We asked Karen Ansel, a recognized New York nutritionist and representative of the American Dietetic Association, to give us a little advice on five topical issues of weight measurement. Are weighing tricks important?

Before you receive “false” weight figures about your weight, you should know the facts (and myths) about what affects your weight.

1. Is it true that in the morning our weight is less?

All in all, yes, because the weight is gained from recently undigested food. During the day when you eat and drink, this food (liquid) is added to the weight - at least until they are digested and stand out. Only one glass of water adds 200. Since you do not eat or drink throughout the night (unless, of course, you have a snack at midnight with snacks), your body has a chance to get rid of extra fluid (after a morning toilet). So it is advisable to weigh yourself in the morning ... after going to the toilet.

2. Is our weight less after going to the toilet?

Yes, this is an objective reason! We will explain it to those who are not squeamish. When you empty your intestines, you will weigh 200-300 grams less.

3. Do we really weigh more when we get wet?

Girls needlessly be afraid to weigh themselves with a wet head. Any water on our body is not considered more than one or two ounces (20 grams).

4. Does clothing weigh when weighing?

Is the fact of importance when weighing: wearing or taking off linen? Or should we be completely naked In reality, no. The important thing is to stay in the same weight day after day, you need to choose a form of weighing. Whether you are wearing clothes or underwear is not important. But tight jeans, heavy belts, shoes can really add weight.

If you want to weigh yourself fully dressed, you can subtract from half to 0.5 to 1 kg (depending on what you’re wearing), so you get a “clean” weight.

5. Do muscles weigh more than fat?

Muscles weigh no more than fat, so if you build muscle without losing body fat, then in the end you will weigh more. Ideally, you would like to gain muscle while losing body fat, so the scale on the scale should not change much if you really strengthen your physical health and your body.

6. Lost weight - is it lost fat?

Lost weight is lost water, lost carbohydrates and lost fats. The proportion of lost fat from the total mass of lost weight is not large, only about 10%. So for a busy day, an office worker can lose 560 g of weight, of which fat will be only 56 g.

7. Does weight change after salty foods and alcohol?

Water retention abilitysharply amplified after ingestion of salty food or alcohol. To remove one gram of salt from the body, it must be dissolved in about a hundred milliliters of water. If you ate ten grams of salt and this salt is superfluous, then one liter of water will inevitably linger, and for a while you will weigh one kilogram more.

By the way, the body of a complete person does not properly remove salt and water, in any case worse than in a thin one. Moreover, this delay can either intensify or weaken. Accordingly, the weight will increase and decrease.

8. Does weight fluctuate seasonally?

In the autumn-winter period, the body of any person seeks to gain weight, so the "golden season" for those who want to get better comes. On the contrary, people decided to lose weight in the fall and winter,they will encounter additional difficulties in the form of the body's natural desire to stock up nutrients for the winter. In the spring-summer season, everything happens the other way around - the body seeks to remove all the excess that has accumulated during the difficult winter period. Therefore, it is easier for a person to get rid of toxins and extra pounds. On the other hand, in the spring and summer it is difficult to gain muscle mass, so those who are recovering should not set ambitious goals for themselves.

9. How does weight depend on stress?

Often severe stress, such as losing a loved one, a divorce or a session, causes weight loss.Sometimes weight loss occurs so rapidly that a person loses 3-4 kilograms per week. There are several reasons for this. First of all, a person experiencing stress, literally forgets about food, without experiencing feelings of hunger.

Nervous, people begin to twitch, make many meaningless movements, become fussy, which also increases calorie consumption. There is evidence that a nervous state in itself increases energy expenditure. Under stress, the production of hormones responsible for metabolism increases. For example, in a state of fear, excitement, or excitement, the body produces the hormone adrenaline, which speeds up metabolism. This leads to an acceleration of the heartbeat, an increase in the metabolic rate and, accordingly, the consumption of additional calories.

Of course, this does not mean that to lose weight you need to start to worry and get nervous. Long-term negative emotions put a person in a state of stress, which causes the accumulation of excess weight and the development of obesity. It's all about the hormone cortisol, secreted by the adrenal glands under stress - it contributes to the deposition of fat, unfortunately, mainly in the abdomen. In addition, cortisol increases blood sugar, leading to the production of additional insulin and weight gain. It is not necessary to say that stressful situations most often cause overeating and, as a rule, make you forget about the usual sports and active leisure activities.

10. Weight gain and the female cycle: is there an addiction?

Weight gain before menstruation is due to female hormones. Estrogen promotes salt retention in the body, which in turn means water retention Women trying to lose weight should not be weighed a week before the start of the cycle (or for some 7-10 days, as well as after 5 days of termination), since weight gain can ruin your mood, even if you know that it is not fat.

The ideal solution is to get up on the scales no more than once a month, say, on the last day of your cycle. Then you get the right idea of \u200b\u200bmoving towards the cherished goal of losing weight.

11. Does weighing affect our mood?

Yes! But if the number on the scale affects your day emotionally, then throw the scales out of the house.  Still can't get rid of your daily weighing habit? Please note that weight can range up to 2 kg per day (plus or minus) between when you go to the toilet or eat salty foods.

