Well, I'm 5 lbs. away from my goal weight of 130
lbs. and I'm stuck on another plateau. This is my second since I began this
journey. My first plateau lasted 13 days and this one is exactly 13 days as
well yet it feels longer. Although I've maintained my weight during this
period, I'm ready to get to losing again and decided to change things up!
Now my metabolism has gradually adapted to my
reduced caloric intake and exercise routine resulting in no return of weight
loss for my investment; but maintaining my current weight is a gain that I
gladly accept. With this fact in mind, I decided to increase my daily caloric
intake to a total of 2,000 calories and increase my exercise calories to 500,
which will leave me with a total of 1,500 net calories. I'll also mix up my
routines by adding extra cardio, weight training, resistance and intervals,
which I will alternate daily so my muscles stay off balance. I don't want them
to adapt to the workouts as they did during my first and second plateau.
Here goes day one of the new game plan!!! Time to roll!
Have you thought of trying CrossFit for this plateau? Might be just what you need for the muscle/body confusion.
ReplyDeleteHi Yazmin,
DeleteI haven't looked into that but have been researching circuit training and have found that cross fit and circuit training are pretty similar. I've also realized that I'm doing a bit of circuit training in some of my current workouts which is pretty good. I'm still searching for a dedicated circuit training video to try. Let me know if you know of any. Thanks!!!