Dear Fit Sugar, I'm on a mission to lose that last 10 pounds, which has been so difficult, and I'm training for a half-marathon as well. I eat well and exercise a lot — cardio almost every day and strength training five days a week. I've always heard that muscle weighs more than fat, but after I reached a plateau, I've found that I've been gaining weight. Not much, just a pound or two, but Read more

To put a positive spin on hitting a weight-loss plateau, you have to remind yourself that at least you're not gaining weight. Once you can see that the glass is half full, you can rev up for adding some serious exercise to your plan. When you are trying to lose weight, you need to do cardio, and lots of it. The American College of Sports Medicine exercise guidelines suggest five 60-minute cardio 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