When you've hit a plateau or are caught in an unmotivated rut that keeps you from getting effective workouts, it's time to reevaluate your fitness game. You don't need a trainer standing over your every move in order to ramp up your regimen, you just need to tweak your habits a bit in order to see results. Here are three ways to get things moving. Use your zoom-out lens: It's a rare woman who Read more

If you've been going strong for a little while now at the gym then bravo, but you may be noticing that the scale is not moving as much anymore. It's tough to keep working hard when you don't feel like you are getting any results so think about taking off a week to relax your mind and body — consider it a gym vacation. Sure, your first day back might be a little tough, but you'll feel refreshed Read more

When you're trying to lose weight and you hit a plateau, all is not lost. First off, you are not gaining weight and there are a few things you can do to get back into action. For fitness ideas to help you continue on your weight loss journey read: Part One: Moving Past the Weight Loss Plateau – Fitness. For ideas having to do with your diet read on! I think a two-pronged approach is the best Read more

Homeostasis. That is a fancy way to say equilibrium and that is what your body craves (more than salt and vinegar potato chips, really). We humans are very adaptive creatures, and our bodies work to maintain homeostasis. This is really no big deal, unless you are trying to lose weight and then it really just translates into the word the dieter dreads – plateau. When you hit a plateau, meaning Read more

So you've been working out for a while now and the pounds had been melting off until all of a sudden . . . wham! The scale stops moving. This is called a plateau and you can look at it in two ways. The first way is to get totally frustrated and give up working out altogether. The second way is to be impressed that you've done so much already that your body has gotten stronger and actually needs Read more

During our weight loss endeavors, there comes a time when we jump on the scale and find that we have not lost any weight since the last time we checked. It stings a little at first, I know. We think, "I've been working my tail off and I haven't even lost a single [insert explicit profanity] pound?" We've all been there and it's a hard place to be. iVillage, always true to form, puts a positive Read more