If you are in a plateau, your motivation is probably fading very quickly. After all, few people like to keep on working hard if they aren’t getting any type of payback.

Unfortunately, many people do not know how to pull themselves out of a plateau.

So here is how to bust yourself out of a plateau:

1. Stop having cheat meals: And if you are having cheat days, eliminate them as well. The notion that you can accelerate fat loss by having cheat meals or cheat days is absurd. If you want to lose weight you will have to make up for this caloric surplus elsewhere in your diet.

2. Eat many more vegetables: Vegetables are a godsend because they make you feel full while not increasing caloric load. Even better, they provide you with many nutrients that will help you fend off disease. Now the best strategy here is to simply cover half of your plate with vegetables every time you eat.

3. Decrease rest during your workouts: By decreasing how much you rest between exercises, the demands on your body will drastically go up. And a more demanding workout will increase calories burned by leaps and bounds.

4. Incorporate more light activity into your schedule: By doing more light activity that doesn’t tax your body, you will recover faster and you will burn more calories. The good news here is that since it’s light activity you can do other things like talk on your cell phone while you are doing it.

5. Maintain a food journal: At this point I don’t recommend measuring anything, but at the very least you want to eyeball quantities. After a couple weeks of doing this, slowly decrease your serving sizes. Hopefully, this will jumpstart your weight loss.

6. If all else fails measure and weigh everything you eat: The good news is that you can’t falter with this approach, the bad news is that it can be very tedious. You shouldn’t have to do this indefinitely, however. Once you start losing weight again you’ll know how much you can eat while still losing weight.

Plateaus are extremely de-motivating. And if you are stuck in a plateau it’s vital that you act on this information sooner rather than later!

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