Everyone who follows his figure sooner or later wondered why some people constantly limit themselves, eat little, but not only do not lose weight, but even gain weight, while others eat everything and remain thin ... It turns out that it’s not only the number of calories consumed, but also something else.

Often the cause of weight gain is psychological problems, such as depression or prolonged stress. A person “seizes” his problems, sometimes simply not noticing how he casually takes out a chocolate bar from the refrigerator. Scientists have officially established that emotional people who are rapidly experiencing each emotion are more prone to overeating. Surely many of you noticed that during the period of any experience you are tempted to eat something tasty, to “calm” yourself with a piece of food, even if there is no sense of hunger at all.

Psychologists believe that the cause of this phenomenon in times of anxiety or stress is our subconscious desire to return to deep childhood, when the baby's needs are reduced to satiety and safety. With this in mind, any person is able to overcome the habit of seizing stress. Of course, this is difficult, because instinct is a strong thing. And the simplest solution for the next upset is to wrap yourself in a blanket with a box of chocolates.

As in many other cases, it is better to "cure" not the consequences, but the root cause. Perform an analysis of your emotions, evaluate the factors that upset you, change your attitude towards them and try to control food intake. Eat when you really feel hungry. Dose the amount of carbohydrates (sweets), because deposited in fat, they will bring you additional problems. Learn to get positive emotions not only from food. Of course, food is one of the pleasures, and we all love to eat deliciously. But a small portion of food served in a beautiful dish and eaten slowly in a relaxed atmosphere can also bring pleasure.

Fill your free time with activities that you would like - reading, embroidery, walking, jogging, writing poetry, singing or drawing. In short, look for what you like and do it! But there is one condition: do not try to limit yourself too much in food and train willpower. In this case, willpower will someday end and everything will return to square one. But if you begin to systematically get rid of stress, gradually accustom your body to proper nutrition and learn to be happy without chocolate, the effect will be much better and longer.

If you are patient and persistent, over time you will realize that our life is not only food. We eat to live, not live for food. As a rule, emotional people who have reconsidered their attitude to food and stress, subsequently get much more pleasure from simple things, begin to notice the beauty of the world around them.

But even if you are sure that you eat a little and do not indulge yourself with carbohydrates, but still gain weight, pay close attention to your emotional and mental state. Under stress, the overall balance of the body is disturbed, rhythms and processes go astray, hormones begin to work not as they should. This is often the cause of weight gain. After all, our body is not a machine in which you simply put a certain amount of fuel, as a result of which it completely burns out and turns into energy. Everything is much more complicated. An organism is a combination of physiological and emotional processes. And in the event of a malfunction in one component, another will inevitably suffer. Therefore, be at peace with yourself, find harmony and be beautiful!

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Very often it happens that the weight stopped during weight loss. I think almost every person has faced a similar problem.

Periodically, I came across situations when a person and I gradually reduced his caloric content below 1100-1000 kcal, but further fat burning did not move!

I often doubted such moments, because they contradicted all my knowledge of dietetics at that time.

I studied more and more information on this subject, read scientific primary sources, consulted with experienced specialists. All this allowed me to make a more or less adequate explanation for this phenomenon, and also, I found a solution to how to act in such difficult situations.

I read about this experiment a very long time ago.

The experiment was conducted in 1944 by Dr. Ancel Keys in Mineapolis (Minnesota).

The purpose of the experiment was to overcome the consequences of catastrophic exhaustion after the end of World War II. At that time, there was no adequate scientific information on this subject.

Kitty's plan was simple:

1. Bring experiment participants to a state very close to exhaustion.
2. Return to normal power mode.

All participants were volunteers. These were those young people who did not want to do military service for any reason.

The experiment was supposed to last a year.

• The first three months: A NORMAL diet, the same for all participants.
• The next six months: fasting.
• Last three months: REHABILITATION (increase in caloric intake).

Kees received more than 400 applications for participation, despite the fact that he warned of the possible sad consequences of prolonged fasting.

He selected 36 young men.

The experiment began in November 1944.

Here are some of the features of their daily activities:

• People lived in a laboratory, in dormitory-type bedrooms.
• Classes, a library, a relaxation room were located nearby.
• Work 15 hours a week in the laundry, cleaning in the laboratory, help in the kitchen.
• They attended 25 hours of political training classes.
• In a week, they walked 35 kilometers along the street at a moderate pace and half an hour along the treadmill.
• Periodically, they underwent physiological and psychological tests (in mathematics, memorization by ear, etc.).
• It was necessary to take samples of sperm, blood, urine, stool, saliva and bone marrow.

The first three months started off pretty well. Participants received approximately 3,500 calories per day.

By the end of the three-month period, each participant should have reached their ideal weight. Someone got a little more, someone a little less (depending on weight). Participants began to weigh close to ideal weight.

Participants were fed TWO TIMES a day. At 08:00 and at 17:00.

Three types of menus that have changed one after another. This included potatoes, cereal white bread, cereals, cabbage, turnips, rutabaga. Sometimes meat (small portions), sugar, milk, butter was given.

