Fighting the Plateau!

Good Thursday morning, today is the fifth day of our challenge and I want to hear about the changes that people are experiencing (if any). Posting the positives or negatives helps others who maybe having the same results as you, we are building a support community here so I need feedback.

 This morning I want to bring light to an issue that plague individuals who have had success losing weight at the beginning of a program, and suddenly finds themselves having difficulty losing anything as they continue on, it's as if you have hit a wall. This is something that happens to everyone, so what's the culprit behind this issue? well ladies and gents it's your metabolism, yes, the idea is that when a person starts working out and dieting especially if you are overweight, your metabolism is working at such a high rate that a cut in calories whether through exercise or dieting will result in weight loss, however, as time goes on our bodies does not need as much calories to sustain, if we continue eating the same quantity and using the same exercise routines as before our bodies will fail to yield result or we may even notice the weight returning.

Our challenge for this week can help us combat this issue in addition to exercise, I feel as though in our little forum here the importance of exercise is down played. I am here to tell you that you will not be able to maintain your weight without equal parts of diet and exercise, I will go so far as to say that exercise is paramount to losing and maintaining weight, we know by now that muscles burns more calories than fat, how do we obtain muscles? strength training, those of you who's skeptical do your research, because strength training plays a huge role not only in weight loss but also in strengthening our bones (women) as we get older.

Well, go ahead and tell me what you think about what you've just read, don't be afraid to refute or agree with anything, this is an awareness and learning environment, so share people. Have a healthy day everyone.