{"id":3357,"date":"2022-02-05T06:39:55","date_gmt":"2022-02-05T11:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/?p=3357"},"modified":"2023-01-30T09:22:39","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T14:22:39","slug":"what-to-do-when-the-scale-numbers-stop-moving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/weight-loss\/what-to-do-when-the-scale-numbers-stop-moving\/","title":{"rendered":"What To Do When The Scale Numbers Stop Moving"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">What To Do When The Scale Numbers Stop Moving<\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U-TAmdZSYA0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>See the video: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/U-TAmdZSYA0\">What To Do When Numbers On The Scale Stop Moving | The Weight Loss Plateau<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8211; So today we&#8217;re talking about<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">what should you do<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">when the numbers on the scale start slowing down.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Now, I&#8217;m going to start by saying<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">that&#8217;s the most critical point<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">in your <a href=\"https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/weight-loss\/is-it-normal-to-still-feel-fat-after-losing-weight-phantom-fat\/\">weight loss journey<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Whether you are a seasoned competitive athlete<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">getting ready for a <a href=\"https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/bodybuilding\/natural-bodybuilding-isnt-a-joke-a-look-at-top-natural-bodybuilders\/\">bodybuilding competition<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">or a regular person trying to lose 10, 20 pounds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s that point that&#8217;s going to define<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">whether or not you&#8217;re going to be successful.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s going to define whether you&#8217;re going to be successful<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">because it&#8217;s the point<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">where you&#8217;re probably going to start doubting.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3359\" src=\"https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/what-to-do-when-the-scale-wont-budge-1024x576.png\" alt=\"what to do when the scale won't budge\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/what-to-do-when-the-scale-wont-budge-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/what-to-do-when-the-scale-wont-budge-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/what-to-do-when-the-scale-wont-budge-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/what-to-do-when-the-scale-wont-budge-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/what-to-do-when-the-scale-wont-budge-1170x658.png 1170w, https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/what-to-do-when-the-scale-wont-budge.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You&#8217;re going to start doubting the process.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You may start saying<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">that this whole health eating thing isn&#8217;t for me.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You may start saying this <a href=\"https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/weight-loss\/keto-diet-vs-low-carb-diet-for-weight-loss-what-works-best\/\">diet<\/a> isn&#8217;t working for me.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You may start saying<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">that maybe there&#8217;s something wrong with me.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Maybe <a href=\"https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/bodybuilding\/a-candid-talk-about-genetics\/\">my genetics<\/a> are such that<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;m not designed to lose more than a few pounds<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">and that I&#8217;m stuck here forever.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s at that point that we start making bad decisions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And the bad decisions<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">that most people will make at that point is to quit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">There are other bad decisions that they&#8217;ve made,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">which is to do an even more <a href=\"https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/weight-loss\/keto-diet-vs-low-carb-diet-for-weight-loss-what-works-best\/\">extreme diet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3360\" src=\"https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/avoid-fad-diets-when-weight-loss-slows-down-1024x576.png\" alt=\"avoid fad diets when weight loss slows down\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/avoid-fad-diets-when-weight-loss-slows-down-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/avoid-fad-diets-when-weight-loss-slows-down-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/avoid-fad-diets-when-weight-loss-slows-down-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/avoid-fad-diets-when-weight-loss-slows-down-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/avoid-fad-diets-when-weight-loss-slows-down-1170x658.png 1170w, https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/avoid-fad-diets-when-weight-loss-slows-down.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Try something that&#8217;s newfangled,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">one of the fad diets,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">any of the diets out there on social media<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">or something that maybe one of your friends<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">or colleagues was on<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">and seemed to have some temporary results from.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Desperation is the last place you want to be<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">when you&#8217;re making decisions about your health<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">and about your weight loss.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And in this video<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;m going to talk about what you should expect.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And the fact that having those numbers slow down<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">and almost stop and sometimes even reverse themselves<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">is totally normal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We&#8217;re going to go over some numbers<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">of what my clients&#8217; weight loss looks like.