So, you have developed a nutritional strategy for weight loss, said goodbye to old habits, have refused your favorite dishes. The organism is switched to a new program, and you start to lose weight . Everything goes to ... And suddenly the weight stops falling. In general.
This phenomenon is called the plateau effect - this is the level where the person does not gathering, but more and not losing weight. Achieving the level of the plateau - a common enough phenomenon, which happens to those who are sitting on a diet.
Plateau effect: why it happens?
During the first weeks of the human body responds extremely well on a diet. It adapts to the new standards of food intake, calories consumed less metabolism is faster. With this weight decreases steadily and efficiently. And when the body has become accustomed to a diet, an effect of the plateau - a dietary program is simply outdated. The organism is adapted, daily calorie expenditure has been reduced to a minimum, the process of digestion decreased, as it is now necessary to conserve energy. Diet and physical exercise are no longer yield results. Get rid of extra pounds will be much harder now.
The effect of the plateau has been reached. If the numbers on the scales are on one level, and is the first, second, third week, and little changes, do not give up! Drop everything right now - so step back from the target. You can easily gain back what was lost with the hard work. On the contrary, it is necessary to introduce some amendments to his regime, and then the program is still a success.
The causes of the plateau effect
Same type and insufficient training: meeting the same exercise, lack of load in their execution - all this contributes to the emergence of a plateau effect. Many believe that a little practice will be enough. They do not want to overwork and do not undertake the performance of those exercises that really burn calories and even help prevent sluggish metabolism.
Inadequate food intake: a sense of lethargy, irritability, constant hunger - a signal that the body not getting enough nutrients. A diet with the incredible power of believe that if there is less, the weight will drop. Those who want to get results quickly, often stop eating altogether. Body goes into starvation mode constant, so as to deprive even the most basic. The consequence is a slow metabolism. To ensure normal functioning of any organism still need to consume a certain amount of calories per day. However, if starvation continues, the blood sugar level drops severely, your appetite will only increase. At the next meal will want to eat more, and then more and more.
At a dietary program, and especially women, can affect various factors such as hormone levels, medications, menstrual cycle. Other specific factors that will not let us lose weight, this:
- slow metabolism
- blood sugar / insulin imbalance,
- excess of toxins due to activity of the thyroid gland,
- certain medications ,
- allergies
- stress.
The effect of the plateau can be overcome. The first thing to do - is to review your diet and training plan. Should develop a strategy to clearly move to the target. You must make some changes in the course of diet, exercise. And remember, nothing will change, if we continue in the same spirit and do nothing.
