Weight loss Stalled? How to beat a Plateau.
Stalls in weight loss and weight plateaus are common after surgery. Keep in mind, you probably didn’t gain the weight one pound a day, or even one pound a week. So, expecting to continue to lose weight as quickly is unrealistic. After a few months of a stalled scale; diet, exercise, and other aspects of life may need to be examined to figure out what could be the culprit. Lets go through some adjustments we could make when the scale isn’t moving in the direction we want. First, it’s important to understand, is it really a plateau? The scale can be your biggest enemy because it doesn’t tell you if you are losing fat, just mass. Take inventory, do clothes feel looser? Do you feel healthier? Losing inches instead of pounds still means your fat cells are shrinking. A true plateau is no weight lost and no inches lost in four weeks. If inches are being lost, but not pounds, you haven't stalled. Be happy you are still shrinking — becoming healthier, getting into smaller clothes, an