AGGGGGGHHHH!
You’ve hit the dreaded weight loss plateau and now you can’t seem to get yourself out of this stuck place. I’d like to explain to you why we get to these plateaus.
All of us have a thing called a “Circadian Rhythm”. I call it your “Bodyrhythm™” and it governs more than you can imagine. Most people think that it’s only related to sleep and only think of its effects when daylight savings time rolls around.
But your circadian rhythm controls much more than your likely aware of. Things like your hormones, metabolic rate, fat stores, calories burned, your brain, sleep and feeding patterns and many other areas within our bodies. Our body is a truly amazing thing.
It wants and needs to stay balanced at all times. It’s this balance that keeps us alive.
Every 28 days your circadian rhythm takes an inventory of what you’ve done. How much food you ate daily, how much sleep you’ve had, how many calories you’ve burned daily over the last 28 days. Then it resets and instructs your whole metabolic system, your brain and even your cells for the next 28 days. When you get stuck in a plateau it’s just your circadian rhythm doing the job it was designed to do… trying to keep you balanced. So it just resets itself to what it’s become accustom to.
So how do you break out of the plateau?
I believe in changing your approach to weight loss and health. I call it “Pursuing Mastery™”.
I’ve determined after years of research that if you chase after a particular diet, or a certain weight, or even a single type of exercise i.e. aerobics, you will always yo-yo and end up right back where you started or worse. For long-term success and real change quick and easy is not the solution.
There is a great quote by Lao Tzu that states, “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” With weight loss and better health this is absolutely the truth. You didn’t put on 10 pounds in 2 weeks and anyway you try to lose it in 2 weeks will eventually fail.
So if you find yourself at a plateau, remember that to get to a mountaintop sometimes you must change your route and continue to climb to master it!
I’ll share with you my best “plateau busters.”
First you have to understand that the average person goes on a diet for 3 weeks or 21 days before they give up or fall back into their old habits. If they only knew that they were just 7 days away from resetting their body’s circadian rhythm and shifting their whole metabolic engine and seeing some real long-term results, maybe they would have kept going.
Chain Breaking Tips
Here are some of my best Plateau Busters!
Eat Breakfast!
Eat protein for breakfast – two eggs or egg whites, one piece of turkey bacon or oatmeal ( a good complex carbs) with half an apple in it, with a protein shake. Getting 30 to 40 grams of protein as early in the morning as possible is essential. Do it for 28 days straight. It will reset your circadian rhythm to a higher rate of calorie burn.
Go to Sleep!
Get into bed at least 15 minutes earlier, 30 minutes is even better. It doesn’t matter if you actually get to sleep any faster. Make your room as dark as possible. It shifts your hormones and effects melatonin production. Do it for 28 nights.
Take your Vitamin!
Take vitamin D3, at least 2000 mgs. a day. Take them any time you want just get more vitamin D. Do it for 28 days.
Change it up!
Change the time and duration and intensity of your exercise routine. If you walk 30 minutes in the evening, switch it to 20 minutes in the morning. If you’re walking at a constant pace, switch to 5 minutes slow – 2 minutes fast – 5 minutes slow – 3 minutes fast and repeat. Then work toward to reversing it to 5 minutes fast – 2 minutes slow
I know these “Chain Breaking Tips” will help you move off that plateau.
I know you can do it! What’s 28 days? No problems!
What you believe about yourself… it all comes true. Believe the best!™
Tim 2 Taylor
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