Comments on: Fat

By: Theo Tsihitas

Theo Tsihitas — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:35:59 +0000

In case you didn’t know, I haven’t seen it mentioned here yet, some people are eating all the right things and doing all the right exercise to activate their fat burning hormones yet they cant get rid of stubborn fat and do you know why? They don’t sleep enough. Sleep is a time for the body to recuperate. With all the exercise and stresses that we put our body through, the metabolism becomes sluggish if we don’t sleep adequately. I recently launched a new website called Fat Burning Hormones .Info where I bring a lot of the latest research in the field to the light. I would be happy to contribute more information Mark. And keep up the good work.

By: KK

KK — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:25:33 +0000

Great post! Plateaus are always difficult but with some variety, motivation, and desire to push through, “it too shall pass.”

By: McMommy

McMommy — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:47:35 +0000

Well, that explains it.

Plateaus stink.

I’m going to go eat a pumpkin muffin and then I swear I’m leaving this plateau behind!!

By: carol

carol — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:51:17 +0000

Thanks for the explanation as to why my body is trim after exercise but my tummy is not! Stupid abs.

By: Donnalouise

Donnalouise — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:25:36 +0000

I’ve quickly learned that starving myself is not going to work – more harm than good! I’ve tried the crazy diets and well, may have worked at first but not in the long run. I totally agree with you – not the way to go!

By: Dr. J

Dr. J — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:31:46 +0000

Hi Mark!

Being old school, I guess you could say I started my training in a one room school house! I didn’t know any of the new stuff! I just ran, played sports, ate less, and eventually better, and got and stayed fit! Now I read all the theories, and really, just shake my head, cause my old timey ways work, still work, ans all this new stuff, though quite intellectually fascinating, ain’t nothing like the real thing.

PS I never gave or give up..that is old school
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@Dr. J, Excellent insight…thank you for sharing!

-Mark

By: Mark Salinas

Mark Salinas — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:10:36 +0000

@FitMom, Well said!

-Mark

By: FitMom

FitMom — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:09:24 +0000

So true.
High quality calories need to go in, and high quality workouts need to go on- to get results.

By: keyalus

keyalus — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:08:29 +0000

Great post! This is something I am definitely struggling with right now. Not the plateau part necessarily, but making sure I am eating enough calories to cover all of my activity and still lose. Between weights and cardio and training for a marathon I sometimes burn an insane amount of exercise calories during the day. That doesn’t even include what I burn by just living. Finding that sweet spot between maintaining the daily/weekly deficit I need to lose and not eating too little is tough. Sometimes less is not more.
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@keyalus, Many people have similar struggles, you are doing great! Thanks!

-Mark

By: Gabrielle

Gabrielle — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:06:43 +0000

This is a popular thread, mostly because you hit on a nerve here. There are a lot of things that make people plateau. When people lose weight they break down fat cells, realesing high levels of certain hormones into the blood and throughing the matabolism out of whack.
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@Gabrielle, It definitely is! Great feedback…thanks!

-Mark