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And from there, you&#8217;ll get some perspective.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">So you won&#8217;t beat yourself up<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">and you won&#8217;t think that you need to make some radical move<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">and you will stay the course.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Stay tuned and we&#8217;ll talk some more about this.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">So today we&#8217;re talking about what should you do<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">when the numbers on the scale starts slowing down<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">or stop completely.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Now, before I go any further,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;d like thank everyone for the tremendous support<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">we&#8217;ve had so far for this channel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Thank you so much for tuning in.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/KevinRichardsonNaturallyIntense\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3371\" src=\"https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/YOUTUBE-CHANNEL-1024x341.png\" alt=\"Click for Kevin's YouTube Channel\" width=\"1024\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/YOUTUBE-CHANNEL-1024x341.png 1024w, https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/YOUTUBE-CHANNEL-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/YOUTUBE-CHANNEL-768x256.png 768w, https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/YOUTUBE-CHANNEL-1170x390.png 1170w, https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/YOUTUBE-CHANNEL.png 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And do be sure to like and subscribe<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">because we have so much more content<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">coming out and I want to make sure you&#8217;re first in line<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to get it as it comes out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">So onto our topic today,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">what do you do when the numbers on the scale slow down?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">As I said before,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">this is the most vulnerable point that you can ever be in.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Understanding The Weight Loss Plateau<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And I want to just get straight to it<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">so that you can see what weight loss looks like.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Because I think that many people, even seasoned athletes<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">don&#8217;t really understand what weight loss should look like.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Whenever you start losing weight<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">you&#8217;re going to have an initial &#8220;honeymoon period.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A period when those numbers start going down.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Now, if you look at these metrics here,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">this is the typical weight loss profile<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">of one of my clients.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This is a female client that came to me<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">and we&#8217;re going to look at what her weight loss looked like<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">over the course of a few months.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And you&#8217;re going to see it&#8217;s not going to be this dramatic<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">loss of one pound per week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It doesn&#8217;t work that way at all.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3361\" src=\"https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/female-client-weight-loss-profile-and-plateau-1024x576.png\" alt=\"female client weight loss profile and plateau\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/female-client-weight-loss-profile-and-plateau-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/female-client-weight-loss-profile-and-plateau-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/female-client-weight-loss-profile-and-plateau-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/female-client-weight-loss-profile-and-plateau-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/female-client-weight-loss-profile-and-plateau-1170x658.png 1170w, https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/female-client-weight-loss-profile-and-plateau.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">If we look at the numbers, she starts off at 170 pounds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And over the course of, only, let&#8217;s say a week or so,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">she&#8217;s already lost five pounds<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">and then she goes down to 162.3.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And then has a massive drop again to 158 pounds<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">all within a very short period of time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This is totally normal.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Doldrums: Understanding The Dreaded Weight Loss Plateau<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But then something happens.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">That&#8217;s the point that most of us tend to find ourselves<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">and it&#8217;s a point where we quit<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">and\/or we start making bad decisions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">As we go along, we can see that that dramatic weight loss<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">that happened in the beginning,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">all of a sudden, starts slowing down.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It starts slowing down.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In some points, it can even start going back up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">However, because she was able to stay the course,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">over time the numbers again<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">start very, very slowly going down.