Trick Your Metabolism So That Your Weight Loss Won't Hit A Plateau

By James Steele

If you're like the majority of people, then you have tried quite a few diets, with varying degrees of success. You may have lost some fat but you generally get to a certain point and then nothing you do can help you lose more fat. This plateau that most people hit, is typical with just about all diet plans. There is a new way of preventing this plateau by attempting to trick your metabolism.

You've probably already faced the plateau problem which will probably have caused you a great deal of disappointment and ended more than one weight loss plan. The plateau is an unusual occurrence and it happens to even the best dieters when they arrive at the third or fourth week of their fat loss programs. Until that point the weight seems to come off with no trouble and then it just stops and nothing really works to help the body lose more fat. This is how your body does respond to all of the changes you've been forcing upon it. Your body goes into protection mode to avoid starvation, so it slows down your rate of metabolism. What this does, then, is stop your body from shedding any more weight.

This is why people stop trying to shed weight because, this plateau keeps them from believing that doing so is achievable. At this point they return to eating, and gaining their weight back plus even more than they lost usually. The way to stop this is by using a diet where you transfer calories. This means that you eat a different number of calories every day which can help deceive your metabolism. When this works, it stops your body from flicking the switch and going into protective mode. This can keep your body's metabolism churning at its present rate instead of slowing down and you'll keep on losing pounds. When you reach this point, you have passed the plateau and your diet will keep on working the way it was designed to.

It is very simple and easy to integrate this type of plan into your everyday living. One of the more well-known strategies for caloric shifting is the 14 day method. In this plan, you stick to your diet for eleven days and then on the 12, 13 and 14th days you eat the things you actually would like to eat. You can rotate your foods during the day and trick your metabolism and then for three days eat what you want to eat and stop the plateau. This also keeps you from getting frustrated at a strict regimen with your eating. Simply keep repeating the fourteen days until you've reached your weight loss targets.

Another popular program is the 2 day plan in which you eat regularly one day and the next day trim your calories by between twenty and thirty five percent. Keep repeating the procedure for as long as it takes you to attain a satisfactory level of weight loss. This program is great for helping you get past your plateau and lose the weight you want to lose so you should really try it out.