I just watched the TV show Biggest Loser last night and it was the second week of the season.
There was all this talk about people losing 25, 26, even 30 pound in week 1, but just a couple pounds in week 2.
This happens all too often with peoples weight loss plans and that can be very discouraging.
There is a very simple way to break the "second week slump" and it is this, shock your body! Here are a few steps that i have found to work wonders in the second week, allowing people to lose just as much as they may have in week 1! 1: Physical Shock! This concept helps everybody, whether you are a bodybuilder or somebody that needs to shed a few pounds for the summer.
The idea behind it is Muscle Confusion.
People generally develop and exercise routine that is constant, day in and day out.
Although it may work for week 1, it will not for week 2.
What happens is, as you build up the muscles that you focus on with your workout, other muscles fall behind.
The way to avoid this is to do small changes in form, or pick new exercises.
One example would be if you bench press frequently.
For week 2 you should switch from the bench press to incline press, or dumbbell flys.
That will shock your body into something new and for your body to make subtle changes in the anatomy of the muscle, allowing it to develop in much more beneficial ways.
2: Cheat meal! This is the step that people love the most.
For 1 meal a week, forget about any diet that you have ever learned.
This works in a similar way as the muscle confusion.
If you use the same diet every day your body will grow accustomed to those meals and it will start to store anything left over as fat.
Eating anything of your choice, that goes against your, diet will shock your body and instantly boost your metabolism.
This technique is used by body builders and weight loss personal trainers.
3: Sleep! Sleep is directly related to weight loss.
Obviously, if you don't have enough energy to exercise, you don't exercise.
Or, you do exercise but don't burn even close to the amount of calories as you would have if you got enough rest.
A minimum of 7 hours of sleep, every night, is needed to see the results that everyone hopes to see.