Platform period is the stagnation period of weight loss. When we reduce the calorie intake for a period of time in order to lose weight, the body will adapt to the phenomenon, absorb the calorie intake of food as much as possible and make the most effective use of it, at the same time reduce the basal metabolic rate and reduce the energy consumption, so the calorie reaches a new equilibrium state and the weight will no longer drop. This situation is called platform period.
When did the platform period appear?
The platform period of weight loss is the stage when the weight does not drop or even rebound for more than two weeks. What caused this phenomenon? In the process of losing weight, the body should maintain basal metabolism and avoid the complete exhaustion of energy. When the energy consumption in the body reaches a certain level, the body will produce protective inhibition.
In the early stage of losing weight, you can lose weight by increasing exercise (no matter what kind of exercise) or reducing the intake of a certain amount of diet. But once the body adapts to this change, it will enter a platform period of weight loss.
3 how to spend the weight loss platform period?
Many women have lost weight more or less for slim figure, but in this process, they are not just taking medicine or dieting blindly. If you don't understand some of these changes, it is very likely that all previous efforts will be in vain. When you exercise to lose weight, the initial effect is very good, and you can lose more than ten kilograms at most in two months. However, after losing weight, even if you keep exercising, you will no longer lose weight. I want to know why. Do you need to increase your exercise? Losing weight is normal. Everyone will have a plateau in the process of losing weight, but the length of time is different. Some people only have a week, others have a few months. But what is certain is that as long as we persist in losing weight and break through the platform period, our weight will continue to decline. However, after entering the platform period, because the body fat is relatively small, the weight loss will be very small. After the platform period, some people think that they can no longer lose weight, so they lose confidence and patience and give up losing weight. Chi stressed that at this time, we should continue the previous way of losing weight and maintain the reduced results. We can summarize the methods and see where we can strengthen them. For example, the main way to lose weight is dieting, so you should increase your exercise while dieting; Or adjust the diet type without changing the total diet, eat less meat, eat more vegetables such as celery (leaves), rape, leek, Chinese cabbage, carrot, lentil, pea, eggplant, green pepper, and replace some polished rice and white flour with fresh corn, sweet potato, potato, red bean and mung bean. Drink no less than 2 liters of water every day. In addition, fungus, kelp and so on. They are all foods that are beneficial to reducing fat, and it is best to drink skim milk when drinking milk. In short, after losing weight enters the platform period, it is best to increase the intensity in the original method, so it is easier to break through the platform period.