weight loss plateau
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You have done something effective and your body has adapted. Now do something else, ultil your body adapts to that. If you have been running, try swimming or biking. if you have been doing single long 20 minute workout try breaking it up into 5 mini workouts and make it more anaerobic With little one minute breaks and then a whole lot of intensity. Or whatever it is that your body is not used to right now.
Now, are you certain, by the way, that that last 5 pounds really needs to come off? 120 is awefully light. What are you -like three feet tall? I would be more worried about filling out your Tiny body with some muscle. Not like a grotesque amount but enough to look good. The boney look is kinda sickly looking. You are not starving yourself are you? That will just plain make you look nasty. Besides, muscle does wonders for your metabolism.
Now, are you certain, by the way, that that last 5 pounds really needs to come off? 120 is awefully light. What are you -like three feet tall? I would be more worried about filling out your Tiny body with some muscle. Not like a grotesque amount but enough to look good. The boney look is kinda sickly looking. You are not starving yourself are you? That will just plain make you look nasty. Besides, muscle does wonders for your metabolism.
After reading that ana thread I got to say that if you are eating 3x a day and you feel deep down in your heart that those last five need to come off, than you go girl. Alternate your routine. If you only do cardio with legs do something for your arms, if you use the round system do weights between rounds. Feel good.
The key here is diet, you guys should all know this.....3 meals a day? Make it 5 smaller meals equally spaced throughout the day. Also post what your 3 meals are, I'm willing to bet they could be improved. I'm not saying a change-up in cardio isn't also needed but your handicapping yourself at 3 meals a day ESPECIALLY when targeting the last bit of fat which can be a real pain in the ass.
Well, karl 78 is right about splitting up the diet. For the last five pounds you will probably want to cut carbs to below 50g a day so cut out the cerial, fruit, pasta, bread and limit the milk. Splitting the diet takes discipline especially for cutting because you probably eat less than 1400 calories a day a meal for you will probably be a half can of tuna and a carrot or three egg whites and a bit of broccoli or something like that. It gets to be a real pain in the ass real quick but as it becomes routine you wonder how three meals ever did it for you
If you must eat bread, try for whole "grain" instead of whole wheat. And stay hydrated. check the color of your urine often to make sure that it is clear or light yellow and not thick or dark. For you a half gallon a day should be a healthy minimum.
If you must eat bread, try for whole "grain" instead of whole wheat. And stay hydrated. check the color of your urine often to make sure that it is clear or light yellow and not thick or dark. For you a half gallon a day should be a healthy minimum.
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Save the 50 bucks and buy a good Whey Protein shake. Or buy the first season of Penn and Tellers Debunking show. It starts with the word bull and the other word sounds like spit. They will explain in explicit detail exactly how effective products including but not limited to this one really are.
Build the Body and the Mind will follow.
Save the 50 bucks and buy a good Whey Protein shake. Or buy the first season of Penn and Tellers Debunking show. It starts with the word bull and the other word sounds like spit. They will explain in explicit detail exactly how effective products including but not limited to this one really are.
Build the Body and the Mind will follow.
When you wake up and take a crap jump on the scale before breakfast or your first drink of water and you will see that you may have just lost two pounds off of last night.
Now,if your body is "recovering" from something drastic that you did to it like sitting in the sauna for a long time or if it is adapting to a low calorie diet that you have been on, than just let it all come back and then try again later when you are stronger and have more experience. Remember, that you are already more experience than when you started, right?
After all, when that weight goes off it will eventually come back as your body heals or adapts from whatever you are doing to it. Though one technique I have not heard yet brought up is to deprive your body of all sodium. Sodium rarely matters except in the case of the last few pounds. If you really are gaining weight like you say you are than it is only a matter of time before it all comes back and leaves you with a weaker metabolism. So I guess cut all your salt. You could just live on egg whites, broccoli and some chicken brests for a while
It also occurs to me that you might just want to "cut" weight. Which is very different form losing weight.
The best way to cut a few pounds is as follows
Eat drink nothing hit bike for twenty minutes
sit in sauna for 10 minutes
bike fifteen minutes
sit in sauna for fifteen minutes
bike ten minutes
sit in sauna until all the weight comes off taking breaks only to hit the bike if you feel strong enough
next day eat up and drink lots of water so you will get far less sick.
hope you took plenty of pictures
this way an athlete can drop twenty pounds or more before a contest! He will weigh in where is supposed to and then compete much heavier the next day
Now, I just have to know. How long do you plan to stay at this weight?
Now,if your body is "recovering" from something drastic that you did to it like sitting in the sauna for a long time or if it is adapting to a low calorie diet that you have been on, than just let it all come back and then try again later when you are stronger and have more experience. Remember, that you are already more experience than when you started, right?
After all, when that weight goes off it will eventually come back as your body heals or adapts from whatever you are doing to it. Though one technique I have not heard yet brought up is to deprive your body of all sodium. Sodium rarely matters except in the case of the last few pounds. If you really are gaining weight like you say you are than it is only a matter of time before it all comes back and leaves you with a weaker metabolism. So I guess cut all your salt. You could just live on egg whites, broccoli and some chicken brests for a while
It also occurs to me that you might just want to "cut" weight. Which is very different form losing weight.
The best way to cut a few pounds is as follows
Eat drink nothing hit bike for twenty minutes
sit in sauna for 10 minutes
bike fifteen minutes
sit in sauna for fifteen minutes
bike ten minutes
sit in sauna until all the weight comes off taking breaks only to hit the bike if you feel strong enough
next day eat up and drink lots of water so you will get far less sick.
hope you took plenty of pictures
this way an athlete can drop twenty pounds or more before a contest! He will weigh in where is supposed to and then compete much heavier the next day
Now, I just have to know. How long do you plan to stay at this weight?