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The number of inches you lose in target areas is also important. At the beginning of your program, write down your weight and the measurements around your hips, thighs and other areas. Every few weeks, repeat the process and note any changes. This tracks the effectiveness of your weight-loss program so you can make necessary adjustments.
When your body needs more calories than your diet provides, it turns to your fat stores for energy. Remember, weight loss plateaus are important for sustainable weight loss.
Your weight loss journey is not going to be linear but as long as you are maintaining your healthy eating habits, you do not need to worry. You can break the plateau by going on a diet break or adjusting your calories as per your requirement. Your weight fluctuations may also be due to the changes in your bodily fluids.
As seen earlier, your weighing scale cannot differentiate between muscle mass and fat. Similarly, it cannot differentiate between fat and water. So, as the amount of water in your body rises, so does your weight. Water retention may happen due to several reasons like stress, medications, menstruation, sodium consumption etc.
Now, these reasons are temporary and they will go away on their own. For this, let us first understand what inch loss is. Inch loss means losing inches or a decrease in the circumference of different fat-storing parts of your body like the hips, the waist, the arms, the thighs etc. Inch loss is important if you have a very high waist circumference which means that you have large amounts of fat deposits around your waist. This fat deposition makes a person more prone to lifestyle disorders like hypertension and diabetes and losing inches around the waist in these cases can definitely be a boon.
Inch loss can be considered to be a better indicator of weight loss than weight loss itself. As said earlier, it tells you that your weight loss process is going sustainable and will last for a long period of time. It can be called a healthier way of losing weight. Let us take the example of the pot again. Imagine you weigh a pot which contains some stones, some water and some soil.
Now, if you remove some stones from this pot, the weight will decrease. If you remove either the soil or water from the pot, the weight of the pot will still reduce.
The same thing happens with your body too when you lose weight. When you put a small amount of food on a large plate, your brain will likely interpret this as having too little food. You'll end up going back for more. In contrast, if you put the same food portion onto a smaller plate, your brain perceives this as a full serving.
It's all you need. That's a significant decrease that requires very little effort on your end. Plate size isn't the only thing that matters. Colour counts too. The colour of your plates makes an even greater impact than the size of plate. Why blue? We don't typically eat a lot of blue foods, so the contrast is perfect.
I've written before about the powerful weight-loss benefits of drinking more water, so I won't rehash all the details here. Point blank: if you're dehydrated, your body isn't going to shed fat. It's not. Just as it is with food, most people have a very unclear picture as to how much water they actually drink.
Elasticizing your water is a great way to stay accountable to being hydrated every day. If you're frustrated because you're losing inches but not any weight, please try to stay calm and look for a more reliable way to measure your progress. Measuring inches lost or noticing changes in how your clothing fits is much more honest than the scale.
Additionally, there are other signs of progress—better sleep, healthier looking skin, more energy, better digestion, improved mood, etc. Signs that you're doing good things for your body. Celebrate those changes! And if you do want to speed up your results, look for a new approach or strategy to stimulate those results. Doing more of the same will not work. Be smarter. Be open to change. Try something new. By Dave Smith. At least, it does in most cases.
My pants are fitting looser, so I know I'm doing something right, but why won't my weight go down? I've been helping clients lose weight for over 15 years, and here are the 3 pieces of advice I offer every time this "unmoving scale" problem arises: 1.
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