Not Losing Weight

Weight watchers or people who have been trying to shed their extra pounds, may have encountered a problem of not losing weight, after some time of continuing with the usual routine of their weight loss program. This is a common problem, and is called as the weight loss plateau. This sudden obstacle of not losing weight any more, in spite of working out hard, and dieting can be quite exasperating for many folks. They simply cannot understand, why their bodies would not respond any more to the previously benefiting weight loss program.

Well the reasons are numerous. Though the weight loss plateau is a terrible, de-motivating factor, yet you need to understand the basics behind the reasons for not losing weight, before you can actually fix this problem your self or get it fixed with help from a nutritionist. Here are certain tips on the usual reasons, why this weight loss plateau suddenly pops up, and what could be the measures you could employ to get over the plateau, successfully. Once you get over the plateau, you can definitely get back to losing more weight. So read on to know why your body is acting up on you.

Many a times, it does happen that you have lost a lot of fat, and it is obvious, because you look slimmer and you feel slimmer too. But the weighing scale stubbornly seems to be stuck at the weight it displayed a week ago. You cannot understand what is wrong, your body or the scale. Well neither your body nor the scale is wrong. When you have been working out, the first thing you start losing is FAT. This fat when lost makes you definitely look slimmer and you feel it too. But when you continue working out regularly, in addition to fat being lost, you tend to pile on muscle mass. This means that the processes are almost balancing out each other, you have lost around 3 pound of fat, but have gained a same amount of muscle mass. This is healthy and going to help you in the long run, but it will definitely not tip the scale to the lower side. So if you find that you have lost inches but not any pounds, do not worry. All is well. But in case you are not losing any inches or any pounds either, despite the fact that you are dieting or working out, then you need to get your Thyroid function test done. Inability to lose weight is the prime sign of Hypothyroidism.

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