The approximate average calorie intake was 1570 kcal.

Also, individual body characteristics were taken into account.

1. Thin people should have lost only 19% of their weight.
2. Thick: up to 28%.

The average decrease in body weight in the group was in the region of 24%.

Daily, subjects made adjustments to the diet depending on the achievement of the goal. Those who lost weight too fast received more carbohydrates (potatoes and bread), those who lost weight slowly received reduced portions.

Immediately, from the first days of the experiment, mental apathy became visible.

Previously, the subjects discussed politics, sex, relationships, but now they are practically no longer interested in them.

Often there was irritability and aggressiveness, with a delay in food intake.

Dishes were ordinary, but people enjoyed every spoon.

Between meals, you could chew gum as much as you like, drink water and black coffee without sugar.

They chewed 40 packs of chewing gum per day !!! And they drank 15 cups of coffee.

Over time, the subjects tried to dodge, deceive Kitty and eat without his knowledge. The guards had to be assigned to them.

The subjects began to have nightmares.

One participant during his next trip to the city bought himself ice cream and a milkshake and could not tear himself away from them.

Then, Kees called this subject (his name was Franklin Watkins) to himself for a personal conversation. The young man, during a conversation with Ancel Kies, simply burst into tears, and then he had a fit of anger, during which he wanted to threaten to kill Kees, and then himself.

Franklin had to be sent to the psychiatric ward of the university hospital.

But a few days later he was released, as Franklin began to bounce back on his normal diet.

Experiment Changes

From the very beginning, as you remember, all participants had an approximate body weight of 70 kg.

How did further body changes during fasting:

• After starvation began, the subjects began to lose weight dramatically, they began to turn into walking skeletons.
• At the sixteenth week, physiological changes became visually noticeable to anyone (subtle facial features, protruding cheekbones, atrophied muscles, protruding collarbones, shoulders became narrower, prominent ribs, protruding shoulder blades, spine protruding, etc.). Even the adipose tissue in the buttock area disappeared, the skin began to hang in folds. It became painful to sit, I had to put pillows under the priests.
• The heartbeat slowed. It was 55 beats per minute, it became 35 beats per minute.
• They started going to the toilet “for the most part” once a week.
• Blood volume dropped by 10%.
• The size of the heart muscle decreased.
• Edema of the face due to consumption was observed. a large number  water.
• Roughened skin.
• Persistent dizziness, muscle pain, tinnitus, unnatural whiteness of the eyes.
• What is strange, vision has returned to normal, and hearing has improved (the body has adapted some systems to increase survival).

Despite the fact that the whole thing looked terrible, the participants in the experiment began to think that they were normal and the rest people were fat (this is observed in patients with anorexia).

And also, endurance and strength indicators decreased. It was hard to climb the stairs, take a shower and even raise the inkwell.

The most interesting thing was that there were no problems. Apparently, due to the use of potatoes and other vegetables rich in vitamins.

The Minnesota test subjects were constantly cold, even in the summer in the heat they wore jackets. It was hard for them to listen to loud music and even noisy conversations.

Gradually, the participants in the experiment began to feel that their minds and souls were changing.

Their company became dull and very lethargic, they preferred loneliness, there were flashes of anger, they were afraid to make decisions.

Libido disappeared completely. They did not want sex.

The testes began to produce less hormones, the sperm were small and less mobile.

Everyone had apathy, depression, nervousness, emotional instability.

Rehabilitation

The average weight of the subjects fell to 52 kilograms (previously 70).

Rehabilitation took place as follows.

Keyes divided the subjects into 4 subgroups:

1. Received 400 calories per day more than before.
2. Received 800 calories per day more than before.
3. Received 1200 calories per day more than before.
4. Received 1600 calories per day more than before.

Some additionally received vitamin and protein supplements to see how this would affect rehabilitation.

After a few weeks, it turned out that these supplements are useless for the subjects.

Men from the first subgroup (who ate 400 calories more per day) DID NOT RECOVERY AT ALL!

Conclusion: As a result of the experiment, it turned out that in order to return the body to a normal state, the subjects need to consume about 4000 calories per day.

What ended the experiment

Now the subjects could eat what they want.

Kies continued to observe some with their consent during the period of "unlimited rehabilitation."

• It was noticed that men began to eat 5-10 THOUSAND calories per day. Moreover, they admitted that they could not satisfy the hunger, no matter how much they ate.
• Four months after the end of the fasting period, all participants began to eat about 3200-4200 calories per day.
• All participants exceeded their weight, which was before the experiment.
• Those who entered the experiment dry and fit, now had a rounded shape.
• After 5 months, libido returned.
• The heart returned to normal size.
• Lung capacity recovered.
• Shortness of breath due to excess weight.
• Good manners returned.

Quote from the conclusion:

“The experiment showed that adult men are not able to receive significant rehabilitation at 2000 kcal / day. A more reasonable result is 4000 kcal / day, at least for several months. The composition of the diet is important, but if there are few calories, then additional protein supplements and minerals are useless. ”

Weight stopped while losing weight. TWO main reasons for stopping fat loss

Noticed that not a single participant in the Minnesota experiment had any “plateau” in losing weight?

