Weight loss stops after a point of time even after consistent training. How do you tackle it?
Weight loss = calorie deficit = Calories in (CI)<Calories out (CO)
CI = everything w calories you put in your mouth that has cals
CO = your metabolism =
70% (energy to sustain basic life - breathing/circulation etc even if you don’t move)
+ 25% daily movement (except active exercise - walking, standing, climbing stairs)
+ 10% energy expended to process food ( protein requires more energy to burn)
+ 5% purposeful exercise (unless you’re an athlete/advanced level trainee)
When you first start training, you start burning an extra amount of calories this is one factor leading to weight loss.
Secondly, working out has made you gain some muscle, increased bone density etc increasing your basal metabolic rate (the 70%) - hence overall metabolism has increased.
These two factors lead to appetite increase. So CI<CO = weight loss.
Now you’ve been training for a while, you’ve adjusted eating according to your hunger but you’re still training at the same intensity. So now you’re again at calories in = calories out and have stagnated.
Which is why you need to focus on three things consistently:
1. Progressively overload training - increase weights/resistance/time under tension on the muscles/nervous system.
2. Increase the daily movement (25% NEAT - Non Exercise Activity Thermogensis) walk more, take the stairs, stand at work etc - the whole 10k Steps shebang.
3. Stay in a deficit i.e. CI<CO. You don’t necessarily have to track your food ( I highly suggest people against it unless you’re a professional body builder/athlete/advanced level trainee) Just focus on the basics: eating 80% whole foods, eating till you’re 80% full, having veggies and protein in most meals are some of the things you should keep in mind and you’re good.