I was wondering if you know your having a plateau issue, and its not time for another fill. Should u go back to a full liquid diet like stage 1 to jump start some progress. I am excersing @ least 3x a week. Doing Turbo Jam, and walking when weather permits. I was just wondering if the scale gets stuck...How do we JUMP start the weight loss?

Thanks, All information is appreciated!

Connie

Here's an article I've posted several times that may help: Our bodies use glycogen for short term energy storage. Glycogen is not very soluble, but it is stored in our muscles for quick energy -- one pound of glycogen requires 4 lbs of Water to keep it soluble, and the average glycogen storage capacity is about 2 lbs. So, when you are not getting in enough food, your body turns first to stored glycogen, which is easy to break down for energy. And when you use up 2 lbs of glycogen, you also lose 8 lbs of water that was used to store it -- voilà -- the "easy" 10 lbs that most people lose in the first week of a diet.

As you stay in caloric deficit, however, your body starts to realize that this is not a short term problem. You start mobilizing fat from your adipose tissue and burning fat for energy. But your body also realizes that fat can't be used for short bursts of energy -- like, to outrun a saber tooth tiger. So, it starts converting some of the fat into glycogen, and rebuilding the glycogen stores. And as it puts back the 2 lbs of glycogen into the muscle, 8 lbs of water has to be stored with it to keep it soluble. So, even though you might still be LOSING energy content to your body, your weight will not go down or you might even GAIN for a while as you retain water to dissolve the glycogen that is being reformed and stored. This may explain your lack of weight

loss, providing you're eating 800 to 1000 calories and getting plenty of exercise

When I plateau I usually have to change up my eating and work out routine.

I tend to eat the same things everyday and after a while the body gets used to it, it gets comfy and gets stuck. I don't recommend you do this but I eat crappy for a day or two, them change up what my normal eating is from day to day and this seems to help me. Last time I was plateauing, I went to dinner had Pasta and things I normally wouldn't eat, dessert, and I also had a little too much wine... Two days later I lost 3 pounds after be stuck between the same 3 pounds for weeks, and I've been slowly losing since. (I've done this several times in the last year) Now again, it's slowing down so in the next few days I have to change up my eating again. When I change up my eating I stop having certain things and add new things. For example, if I've been eating yogurt for Breakfast for the last week, I'll switch back to Protein shakes or for lunch if I've been eating Lean Cuisines I'll switch to homemade tuna with crackers and raw veggies. This may not work for everyone but it seems to be working for me. Some people start from stage one (liquids) and work there way up to eating normal, I never have and really don't want to do this. Going to liquids will make me feel like I'm starving and it will cause me to binge eat, so that's a no no for me. But if you can do it, I don't think it would hurt.

Also, changing my exercise routine, I'll do one less day of working out or I'll add a day or I just won't work out for a week and start up again the following week. I'll do less cardio or more depending on what I've been doing. When I switch it up, I do just the opposite of whatever it is I was doing until something works and until I hit my next plateau.

hope this helps, good luck!

Chart your calorie intake, you might not be eating enough.