Why? After all, the weight should stand in one place?

Yes, it’s possible, but for a very short period, because even a slowdown in metabolism cannot prevent further weight loss with insufficient calorie content.

Absolutely ALL participants in the experiment lost weight. How so?

The fact is that on the basis of scientific data it was found out that two reasons can contribute to stopping fat burning on a diet:

1. Violation of the regime  (often, unconscious).
2. New equilibrium point.

Let's understand what these reasons are.

Violation of the regime

The harsher the diet, the more you sit on it, depleting your energy reserves, the more often it happens that you violate the diet and your activity.

Most likely, you are not doing this on purpose. Unconsciously.

The body tries to minimize energy costs and at the same time force you to eat more in a fraudulent way.

This is an amazing adaptive mechanism.

You start to snack more, grab and eat some snacks on the fly, you start to use cheat-miles more often, you stop noticing that you are eating something forbidden that is not provided for in your list of products.

Along with this, you try to minimize energy costs, reducing your physical activity.

For example, let's say you ran on your feet for half a day, and now you try to ride or sit more.

The body prevents fat burning, which is disadvantageous for it, using all its adaptive reserve mechanisms.

If you do not specifically focus on what you eat and how you move, then the weight may no longer move down.

This is the MOST POPULAR reason for stopping fat loss on a diet. It seems to you that I’m eating what I need, moving, training, and the weight is worth it.

In fact, with your snacks you can greatly add calories every day. Remember in the last article I talked about my client, who thus gained 800 extra calories per day?

New equilibrium point

This reason is more rare than the first, but it also has a place to be.

Our body has amazing adaptive mechanisms. The body tries to adapt to any environmental conditions, if possible.

The body perceives calorie restriction as new conditions of existence to which it is necessary to adapt. If these restrictions go smoothly and not in a large volume (like on a diet), then the body is able to get used to them.

After a while, the body learns to maintain energy consumption at the level of energy supply of food and nutrients that you created for it.

The point is that those food restrictions that once allowed you to lose weight will no longer be sufficient, and the current amount of food will cease to be scarce.

In other words, your body reaches a NEW POINT OF BALANCE !!!

This means that you will stop losing weight on the same amount of food that you get.

In simple terms, this is called "slowing down the metabolism."

If this happens, then you need:

1. Or a little more calorie reduction.
2. Or raise calories by 2-4 weeks.

1. Body temperature.

Body temperature. It's simple: the lower the body temperature, the lower the metabolic rate. The higher the body temperature, the higher the metabolic rate.

In numbers, it looks like this:

• 36.9-37.0 C \u003d 105-110% of normal metabolism (acceleration).
• 36.6 \u003d 100% (normal metabolism).
• 36.0 C \u003d 90% of normal metabolism (deceleration).
• 35.5 C \u003d 80% of normal metabolism (severe slowdown).
• 35.0 C \u003d dangerous metabolic slowdown, which can lead to death.

This body temperature is indicated for measurement UNDER THE MOUSE, as in different parts  body temperature may vary.

According to the state of the autonomic nervous system.

The autonomic nervous system is a department of the nervous system that regulates the activity of internal organs, endocrine glands, and blood and lymph vessels. It takes a leading role in maintaining homeostasis (balance) of the internal environment of the body and in adaptive reactions.

The ANS regulates salivation, heart rate, pressure, etc.

It is divided into:

1. The sympathetic system (intensifies metabolism, activates organs, excites tissues).
2. Parasympathetic system (restoration of energy resources).

These systems must be in equilibrium.

If the balance is disturbed, the activity of the sympathetic system decreases, while the parasympathetic system grows, then the metabolism is SLOW.

Similar changes in the equilibrium of the autonomic nervous system can be traced by the following signs:

• Redness of the skin (not blanching).
• Lowered arterial pressure.
• Slow heart rate.
• Profuse salivation (a lot of saliva).
• Often you want to go to the toilet (increased urination).
• Lethargy (I really want to sleep).
• The mood is apathetic, calm.

By these simple signs of body temperature and the autonomic nervous system, you can understand what is happening with your metabolism.

If you are very sluggish, often run to the toilet, blood pressure is lowered, then you probably cut your calories too much and your metabolism slowed down.

How to continue fat burning if progress has slowed

I think you are wondering how to solve this problem.

We figured out how to understand that there is a problem, now I will tell you how to solve it.

How to cope with a violation of the regime and restore the metabolic rate on a low-carb diet

The question is complex, but solvable.

As a rule, such a violation of the regime (decreased activity and snacking) is unconscious!

The brain is trying to get you to eat excess food in any way to prevent fat loss.

A person may say with tears that he continues to follow a diet, but in fact he eats a lot of excess between the planned meals, plus reduces physical activity.

One of the reasons why metabolism is inhibited is the REDUCTION of LEPTIN in the blood.

Leptin  Is a peptide hormone that regulates energy metabolism. Or, simply, the "hormone of satiety."

The more leptin, the less hungry. Leptin suppresses appetite.

