So I was reading old posts on Billy's blog, specifically the February 2007 area where he went through a brutal plateau. I feel like I'm entering a plateau, here are my last 9 weigh-ins:
181.2
180.8
180.2
179.4
180.2
180.8
180.2
180.2
180
All bunched in the same general 1 lb area, except for the 179.4, which is looking like a fluke.
I started the Turblance training fat burning workout this week, it is intense. I tried to eat the low carb way that Craig B. suggests, but I couldn't pull it off, so I'm back to my regular eating plan. The only big difference is that his plan doesn't allow whole grain carbs, and mine does (in moderation).
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whatever you do, you need to do what's best for your gall bladder or whatever the hell is going on there, so the no-carb approach may not be right for you. Try cutting out some more calories where you can...
you could always try purging.
seriously though, when I've hit flat area's I just suffer through them, keep up the hard work, and eventually they go away. Maybe try a routine change as well.
I had a 5 month plateau back in '06.
I'm working on building a spread sheet that tracks weight loss, measurements, bf%, lbm etc. When I punch in my measurements to a navy formula calculator from that time period, as it turns out, I was actually gaining muscle and losing fat. How I dunno, but that's what the numbers say. Not entirely accurate I'm sure but had I known what was going on at the time I might have been a nicer person.
So, yeah, you've heard it before. But have you tried actually plugging your measurements from the plateau start into a bf calculator? If you see the numbers in black and white in makes the stupid scale much easier to ignore.
The only thing that you can do to break a plateau is keeping working through it. "Josh the Destroyer" (my old trainer) once told me that if you hit that plateau, to go out and just have a 'cheat meal' - his example was a Whopper w/ Fries and a milk shake - whatever it is that YOU like.
Then, just get back in the gym after one meal and it'll come down.
That actually worked for me a few times on plateaus - but I have a hard time 'recommending' a milk shake, so take that for what it's worth.
A plateau is like a glass floor. It looks solid, but if you stomp on it enough times, it will break. Keep stomping.
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