David Gillespie

04 Oct 2010 1:25 AM

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Has anyone got any helpful hints on how to get off the plateau. I have looked through the quit plan and can't find anything. I maybe impatient as I have been lucky enough to loose 6kg in 7weeks (as I have read some people aren't loosing) but nothing in the last 3 weeks. I don't feel I have done anything wrong and maybe it is just by body catching up.

Hints to trigger loss would be appreciated.

04 Oct 2010 2:49 AM

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Jan W wrote:
Has anyone got any helpful hints on how to get off the plateau. I have looked through the quit plan and can't find anything. I maybe impatient as I have been lucky enough to loose 6kg in 7weeks (as I have read some people aren't loosing) but nothing in the last 3 weeks. I don't feel I have done anything wrong and maybe it is just by body catching up.

Hints to trigger loss would be appreciated.

Hi Jan,

I have also lost 6kg and seem to have plateau, I am going to start cutting back on the carbs and see how that goes, should get things moving again, I hope.

good luck

Karen

06 Oct 2010 9:01 PM

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cutting carbs works to nudge you off the plateau (well it did for me anyway) .... the good thing is that once you get sick of low-carb (which for me was after about two weeks) you can go back to just being sugar free and the weight will keep coming off (but usually slower).

Cheers

David.

06 Oct 2010 5:48 PM

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I'd suggest that perhaps it is your body just "catching up" ? They say that, on average, healthy weight loss is 0.5kg a week. So if you've lost almost 1kg/week for the last month and a half, maybe your body is taking a bit of a break? Also, you might have got to a point where muscle gain has balanced out fat loss for a bit.

If I were you, I'd continue on your sugar free, healthy course for another few weeks and see if the plateau moves by itself, before worrying too much. Just MHO, but I tend to think if you are focused on "healthy lifestyle" rather than "weight loss", the body will sort itself out over time, iykwim?

07 Oct 2010 1:09 AM

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David Gillespie wrote:
cutting carbs works to nudge you off the plateau (well it did for me anyway) .... the good thing is that once you get sick of low-carb (which for me was after about two weeks) you can go back to just being sugar free and the weight will keep coming off (but usually slower).

Cheers

David.

Thanks David and yes I have cut back on quanity/carb and listening to my body as it was all so easy I wasn't being to carefull. Also I still have diet ginger ale and pepsi max and when I re=read the book I should be cutting back to next to none. Is it still early for water only (I find the fizz a bit more refreshing) or at 11 weeks should my body be over soft drinks or could it just be mental and I have created another habit.

I have lost a couple of grams this week. Down is down and I have had to buy a new belt so the body is catching up.

I am finding I am explaining what my trick is to alot of people. Hope your book sales go up. Also my daughter (23) who also needs to loose weight (I made her addicted didn't I) was negitive at the beginning and going onto shakes but now has asked me if she can read the book as what I was eating looked far better than her shake.

Thanks David for all your help on the forum.

Plateau