I believe that many people who have lost weight have experienced the difficulty of losing weight to a certain range, which is most likely to encounter a weight loss plateau.
The weight loss plateau refers to the weight loss to a certain value after the weight continues to drop for a period of time, in fact, the emergence of weight loss plateau is the body's self-protection, because in the process of weight loss the body needs to maintain the basal metabolism, when the body energy consumption to a certain extent the body will produce self-protection, reduce their metabolic capacity, reduce energy consumption, so that the weight no longer drop.
How to break into the weight loss plateau?
1. Change the way to exercise
During the weight loss period, exercise should be diversified, choose the exercise that you have not done during the weight loss period, and exchange it with other exercises, which can avoid the body adapting to the exercise method, and can also promote the body to consume energy and calories while constantly changing the exercise method.
2. Adjust your eating habits
Most people during the weight loss period will be based on low-fat food, but over time the body will cooperate with the diet, reducing metabolic capacity, once adapted to weight loss effect becomes worse, so to adjust eating habits, to eat less and more meals, appropriate increase can promote metabolism of food, such as oats, milk, beans, etc., these foods contain vitamins and protein can promote metabolism.
3. Maintain a good state of mind
Do not be nervous and anxious when your weight does not drop for a period of time, allow yourself to have a calm mind and be serious and firm in complying with your weight loss plan. Emotional stability can avoid endocrine disorders and prevent hormone imbalance, which can easily trigger obesity.
4. Increase sleep time
When the body is in the weight loss platform period, the metabolic ability will be reduced, at this time resistance will also follow the decline, keep enough sleep can improve metabolism, but also can enhance resistance. And enough sleep can make the body secrete more leptin to help break through the platform period, do not stay up late, stay up late to make yourself feel hungry, but too much to eat high-calorie high-fat food, so that weight rebound.
How long does a weight loss plateau usually last?
Generally speaking, the duration of the plateau period varies from person to person, with some lasting only 3-5 days, some lasting 15-30 days, and some even lasting more than 60 days. The length of the plateau period is related to the way of weight loss, if you take the correct scientific approach to weight loss, make yourself smooth, the cycle of gradual progress, the weight loss plateau period lasts a relatively short time, it is easy to break through the plateau period.
Warm tips
Once you enter the plateau period, don't blindly take all kinds of excessive ways, such as excessive exercise, excessive dieting, or even taking diet pills, which not only hurt your body but also make your weight rebound easily.
