If you are on a diet and you have been doing well it can be very disheartening when you seem to stop losing weight. For most people on a diet, eventually  you will hit a weight loss plateau, but you should not be discouraged.  There are many ways of jump starting your weight loss.

Weight Loss Plateau Ideas

After being on a steady dieting  for a few weeks, you probably will have lost quite a few pounds. If you have  been eating around 1,600 calories a day, you now need to rethink your calorie intake. If you are female, you can afford to drop to 1,000 to  1,200 calories a day, as you need fewer calories now that you are not  as heavy as you were when you started your diet.

Perhaps you should jog  or run for 15 minutes extra per day to burn off calories.  Also changing up your workout can help.  If you normally jog or walk, then why not try cycling instead? Do some aerobics exercises as part of your daily routine as well as your usual exercises, or when you jog, do a few short periods of sprinting mixed with your jogging. All of these tips will  help you start to lose those pounds again.

You may need to rethink the target you set yourself when you started your diet, perhaps you were over-enthusiastic. Ask yourself if you really need to lose those extra pounds. If the answer is “Yes!” then eat some vegetables that  have diuretic activities such as mooli (or daikon radish) perhaps your  body is storing excess fluid. Drink beet juice mixed with carrot juice  or celery that you have made for yourself.

Write down everything  you eat, including the sugar you put in your tea or coffee, any snacks  you have and don’t forget to include the low cal drinks you have during  the day.

If you are conscientious  about recording what you eat, you may find that you have been consuming  more calories than you thought.
Try some  of these tips to get yourself off that weight loss plateau. Good luck!