{"id":6137,"date":"2022-10-25T18:40:04","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T01:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bornfitness.com\/?p=6137"},"modified":"2022-10-25T18:43:48","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T01:43:48","slug":"plateau-into-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bornfitness.com\/plateau-into-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Turn Plateau Into Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With his wedding just 6 months away, Born Fitness client Chris (aka Sparta) decided to get serious about fat loss.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s nothing quite like a deadline to get your butt in gear. Sparta was highly motivated, crushing gym workouts and diving into tracking his food (something that works well for him).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But, after losing weight initially, Sparta\u2019s progress stalled\u2026and stalled. The scale didn\u2019t budge for almost 6 weeks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The funny thing? This isn\u2019t abnormal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most people freak out when the scale gets stuck and assume something is broken. Yet, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">plateaus are part of the process of long-term, sustainable weight loss.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sometimes the scale isn\u2019t moving simply because your body is adjusting to change. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your body needs time to recalibrate to your new lower weight. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a process known as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bornfitness.com\/why-you-gain-weight-on-diets\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">set point theory<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But, when the scale is stuck, it can still be frustrating. So Sparta\u2019s story is one of patience and reward. When things don\u2019t keep going your way, don\u2019t quit. As you can see, Sparta reaped the rewards.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bornfitness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Picture1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6138\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bornfitness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Picture1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bornfitness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Picture1.png 520w, https:\/\/www.bornfitness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Picture1-300x202.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What led to Sparta&#8217;s plateau-busting success? Patience, a great plan by Coach Natalie, and a few minor adjustments led to major results.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Don\u2019t Trust Activity Trackers.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First, he learned not to rely on activity trackers. Many people (like Sparta) use these tools to gauge how much they can eat and still be in a deficit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Activity trackers are notoriously inaccurate, so if you use them to adjust how many calories you can eat per day, you\u2019re likely to overeat and gain weight.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bornfitness.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=8b2040ea483e64fc7fd10c8da&amp;id=a8702f82bb&amp;e=8f29f9a226\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">study<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> published in the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Journal of Personalized Medicine<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> found that the numbers given for energy expenditure (calories burned) by a variety of wrist-worn devices were off by 27.4% to 93%.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the study, the Fitbit Surge provided the most \u201caccurate\u201d reports on calories burned, but it still <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">overestimated<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> how many calories you burned by an average of 27.4%. Yikes. (For context, The Apple Watch was overestimated by 40%.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s why this is a big deal. Fat loss occurs when you consume fewer calories than you burn (no matter what diet or workout program you follow). This is hard for many people, but it\u2019s much harder if you\u2019re overeating the calories you <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">think<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> you\u2019re burning during your workouts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s say your FitBit reports that you burned ~650 calories during your workout (you got <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">after<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it) and you decided to reward yourself with a 600-calorie meal. After all, you earned it. On the surface, this is fine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But, according to the research above, you likely only burned around 435 calories during the workout, meaning you just overate by 150 calories. And that\u2019s using the most accurate tracker in the study.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, if you\u2019re also tracking your macros, most fat-loss calorie equations already include your activity in their formula. They\u2019ve factored in your workouts (and daily movement) so you don\u2019t have to. So, if you\u2019re adding calories from your workout, it means that you\u2019re even more likely to overeat.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This isn\u2019t to say that activity trackers aren\u2019t valuable. Your workout data can serve as a benchmark instead of a calorie measurement. This will give you a good idea of if you did more or less activity than yesterday (or last week).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But, don\u2019t let this data factor too heavily into the number of calories you eat. Keep your diet plan consistent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coach Natalie asked Sparta only to use the activity tracker as a \u201cmovement metric.\u201d By comparing how much he moved from day to day and week to week, he could ensure he was staying active outside the gym. These non-workout \u201cworkouts\u201d are a fat loss &#8220;hack&#8221; that works wonders.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Time to get real (with yourself).\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More importantly, Sparta made a mental shift.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With Coach Natalie&#8217;s help, he took a step back and leaned into identifying what habits were keeping him stuck. He quickly realized he wasn&#8217;t being honest with himself.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I was making excuses about my diet. I always seemed to justify eating like a garbage barge because it was &#8220;infrequent&#8221; (Narrator: It wasn&#8217;t), or a &#8220;special occasion,&#8221; or\u2026or\u2026or. What I realized was I eat when I get bored, and I&#8217;m inherently lazy, so I would always opt for what was easiest.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Together, Sparta and his fiance worked to hold each other accountable. He also limited eating out to once per week and recreated routines from pre-COVID (when he would prepare meals to take to work) that worked in his new work-from-home reality.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The results?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bornfitness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Picture2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6139\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bornfitness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Picture2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"272\" height=\"272\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHonestly, it feels good to get my sexy back. I now have more energy, more strength, and I&#8217;m quite a bit leaner. In general, my attire is more fitted, which is also more confidence-boosting. And when I walk past a window, I now see someone who looks healthier. And my ass looks better too.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bornfitness.com\/coaching\/\">Interested in learning more about coaching? You can explore our personalized coaching program here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With his wedding just 6 months away, Born Fitness client Chris (aka Sparta) decided to get serious about fat loss.\u00a0 There\u2019s nothing quite like a deadline to get your butt in gear. 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