“Plateau” is a swear word when it comes to weight loss. In general, we hate, dread, and fear them. Let’s debunk these pesky beasts and lessen their power ☺
1) The majority of time when we say we have “plateaued” we haven’t. A true potential plateau is no weight loss or body composition shifts for 4-6 weeks. If you haven’t dropped pounds on the scale for 1-2 weeks, you haven’t plateaued! This is simply your body getting used to all the change it has undergone. Hormones are rebalancing, fluid is shifting. Likely, you’ll see a shift in body composition in the right direction even if total pounds haven’t dropped. Give yourself a hug, stop beating yourself up, let go of the fear of a plateau and shift yourself into a mindset of faith, confidence and belief that your body is shedding this fat-weight and will continue to do so consistently and with ease.
2) If you have witnessed absolutely no drop in fat-weight and no positive body composition changes in over 4-6 weeks, then you could be in...