Wednesday 8 June 2011

Can't lose weight?What should you do?

Unable to lose weight even though you don't eat anything? We call it as Diet plateau 停滞期

Most of the people face this problem:
Unable to lose weight no matter how hard they try, or they try even harder, blaming themselves that they must have done something wrong, that is they can't lose weight.
Does this sounds like you? Facing the same problem also?
Me too.
Today is my 12th day diet. 11&12th day morning, weighed, nothing change.
Get even more frustrate because the more I do, the more I feel that no use at all. Can't lose weight. Then I heard people said diet plateau. And realize that This is a very normal period for dieters, in fact the more you don't eat appropriately and do excessive exercises, the longer the diet plateau period will be!
So, let's understand this diet plateau and see how we can get along with it.

1. What is it?
Your body stop to slim down to protect you from burning extra energy or fat to save you.
If you do extra exercise in this period,
A) your metabolism go slow. And your health become not good because need the energy to consume. Where to consume, your other part like vitamin etc( not too sure what does it call). However, excess exercise will cause your skin dehydrate, lose hair or other health problem.
B) prolong the diet plateau period because your body need to protect you from losing too much energy.

2. How to change the situation?
Easy, just continue your program don't give up, the body will realize that this situation is normal, so will start to lose weight again or burn fat.
So, you need to act as normal.

3. What if I stop continue my diet program when I face diet plateau?
You will face rebound. What is rebound? Your weight go back to your initial weight and the worst part is that you gain weight.

4. Why fatter that the initial weight after diet?
A) because you go back to your old habit.
B) because your body want to protect you from another " famine". So need to keep more fat in your body.

5. What do I need to do.
Understand the pros and cons of the diet plateau. Increase your awareness, don't give up.
Refer more information and get motivated all the time. The following are some good link for your reference.
http://www.nutracheck.co.uk/Library/WeightLoss/diet-plateau_1.html
http://slism.jp/communication/column-0060.html

Important
1. Diet plateau is every dieter's issue.
2. Do not do excessive or extreme diet or exercise during diet plateau period, do continue your normal diet.
3. Add in protein, vitamin or mineral these supplement to boost your result.
4. Diet plateau period is to let your body to understand that "little energy is normal" for your body.

now you know diet plateau already, normally it will take about 2 weeks to 1 month. So, make sure that you continue to do your normal diet routine, don't do excessive diet or back to the old habit, because you will prolong the period or get even fatter because your body start to absorb the food due to your body think that you need to restore energy.
The most important thing is, don't give up, be persistent, then after your body adapt to it, you will start to lose weight again.
Happy diet^^

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