On a diet, leptin levels are constantly low. Why? Find out a little lower.

On a diet, we must spend more energy every day than we get with food. All this is directly regulated by leptin through the hypothalamus.

If we limit ourselves to calories and carbohydrates, then the concentration of leptin decreases over time.. This leads to a slowdown in metabolism.

Losing weight stops. Diet stops working.

Leptin acts comprehensively. It not only affects your central nervous system through the hypothalamus to signal a slowdown in metabolism.

It simultaneously affects your pancreas, kidneys, sympathetic nervous and immune systems.

What happens when leptin is LOT in your body:

• Acceleration of energy consumption (fat burns faster).
• Accelerated Satiety (No Hunger).
• Decreased insulin secretion.
• Go to the toilet more often (urine formation increases).
• Stimulation of immune cells.
• Accelerated bone growth and increase their density.

It is seen that leptin plays an important role in the effectiveness of the diet.

When there is a lot of leptin (in the first 2-4 weeks of the diet), then you lose weight pretty quickly. When leptin becomes small there is inhibition of fat burning.

Additionally, power load activates the leptin signal system in the muscles! Because of this, there is an increase in energy consumption and it seems to us that our metabolism has accelerated.

• Food \u003d Level of Leptin GROWS (satiety).
• Hunger \u003d Leptin level FALLS (we want to eat).
• We are fatty \u003d LEptin level is MORE (fatty is easier to lose weight at the beginning of the journey).
• We are thin \u003d LEptin level is LESS (the last 5-10 kg are the hardest to leave).
• A lot of insulin in the blood (when we eat carbohydrates) \u003d Leptin level is MORE.
• Not enough blood insulin (if) \u003d Leptin level LESS.
• We are freezing (cold) \u003d The level of leptin is REDUCED (in the summer it is easier to lose weight).

You may have noticed that the main factor in the reduction of leptin in the body is FOOD, namely CARBOHYDRATES and, as a result, the production of INSULIN (transport hormone).

As soon as the body realizes that the level of leptin has decreased, energy consumption begins to slow down and hunger increases.

With regular strength training, this feeling is only STRONGER!

Which exit?

Use refids.

Rephid  (English "refeed") is a conscious increase in the amount of carbohydrates on a diet from several hours to several days and even weeks.

Refids are very useful. Now I will explain why.

The essence of carbohydrate refids is that you do not reduce the intake of the main source of energy (carbohydrates) in a big minus.

You periodically, usually within 3-30 days, increase the amount of carbohydrates by 50-100%. That is, if you ate 150 g of carbohydrates per day on a diet, now you eat 225-300 g.

The scheme is as follows:

When to use refid it is necessary to decide along the way. Depending on your well-being. Usually the first month and a half diets are the simplest. Progress is fast, with minimal restrictions.

What does this give us:

1. Increased energy consumption. Due to good leptin levels, energy consumption does not slow down and you can continue to lose weight quietly.
2. No hunger. You eat the main source of energy (carbohydrates). Leptin increased. It gives a feeling of satiety.
3. Easier to follow a diet.. Psychologically and physiologically. I have such moments when I can’t forcibly force myself into the chicken breast with buckwheat. In such cases, the refids save.
4. After a diet, weight does not return. Your body consistently receives carbohydrates and calories. The level of stress for the body is reduced and there is no need for emergency "storage".
5. Muscle catabolism reduction. Muscles are better preserved because a certain level of insulin is present in the body daily (produced in response to the intake of carbohydrate foods).
6. Well-being and appearance. Bags under the eyes and swelling disappears, the muscles are filled with glycogen, lethargy and irritability disappear.

Cheatmiles or refids?

I think many have asked this question.

Cheatmeal  (from the English “cheat meal”) is a one-time or short-term violation of the diet in order to prevent a slowdown in metabolism and psychological unloading on the diet.

I used to be a supporter of cheat mills. I sat for a week on a carbohydrate-free weekend to do a carbohydrate load using cheat cheat!

I gobbled up pizza, pancakes with condensed milk, sneakers, burgers, etc.

It often happened that over the weekend I limited all the achievements that were during the week. It was sad.

Yes, and it is very difficult to always be in psychological tension due to the fact that there are no carbohydrates for a long time. Because of this, it is very difficult to control yourself during the cheat.

These swings were really annoying.

I found another solution for myself, to use refids.

When using refids, we CONTROL the concentration of leptin and the quality of the food we eat (and not “sprinkle” everything in a row). When we use the cheatmill, the level of leptin is uncontrolled (first it takes off to heaven, and then drops sharply). When cheating, we do not eat those foods that are beneficial to our body.

Recent scientific studies suggest that cheat mills do not work very well to speed up metabolism, they work to fill the muscles with glycogen.

Conclusion: If you have diagnosed a slowdown in your metabolism on a diet with a low-carb diet, then use REFID for a period of 3-4 to 14-30 days. Then return to a complete diet.

Conclusions + 3 important questions

The article turned out to be quite interesting, in my opinion.