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3362\" src=\"https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/weight-loss-plateau-the-doldrums-1024x576.png\" alt=\"weight loss plateau- the doldrums\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/weight-loss-plateau-the-doldrums-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/weight-loss-plateau-the-doldrums-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/weight-loss-plateau-the-doldrums-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/weight-loss-plateau-the-doldrums-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/weight-loss-plateau-the-doldrums-1170x658.png 1170w, https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/weight-loss-plateau-the-doldrums.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Now, this pattern is what I call &#8220;the Doldrums.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And the Doldrums are<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">this band near the equator<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">where the winds are almost non-existent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sailors back in the Middle Ages,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">whenever they were sailing anywhere around the tropics<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">would have these periods where there was almost no wind<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">whatsoever for their sails.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And they would pretty much just float around in one place<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">and wait until the wind picked back up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Now, any voyage at that time had to have enough provisions<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to stick with it long enough to get through the doldrums.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">There&#8217;s nothing else you can do.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You got to stick with it and go through it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0The Importance Of Not Quitting Or Changing Your Diet When Weight Loss Slows Down Over Time<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s the same when it comes to weight loss.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We all have to go through what I call the Doldrums.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">That period where everything starts slowing down<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">because our bodies are conservative.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Our body does not want to lose weight,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">and it will do everything to fight you tooth and nail<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">with changes both physical and changes also that are mental<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to affect your behavior to make sure<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">you do everything possible, to not lose weight.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3368\" src=\"https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Your-body-will-try-to-slow-down-weight-loss-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Your body will try to slow down weight loss\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Your-body-will-try-to-slow-down-weight-loss-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Your-body-will-try-to-slow-down-weight-loss-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Your-body-will-try-to-slow-down-weight-loss-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Your-body-will-try-to-slow-down-weight-loss.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">How Our Bodies Can Make Us Sabotage Our Weight Loss Efforts When The Numbers On The Scale Won&#8217;t Budge<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In fact, that feeling of helplessness<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">and the sense that you need to start back eating<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">and get off this diet completely<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">when you stop seeing the results that you want to see,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">is even perhaps part of our body&#8217;s natural way<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to trick us into doing everything possible<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to maintain as much body fat as possible.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">So by understanding what we&#8217;re up against,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">it gives us a little more perspective.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And what&#8217;s also important is that,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">the more weight you need to lose,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">the bigger that honeymoon period is.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3363\" src=\"https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/maleWEIGHT-LOSS-PROFILE-1024x576.png\" alt=\"weight loss plateau of in shape male\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/maleWEIGHT-LOSS-PROFILE-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/maleWEIGHT-LOSS-PROFILE-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/maleWEIGHT-LOSS-PROFILE-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/maleWEIGHT-LOSS-PROFILE-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/maleWEIGHT-LOSS-PROFILE-1170x658.png 1170w, https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/maleWEIGHT-LOSS-PROFILE.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Weight Loss Journey Of An Already In Shape Male<\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But if you already have a couple pounds to lose,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">it can be even more difficult. We&#8217;re going to<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">take a look at this particular weight loss model<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">of one of my male clients.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And you&#8217;re going to see from there<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">that it&#8217;s not smooth sailing whatsoever.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Now here we have a male client of mine<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">who was in very good shape, getting ready for a photo shoot.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And he was actually in really great shape<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">to start off.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[He had a] relatively low body fat to start,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">probably somewhere around 10 to 11% or so.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And we can see he starts off at 178 pounds,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">and there is a bit of a honeymoon period<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">when he starts following the diet and doing the training.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A loss of about four pounds initially<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">over the first couple of weeks,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">but then it starts slowing down.