Blast Past Plateau
You and the scales are at an impasse.
Don't let the inanimate object win!
You've stepped on the scale five days in a row and that needle hasn't budged. Oh yeah it did budge once. It budged up! You are frustrated, pissed off and about ready to break something. You have been sticking to the plan and the rewards are just not happening.
The first thing you need to do is relax
The first thing most people do is go into hyper overdrive. But did you gain weight in two weeks? Or did you gain weight over the course of a long period of time? Probably the latter. So don't get all tied a knot about it. Five days or even two weeks is really a blip on the radar screen. I know you don't feel that way right now but two months from now when you've dropped another size, this speed bump will have been long forgotten.
The first thing you need to do is relax
The first order of business is to have some patience and take a look at things. You don't have anything to lose by sticking to the program and in the mean time seeing how you might blast past this blasted standstill. You might consider eating a little more often. Change up what you are eating. If you've been sticking to the same foods, try something you've never had. You'll be surprised at how full you feel for how long.
Below are tips for boosting you out of the stubborn metabolism standstill. Not every tip is for every one and you can try a combination of a few of these. I have a tip for you. The skinny bitch doesn't stay that way without working at it. She just knows to persevere and just hang in there. That's how the hot, skinny bitch stays hot and skinny.
And once you start getting the stares, you'll be developing an addiction of another kind. Being appreciated!
Tips for Boosting Metabolism
- Eat breakfast - Don't skip meals in general, especially breakfast. In one study, breakfast skippers were 4 1/2 times more likely to be obese than breakfast eaters.
- Don't starve and don't slash too many calories. Period. Resist that urge because it will slow things down to a standstill.
- Get exercise - If you already do, then do something different and shock your muscles. If you hit that same treadmill and do the same thing, don't go there. Try a bike or a stair stepper or take a new class.
- Exercise classes that integrate cardio and weight training can boost the burn.
- Change what you are eating. Change the cereal, the salad dressing. Step out a little and enjoy something different. You'll find you need a lot less of something new to keep you satisfied.
- Strength training - Build some muscle weight. Muscle tissue burns more calories than fat tissue, even when you're at rest. Whether you use hand-held weights, resistance tubing or another type of resistance, you'll reduce your body fat; increase your lean muscle mass and burn calories more efficiently.
- Drink water. Not juice loaded with sugar. Try diet tea or something like Crystal Lite.
- Eat the right snacks - small hand full of nuts, bananas. How about rice cakes? Forget it. (You might as well eat cardboard.)
Include some of these vitamins :
- B vitamins to supplement B vitamin-rich foods. Foods high in the B's include: spinach, asparagus, beans (navy, soy, and black beans), melon, broccoli, fish, poultry and eggs.
- Get your magnesium.
- Ginseng boosts your metabolism engine and energy level (not recommended if you are pregnant).
- Make sure you get calcium: Low fat milk, yogurt.
- Co-enzyme Q10, primarily found in fish and meat, supplies energy to muscles. Softgels or capsules. Avoid the tablets as they don't absorb well.
- L- Carnitine - It is used for fat-burning, increasing energy. L-carnitine helps to build muscle and is great for dieting because it reduces feelings of hunger and weakness.
- NADH (Nicotinamide Adenine Finucleotide) which helps cells convert food into energy
- Green Tea or green tea extract
All of these important vitamins can be found at : AmericaRX.com - one of the most reputable health supplements stores.
- Add some low flavor foods like cottage cheese or rice with no flavors added.
- Have some patience
- Skip the sugar, add the spicy foods. Spicy foods rev up the furnace.
- . Get sleep. The brains of those who are sleep-deprived falsely set off hunger cues when your body is not really hungry.
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