Let's summarize a bit of what we learned today:

Two reasons can help stop fat burning on a diet:

1. Violation of the regime (often, unconscious).
2. A new point of balance.

You can find out whether the metabolism has slowed down on drying or not by:

1. Body temperature.
2. The state of the autonomic nervous system.

To speed up a slowed metabolism uses REFIDES.

• Carbohydrates in the diet ALWAYS in small quantities (diet).
• Periodic refids \u003d LOTS of carbohydrates (+ 50-100%).

Now, if your weight stopped while losing weight, you will know what to do. I hope the information in this article has been helpful to you.

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At every stage of the fight against extra pounds, it is especially important to feel that you are on the right track. What is the disappointment of some when they notice that the diet does not lose weight, but grows or just froze on the same figure. All efforts are in vain - it is not possible to get off the ground. Why does our body refuse to part with accumulated calories, and how to bypass the effect of the "plateau"?

Do not panic - it is important to understand the origins of the problem and find the factors that affect our body. Weight fluctuations or fading can be caused by various reasons, among which:

critical days approaching;

mid cycle (ovulation);

sharp weight loss (for example, as a result of starvation or mono-food), inadequate and irregular nutrition;

the lack of breakfast and dinner and the reduction in daily diet to the maximum.

It must be remembered that the body initially gets rid of the accumulated fluid and only after that is taken for body fat. In addition, when we part with the first kilograms, there is a great desire to relax - as a result, the risk of disruption increases, and the craving for self-control weakens.

The effect of the “plateau" in action: why weight stands still when losing weight

The first reason why a strange weight loss occurs after numerous attempts to get rid of extra pounds is the hormonal changes that occur in the second phase of the cycle. It is at this time that progesterone levels increase, accompanied by fluid retention in the body. Often we “save” up to 3 liters of water in ourselves.

Should I panic in this case? No, because after the end of the cycle, the weight will begin to decrease - provided that you adhere to the correct method, which involves following the advice of a nutrition specialist, regular meals, a balanced and healthy diet. Otherwise overweight  They won’t be slow to return - albeit already in doubled volume.

Why doesn’t weight decrease during fasting and diets?

For those who deny themselves breakfast and dinner and eat selectively, crossing out along with unprofitable and healthy foods, the news is disappointing - losing weight cannot be effective when restrictions and prohibitions are used. And that's why.

Imagine that you will eat a few apples a day and drink them with kefir, cut back on morning portions, and most importantly, completely refuse food after six. How will the body respond to this? He will perceive such a “hunger strike” as stress and challenge, and will begin to produce much less energy - hence, calories will be burned more slowly. And this is fraught with metabolic disorders.

When does our body begin to process incoming food into energy? That's right - in the early hours. Alas, most of us tell him no and forget about breakfast. As a result, he gets everything he needs and even more at lunch, and it is at this time that extra calories are not burned, but are deposited directly in the “fat depot”.

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Lack of proper and healthy nutrition  and cutting back on the diet is disastrous for us - a sharp restriction causes the accumulation of unspent energy in reserve. So our body is trying to protect itself from the experiments to which it is subjected, to find a source of strength for round-the-clock work. Unfortunately, we often forget about this and believe that hard methods are the most correct. And they can only lead to the opposite effect - an increase in body weight and digestion.

Why is dieting increasing weight?

There are several reasons why extra pounds are in no hurry to leave us with categorical prohibitions and a poor diet:

Activating the austerity mode - the less you give the body, the less it spends and the more it stores. Your head is spinning, a breakdown, your stomach is empty, but your weight does not decrease - it means it's time to change tactics and stop torturing yourself.

Breakdowns under severe restrictions - if you forbid yourself something without finding a worthy replacement, later this forbidden fruit will be ripped off by you at the first opportunity - you will simply get tired of systematically depriving yourself of something that brought joy and pleasure.

With a lack of protein products and sources of unsaturated fats, your appetite increases - a feeling of hunger will drive you crazy until you drown it with something sweet. However, the way out of this situation is fundamentally different - the transition to a balanced diet, the expansion of the diet and the inclusion in it of what is vital for the proper functioning of the body and the normalization of metabolism.

The less we feed ourselves, the slower the metabolism. It turns out to be a dead end: eating - getting better, not eating - also rapidly gaining extra pounds. Why, sitting on a diet, we desperately watch how the weight does not go away, but increases? The point is the wrong strategy - you will not go far on starvation. And less than 600 kcal per day for women and 800 for men, monotonous, meager and irregular meals (for example, once a day) - this is a conscious infliction of harm to their health, threatening hospitalization. Draw conclusions and switch to a balanced diet and safe methods - for your own good.

Why, when dieting, weight stands still and does not decrease: workouts up to a sweat

For some, the situation is slightly different - they add to a mono-diet a visit to a fitness club or other intense physical activity. The mistake of those who hope to lose weight through training and long classes in the gym is the inadequacy of the efforts made. Think for yourself: sweatshops can only get rid of water, but not from the load of extra pounds. Even with grueling exercises performed daily, calorie consumption per day does not exceed 900 per hour. And this is only 100 g of fat.

And the state after training does not contribute to weight loss - you are tired, physical activity slows down sharply, but your appetite increases. So close to the breakdown.

