Breaking Stalls and Plateaux

weighing sclae At some point during the Low Carb weight loss journey, nearly everyone experiences a slowing down or a halt in weight loss.

It’s almost as if it’s part of the right of passage, something that you just have to go through.

Well, first of all let me give you some good news and say that in many cases the slow down is avoidable and in all cases it is possible to overcome the stall, plateau or whatever else you want to call it.

In this three part series, I go over the most comprehensive list of things that can cause your weight loss to tail off and in the last part I’ll give you three ways that you can use to bust a stall or plateau… Guaranteed!

First off, let’s discuss exactly what a stall is and set some ground rules.

You can consider yourself in a stall if neither your weight, body measurements, nor body volume has not shown any change for a minimum of 4 weeks.  That said, if you have not had any change for two weeks, at least start the investigation process as to what may be the likely cause of the stall.  Quite simply, if it is something simple and you make changes that cause the weight and measurements to move in the right direction, then sooner is always better than later, particularly for your own encouragement.  And if it is something simple then why wait another two weeks?

That brings us to the first of the ground rules. Follow this link

Salmon Scramble

SALMON SCRAMBLEThis Menu is for 4 People. It is suitable for people on ALL stage of a low carb Program

A lovely light meal for when you just want something quick and tasty.

What you’ll need:

6 Medium Eggs
200g or 8oz can smoked salmon
3 tsps milk
1 small onion, minced
1 green pepper, finely chopped
100g or 4oz strong cheese, Grated. Mature cheddar is ideal
1 clove garlic, minced
50g or 2oz butter
Salt & pepper
2 Sliced tomatos, Lettuce & grated cheese to serve

Follow this link for the cooking directions

Study: Diet to keep Crohn’s disease under control

Stomach Pain The Auckland woman has been suffering from the debilitating bowel disease for the past 20 years. But now she says food is her medicine.

“This is a Mediterranean diet and it’s helped from the point of view of reducing symptoms of Crohn’s. My husband just can’t believe the difference. I have more energy than him now!”

It’s all thanks to technology developed by a group of University of Auckland researchers who believe certain health conditions can be controlled by diet.

“I’d know that having two copies of the T are really going to have trouble controlling their weight,” says Dr Lynn Ferguson.

Dr Ferguson says while you can’t change the structure of your genes, you can switch them on and off with specific food.

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Mediterranean diet improved hepatic steatosis, insulin sensitivity in patients

High Fat Patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease reduced their liver steatosis and improved their insulin sensitivity by adhering to a 6-week Mediterranean diet without experiencing weight loss in a recent study.

Using a cross-over dietary intervention study, researchers compared the results of 12 participants (six men, six women), all with biopsy-proven nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). All were randomly assigned to both a Mediterranean diet and a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet (LF/HCD) with a 6-week washout period between diets. The MD was high in monounsaturated fats from olive oil and omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. The LF/HCD was low in saturated and unsaturated fats and included more carbohydrates than the MD.

Baseline values for all participants were not significantly different when starting with either the MD or LF/HCD. Intrahepatic lipids (IHL) used to indicate hepatic steatosis was measured by magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and insulin sensitivity also was assessed.

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FREE Copy of Low Carb Mag

LCMJuly768Yes it’s true!! One FULL magazine issue for FREE!!!

Low Carb Mag is a monthly healthy, diet and lifestyle magazine that provides information and inspiration to help you live a better, healthier and more fun low carb lifestyle

Download the free app on iTunes today and then select the issue you’d like to download…. as easy as that!

Here’s the link