Change it up!!!!

O.K.- It is no big secret… I have been on a bit of a Weight Loss plateau. In my weight loss adventures… I have seen this a lot. I bet that if you went and polled the Weight Watchers group that I am in right now, 50% of the people in there would say that they are on a plateau.

The thing is, at least for me- it seemed to take me such a long time to get used to and now that I have found some things that I LIKE to do… then I don’t want to change.

Well, unfortunately, I am gonna have to. From everything I have read (and believe) it seems that your body kind of settles into a place it likes. Then, it is more difficult to get your weight to move again. SO, for me- I lost a little over 80lbs in the People Magazine Weight Loss Challenge. Then I gained a little back… and now I am having problems getting  back to where I was. My body has found a good place and does not want to move. You know, come to think of it, even back when I was in college and I was not watching what I ate AT ALL… I would settle into these places. It was like I would weigh 200 lbs for 2 years… then NOT changing anything about how I was eating or behaving in general I would gain 25lbs…. then stay at 225 for the next two years… once again without changing ANYTHING!

I have to find a way to change it now. In the past, I may have tried to cut my calorie intake even more. But studies have shown that this may actually work against me. What will happen is my body (thinking it is back in caveman days) will think that food is scarce and my metabolism will slow down- in turn making my weight loss slow down. So, that is no good. (Remember, this same thing happens overnight to a lesser extent, so make sure to eat breakfast!!!)

Well, the suggestion that I have for everyone (and myself) is to change it up… your work out routine I mean. I am going to go to spin in the morning instead of running. This is also what I like so much about the Paul Lacoste adult fitness training class that I participate in. It changes every day and this keeps my body a little off balance as to what to expect…. so maybe it won’t go into caveman mode. Wait, those cavemen on the Geico commercials are pretty funny!!

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