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You really start seeing that plateau,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">those Doldrums that I talked about before<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">until it gradually again, just starts creeping down as well<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">over the course of several months.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Now, both of those clients were completely on<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">when it came to their diet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And my job really starts when those Doldrums set in.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">When they get to that point<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">where they numbers start slowing down<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">because that&#8217;s when they start to doubt.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">That&#8217;s when you need the reinforcement,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">that&#8217;s when you need the encouragement,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">that&#8217;s where you need the cheering.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And I want you to remember and bookmark this video,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">the next time that you are trying to lose weight<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">and you start seeing those numbers slowing down,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I want you to hear me cheering you on.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3365\" src=\"https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/dont-change-your-diet-if-weight-loss-slows-down-1024x576.png\" alt=\"don't change your diet if weight loss slows down\" 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Sustainable Don\u2019t Quit If The Scale Won&#8217;t Budge<\/span><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I want you to hear me saying that if your diet is solid,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">if you&#8217;re eating unprocessed foods.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">If you are really on a healthy,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">wholesome and sustainable path,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">stay the course, don&#8217;t do anything extreme.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Whatever you do, don&#8217;t quit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You got this, you can get through this,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">but you have to understand that weight loss<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">is a slow process.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And the further on you get, the slower it becomes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Remember, always make those decisions<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">when you&#8217;re on firm ground,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">not when you&#8217;re on the shaky ground of doubt<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">and feeling desperate about<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">where you are in terms of your weight loss.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">If you&#8217;re on like a diet like I said before, stick with it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You&#8217;ve got this! 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Excelsior!!! #naturallyintense\n\n#highintensitytraining #naturalbodybuilder #naturalbodybuilding #fitover40 #naturalbodybuildingvideos #armworkout #bicepsworkout #naturalbodybuildingtips #biceps #armtraining #highintensitytrainingtips #drugfreebodybuilding #barbellcurls\">\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"sbi_info_wrapper\">\n            <div class=\"sbi_info\">\n\n\t\t                            <p class=\"sbi_caption_wrap\" >\n                        <span class=\"sbi_caption\"  style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Kevin&#039;s Unconventional Biceps Training- 3-6 Minutes a Week!<br>\n<br>\nIn this video I go over my biceps training using the Naturally Intense High Intensity Training protocols that helped me go from having arms measuring 11.5 to 12 inches to 18 inches drug free!<br>\n<br>\nIt&#039;s an unconventional approach for certain, but it&#039;s one that&#039;s helped my arms grow and the hundreds of men and women I have trained over the past 30 plus years.<br>\n<br>\nNow, my success isn&#039;t due to being genetically gifted, as it took me the better part of 11 years to get my arms up to those measurements.<br>\n<br>\nWhich is significant as it works and been been proven time and time again to work for the average man or woman trying to grow their arms without drugs.<br>\n<br>\nIt&#039;s my hope that these high intensity training protocols can help you as much as they helped me!<br>\n<br>\nClick on my bio link to see the full video on my YouTube channel and thanks as always for taking the time to look at my work!!! 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promoting one of the best archery tournaments on earth!\n\nThanks also to to everyone who took the time to send a supporting word and I am looking forward to next year!!! #naturallyintense #barebow\n\n#lancasterclassic #lancasterarcheryclassic2024 #lancasterarchery #archery #fitover40 #barebowrecurve #targetarchery\">\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"sbi_info_wrapper\">\n            <div class=\"sbi_info\">\n\n\t\t                            <p class=\"sbi_caption_wrap\" >\n                        <span class=\"sbi_caption\"  style=\"font-size: 13px;\">At the Lancaster Classic Day 2 Elimination Rounds Against European Champion, and World Record Holder Leo Pettersen @leo_barebow_archer<br>\n<br>\nI don&#039;t talk much about it but I&#039;m also a competitive barebow archer (surprise!) and last Saturday I had the honor of making it to Day 2 at the Lancaster Archery Classic in the Barebow Division, as I made the top 64 out of 267 competitors and had a chance to 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               <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/naturallyintense.net\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/instagram-feed-pro\/img\/placeholder.png\" alt=\"Dumbo, Brooklyn circa 2004\n\nThis shot was taken as part of the promotion for my Naturally Intense DVD and was about a year after my last bodybuilding competition.\n\nIt was a grueling photoshoot.\n\nWe started at about 10 am and finished around 4pm and I was completely spent, but the more we shot the sharper I looked, so we kept on going.\n\nIt&#039;s nice to look back from time to time and as tired as I was, we all had a blast!\n\nMy thanks to @stephanie_corne_artwork, @https:\/\/pulse.ly\/itgnag2dec and @ftaz1 for taking the shots!!!\n\nThanks for watching and as always, Excelsior!!! #naturallyintense\n\n#naturalbodybuilder #naturalbodybuilding #throwback #fifthavenuegym #5thavenuegym #drugfreebodybuilding #naturalbodybuildinglifestyle #gymlife #gymmotivation #naturalbodybuildingmotivation #bodybuilding #blackandwhite 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