Plateaus

suckerlove
suckerlove Posts: 198
in Health and Weight Loss
Looking for a good plateau buster.

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  • YoungDoc2B
    YoungDoc2B Posts: 1,593 Member
    Have you tried calorie cycling?
  • suckerlove
    suckerlove Posts: 198
    I am not certain what that is. Can you explain?
  • denise032
    denise032 Posts: 108 Member
    http://www.livestrong.com/article/129304-calorie-cycling-lose-weight/
  • ExplorinLauren
    ExplorinLauren Posts: 991 Member
    Its eating lower one day and more the next.... (example, 900 calories today, 1300 tomorrow, 1000 the next day ...etc)
    You still eat the same amount of calories your supposed to for the week, but you do it differently...
    If you go here, fill in the info, then hit zigzag, it will show you how much you should eat during your calorie cycling

    http://www.shapefit.com/calorie-intake-calculator.html#
  • Molly_Maguire
    Molly_Maguire Posts: 1,103 Member
    This helped me understand it really well....

    http://caloriecount.about.com/calorie-cycling-g272
  • tvanhooser
    tvanhooser Posts: 326 Member
    Well, I just got off one finally and am moving the numbers down again. All I can say is that I changed up my exercise routine like they say and started biking instead of walking and added in some Fitness Blender video workouts (youtube or fitnessblenders.com) but that didn't seem to have any effect until I decided to give this lower sodium thing a whirl and set my limit at 1500 on here and changed my tracking to show me sodium instead of cholesterol (which seemed to be pretty much under control anyway without any particular effort). I guess there's more to it than I thought (considering it seems to be the "in thing", or fad in weight loss TV from what I've read and heard from others, which always makes me skeptical) cause like I said, my scale numbers are going down again. I'm going to keep trying it and see if it has long term effect. I just stopped adding salt to most recipes, got unsalted butter and looked for lower sodium ingredients when I went shopping. I use more pepper and other salt-free seasonings, herbs and spices instead and it's really amazing how with most dishes, you don't really miss the salt like you thought you would as long as there is a good flavor there.....and you actually taste the food, not the salt! :o)
  • suckerlove
    suckerlove Posts: 198
    Thanks guys, this helps alot. I love this community!
  • coesch
    coesch Posts: 8 Member
    I was told once to cut back on fruit and eat more veggies. The fruit has more natural sugar and by cutting it out will help get past a plateau. Also switch to whole grains if you haven't already. Good luck!
  • elisa123gal
    elisa123gal Posts: 4,333 Member
    The diet I used to follow had no sodium at all..just what was natural in food. I lost weight rapidly..and I think the no sodium and 100 ounces of water a day was the secret to to the diet.
  • wftiger
    wftiger Posts: 1,283 Member
    Up your protein and cut carbs, including fruit and it will break.

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