Everything is good in moderation. Do you want to keep yourself in good shape? Then choose safe for your health and gentle options - swimming or yoga. If you decide to go to the end and every day, barely breathing, return from training in the gym, do not be surprised that the weight does not go away - it stands still or is growing inexorably.

Weight gain with stops or "plateau" on the contrary

So, we have already dealt with a problem that poisons the life of many who are losing weight - when the figure on the scales does not change and does not even think of going down. However, there is a completely opposite phenomenon - such stops can occur not only during disposal of extra pounds, but also during their set.

How does this happen? The fact is that body fat is formed gradually. And the increase scheme is as follows: weight gain (albeit insignificant) - pause - increase again.

What happens during stops? Man is slowly getting used to his “new” body, considers it to be absolutely normal and natural for himself. Thus, you can quietly gain weight and only after that feel that the figure is far from ideal, and health has deteriorated.

How to avoid such an insight? There are some simple but effective tips:

Be sure to weigh yourself - you need to do this at least once a month. It is especially important to follow this rule if you know that you tend to be overweight. It’s good to set a limit for yourself - a certain number, the overcoming of which (in the direction of increasing body weight) will be considered critical. Even better, if a nutrition specialist helps you with this, you will find a way to change your diet and help you not to break loose in order to avoid disappointing consequences.

Pay attention to those alarming calls that indicate a set of extra pounds - more often listen to your body. The simplest thing is that if the clothes become small, you need to do something. You can buy a T-shirt and pants of the size that you think is ideal for yourself (without fanaticism, be sure to discuss what is considered the norm with a professional), and monthly check whether such a new thing sits on you well.

We have given you 2 rules that anyone can follow. Is it really dangerous to stop in the process of getting rid of extra pounds, find out further.

Should one be afraid of the “plateau"?

Experts advise not to panic: it turns out that such a phenomenon is not as scary as it is described. It has its own positive aspects. For example, the fixation of the result that occurs during a sudden break in weight loss. There can be several such pauses, but they should be feared only if the wrong diet, inadequate use of water, and excessively active physical activity led to them.

Some nutritionists seriously say that in such a "frozen" state you can and even need to stay for a week or two. As an argument, they give the following statement: the longer you keep the weight at one mark, the more difficult it will be to cross this line and again return to the previous body weight. Even if you get better, getting rid of extra pounds will be easier - those who lead the right lifestyle do not overeat, adhere to healthy diet  and does not exhaust itself with power loads.

Therefore, if you are sure that you are acting in accordance with the advice of a nutrition specialist, you should not be upset at such a stop. How to be the rest, we will tell further.

How to overcome the "plateau" effect?

If the extra pounds do not leave you, do not panic and do not test your body by starvation or heavy physical exertion. Take our advice:

Be sure to find the reason why the weight is not reduced before thinking what to do. If these are critical days, just wait - the process of intensive burning of calories will start as soon as the hormonal background is normal.

You can not reduce daily calorie intake - such a voluntary hunger strike will only slow down metabolism and lead to the accumulation of new body fat.

Do not relax and do not allow yourself too much - stick daily allowanceprescribed by you as a specialist and not as calculated by your girlfriend.

Check your scales and learn how to weigh yourself correctly - this should be done in the morning on an empty stomach, taking off your clothes and installing the device on a flat hard surface (a tiled floor is ideal).

Do not use drugs for weight loss, various biologically active additives and other "miraculous" means, the manufacturers of which promise the soonest effect - health is more expensive than dangerous experiments on oneself.

Often we are perplexed: why with proper nutrition, weight does not go away? Now ask yourself again: am I really eating right? A healthy and balanced diet should not:

• fast food;
• fatty meats;
• sources of fast carbohydrates (sweets, cakes, muffins, cakes);
• semi-finished products;
• instant products;
• strong alcohol;
• soda;
• smoked meats;
• salted or too sharp dishes;
• ketchup, mayonnaise and other high-calorie sauces that whet our appetite.

The nutrition of most of us can hardly be called proper - it is irregular, hasty, meager, monotonous and even harmful. What to do if the weight does not go away? There is a universal answer to this question: to start a new life with a balanced diet, a positive attitude and attention to your health.

Learn to eat regularly, get enough sleep, make up for the lack of fluid in the body daily, adhere to the prescribed calorie and do not overload yourself useless in the matter of losing weight with intense physical exertion - better walk through the park or learn to dance. Change your lifestyle, and your figure will find the desired harmony.

Come to us and we will reveal secrets to you. proper nutrition, we will help by creating a weight loss program, and we will prove to you not in words but in deed that effective weight loss  can be enjoyable, and most importantly useful. With our proprietary methodology aimed at consolidating the results, you will maintain harmony for many years!

All ailments of the body have their psychological roots. This fact has long been established by medicine and is not in doubt. Overweight is no exception. Thanks to his own conclusions, a person begins to treat himself irresponsibly, as a result of which, weight quickly grows.

