member
    most of the time when you hit a plateau (you spelled it correctly :wink: ) you have to do a bit of experimentation to see what works. Some times you can vary your cals (+300 one day, -100 the next and so on), shake up your work out routine (after about 4-6 weeks your body adapts to any regular workout routine you've been doing), eat some different foods (like if you've been eating a lot of chicken, try some seafood or try some asian vegetables in place of some of your stand-by's). Depending on where you are in your weight loss, it may not take much at all to break a plateau, and sometimes just a week or two of patience will do it. The closer you are to your goal weight the harder you have to work at tricking your body a little. It's also very important if you're in a plateau to make sure that you're feeding your work outs appropriately. A small carbohydrate-rich snack about an hour before, and a protein snack after.

    Hope that helps!
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