Ever ‘stuck to your plan’ – eating all the right foods, exercising regularly, cutt right down on alcohol, sugar, wheat and now the scale just will not budge? It is as if you have hit a STOP in your weight loss journey YET you still have 5 kilos to lose.
I hear you and understand how FRUSTRATING you must be feeling.
Let’s understand WHAT MAY BE HAPPENING and what you need to do to jumpstart your weight loss.
The beginning of your weight loss journey.
Week 1 EXCITED
Let’s do this – here we go!
Week 2 MOTIVATED
I am good at this. STUCK to the plan 100%
Week 3 MOTIVATION is high
I am really starting to nail this plan!
Week 4 WOW results!
Weigh Less, feeling fitter and stronger
Week 5 THE RED FLAG MOMENT #1
I am supposed to have a FREE DAY where I eat whatever I want but FREE DAYS are for the weak!!!
No more free days for me.
Week 6 THE RED FLAG MOMENT #2
More exercise = better results.. right?
Longer walks EVERY DAY
Week 7 THE RED FLAG MOMENT #3
DON’T have time for weights and my LONG powerwalks.
Note to self. Drop the weights.
After all I get more of a sweat up with powerwalking
Week 8 FRUSTRATED
I’m not losing weight
Week 9 SUPER FRUSTRATED
Grhhhh… this program doesn’t work.
Week 10 GIVE UP.
Why? You ask yourself
I’m PERFECT with my food PERFECT with exercise.
Damn it! I need a DRINK…
And so the cycle begins.
The 1 massive mistake even smart women make that keep them frustrated about losing weight
They become TO GOOD at being PERFECT
You may be surprised to hear that your body is amazing at ADAPTING to whatever you throw at it… be a new diet, new exercise program or both!
Once your body has adapted, your METABOLISM slows down.
A slow metabolism = slow or no progress in weight loss.
So what is happening?
You became PERFECT!
The big trick of the trade to staying OFF A PLATEAU and continuing to lose that last 5-10 kilos is KEEP YOUR METABOLISM HIGH
RULE 1 A Day To Play
Have 1 day off a week (we in the business call it a free day) where you eat whatever you like and don’t exercise.
WHY?
This will confuse your body. Your metabolism will ‘fire up’ because it is not sure what is going on and as long as you get back on track the next day, you will find this helps you to lose weight
RULE 2. H20 is all the GO
Research suggests up to 70% of the population is dehydrated. Being even slightly dehydrated will slow down your metabolism by 3% … this all means SLOW results.
Drink lots of water daily to improve your weight loss results
RULE 3 LEAN women LIFT WEIGHTS
Lifting weights will not make the average women bulky. You may however find yourself with a nicer butt, toned abs, strength, confidence and a positive outlook. Lifting weights is the key to creating a POWERFUL metabolism, giving you long lean muscles and is the easiest (and fastest)way to LOSE unsightly fat. Always choose weight training over a 1 hour powerwalk and you will not regret it, I promise!
** If you have a tendency to ‘bulk up’, especially in your legs, ask me HOW you can get a personalized program designed to stop this.
