the truth about Plateaus:

missjelika

We are to blame for our Plateaus not our bodies?????
Interesting article. here are some highlight
1. But according to new research published in The Lancet, the scale's homeostasis has less to do with your body composition and more to do with slipping into old eating and exercise habits.

2. "It would take the body three years to reach a metabolic plateau," says lead author Dr. Kevin D. Hall from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. "If you stick to a diet exactly, you should expect your weight loss to continue for years, albeit not at the same rate."

3.In fact, Hall even found that dieters begin to regress as soon as a month after they begin their diets. "When people are seeing their plateau -- which is also their greatest weight loss success -- their habits are practically back to where they started."

4. "After more than a year of dieting, they're typically a little heavier than their minimum weight and slowly creeping back up," says Hall. "But if you ask them what they're eating, most will say they're still on a diet."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/11/weight-loss-plateau_n_1004197.html?ref=healthy-living-body

what do you all think?

tigersword

True. A plateau means you're doing something wrong.

Seajolly

"The scale's homeostasis has less to do with your body composition and more to do with slipping into old eating and exercise habits."

So true. When I hit a "plateau" it was because I wasn't trying as hard as I used to! Once I started being really conscious again, I started losing again.

monih10

Thanks for the info.....makes a lot of sense!!

VVEXVVEX

When I stopped "trying" and started "doing" I finally saw the scale move.

leomom72

bump

starwhisperer

completely agree. It is so easy slip just a little, and then blame it on our bodies instead of taking a hard look at what we are doing.

melissabee31

I completely agree. I have been the same weight for about 3 weeks. Why? Because every weekend I've been "off" my diet. It completely reverses what I do during the week when I am "on" my diet. If I am not on it 100% of the time, I don't see the weight come off. Simple as that!

It is really hard to stay perfect on a diet and exercise plan all the time. But when people are like, I've been at a plateau for 4 months, it's like... really?

debswebby

I totally agree. I have blamed plateau's for my weight stagnasis but it was really, an extra few calories here and there and alcohol fuelled weekends away. I always came off my plateau when these were taken out of the equation. Coincidence? I think not :happy:

debswebby

MelissaB I love your ticker. One of my favourite pictures of The Beatles :drinker:

CoachNYLA

That is why it is important to know why you are doing what you are doing relative to your game plan to keep the body moving at it's optimal levels.

Here are some of the reasons why people stall on "fat loss":

Bad nutritional choices
Bad nutritional choices
and
also not changing up their training plan every 3-4 weeks (I actually change it up for my clients every week)
also executing cardio before weight training
not training efficiently or often enough to make a change
Over training
Under eating

There is more...but you get the picture. Also, if someone tries a program for a week and then does not see a result, the switching to different plans often can confuse the body in what you are trying to do.

I must add that most of the people who say they eat clean, don't really know what eating clean is and that is again going back to bad/unhealthy nutritional choices.

melissabee31

MelissaB I love your ticker. One of my favourite pictures of The Beatles :drinker:

Thanks! I LOOOOOVE the Beatles, so having them on my ticker keeps me motivated

debswebby

MelissaB I love your ticker. One of my favourite pictures of The Beatles :drinker:

Thanks! I LOOOOOVE the Beatles, so having them on my ticker keeps me motivated

What a fabulous idea. I love them too. I might have to copy you :drinker:

ninerbuff

Absolutely true. Most people who think they've hit plateaus (which is 6 weeks or more of no weight loss/gain with CONSISTENT eating and exercise habit) either are lightening up on the exercise or adding things to their diet.
That's why when I used to eat systematically (same exact foods for each meal of the day) it was much easier to gauge. Boring, but I was eating to lose body fat for competition and not trying to get variety in my foods.