Overweight is the cause of many diseases

To date, this problem has received the status of an epidemic. In many countries, especially developed ones, more than half of the population is overweight. There are a lot of reasons, and all of them are quite justified, but the root of evil sits deep in the human subconscious and the main struggle should take place in this area. Why did weight start to grow if the diet remained the same?

An extremely important role, when eating, is the mood of the eater and his emotions. Not in vain, the ancient kings and princes dined to the sound of music or the movement of dancers. The body is a very "suspicious" creature. When a person in a good mood sits down at the table, rubbing his hands cheerfully, food is quickly and easily absorbed. If the person is gloomy and just “throws” food - the digestion process is much slower and less efficient. Very soon, such a person will notice that the weight began to grow. Roughly speaking, food was not processed, turning into vital energy, but was deposited in the "secluded" corners of the human body.

You can often hear that all kinds of life troubles contribute to the frequent consumption of food, as a result of which, weight quickly grows. Such reasons are just an excuse for your laziness and irresponsibility, in relation to your beloved. Anyone will agree that a self-organized person who leads an active lifestyle will not absorb dozens of sandwiches just because the boss shouted at him. It is in troubles at work that many representatives of the weaker sex see the cause of weight gain.

Solving “working” problems as a method of losing weight

To solve problems at work, you should solve the problem with yourself, then the question of why the weight is growing will disappear by itself. It is necessary to realize that the boss exists in order to make various kinds of comments. Each “jamming” of sausage by the leader’s cries reminds one of the problem of alcoholism, when troubles “fill up”.

The realization that this habit is harmful will help solve the problem. After listening to the discontent of the leadership, it is better to begin to correct the flaws, which will prevent subsequent troubles. After a hard day, you should visit the gym or pool.

If the weight has already begun to grow, then this will be reflected in the mirror. Such public places where once beautiful woman, looks not very “figured”, can be an impetus and a good incentive to start working on yourself. Also worth a look at sports girls  and kindly envy. Watching their lifestyle, an answer to a sore question appears in my head: “My weight is growing, what should I do?”

Salvation from the "lifebuoy" or what to do when the weight grows

The subject of overweight has become popular among medical workers. Numerous studies are being conducted that “calculate” the causes of weight gain and their consequences. There is an unfounded opinion that fat accumulates in those places that are a vital problem.

For example, fat deposits on the hands indicate that this person is used to keeping the situation under control, as they say, in their hands. If the fat folds appear in the region of the shoulders and back, then the burden on the shoulders is too large and is a burden.

Considering the question of why the weight is increasing, doctors drew attention to the fact that very often fat folds form around the waist, forming a “life buoy”. This name was invented by nutritionists and psychologists who found that the owners of this belt, as a rule, are non-communicative and reserved people.

It’s not even that this category of people sits at home and does nothing but eat food. The question is an active life position. It is this category of people that most often comes to the doctor with the question: “Inexorably weight is growing, what should I do?” It turns out that everything is very simple - to communicate more. Only communication makes life active and eventful. Ordinary walks, hiking, fishing and hunting - all this makes the body "come to life" and use that extra fat that once accumulated at the waist as a "life-saving".

Does weight gain give solidity?

Having achieved any success in life, other personalities begin to "relax." Very soon, surprise comes at the fact that weight is growing rapidly. This type of people believes that they have overcome many difficulties and obstacles in life, and now all her joys should be experienced. Surprisingly, for some reason, the main joy is considered food. It is only natural that not the poor person consumes exclusive dishes or delicacies. Most of these foods are extremely high in calories. Power loses any system, and most of the time is spent in an office chair.

As a result, the weight began to grow and very rapidly. In this case, there is no isolation factor or suspiciousness. The process of education and psychological development dominates here. However, “magnificent forms” are still evidence of wealth, but such self-sufficiency leads to disastrous results.

Fighting Overweight - Fighting Your Consciousness

Improper nutrition, in which there is no system, a sedentary lifestyle and psychological complexes, lead to a rapid increase in body weight. The opinion that a chubby person is a sign of health is wrong. Excess weight  leads to problems of the cardiovascular system, disrupts the metabolic process and the digestive system. All this in a complex reduces the protective properties of the body - its immunity.

Answering the question why weight is growing, you can be guaranteed to answer - due to a misconception of reality. Nature created the body in such a way that only constant movement normalizes the activity of all its elements. It is not in vain that all centenarians have a normal physique. But throughout their life, such a question as self-organization and the absence of food abuse dominated.

It is very difficult to refuse food if previously it was absorbed in huge quantities. Doctors, responding to a question from clients, “My weight is growing, what should I do?” Recommend diet food  with the obligatory elements of physical activity. But first of all, a person must understand the cause of his illness. This is quite simple to do by conducting a small analysis of your life activity over the last period.

When the reason is established, there will be methods to deal with it. It is very important to understand that the fight against excess weight is, first of all, self-discipline, endurance and self-confidence. The human body is so universal that he himself will do everything that is necessary, he just does not need to interfere. Paraphrasing the phrase of the great oriental sage, we can say that you should eat food when the body requires it, and not an appetite.

An active lifestyle, a good mood and optimistic thoughts will certainly make the body beautiful and healthy.