The Plateau
The Plateau
Have you ever tried a diet solution, a diet that actually works, and no matter how carefully you
followed the diet plan, you just stopped losing weight for a while? It can be very frustrating and
disappointing. Many people tend to give up at that point and blame the diet plan. The problem
is not always in the plan, but in how our human minds work. The solution is in knowing how
the human mind works and in knowing how to most effectively use how the mind works to
glide through resistance.
That point of ceasing to lose weight while following the weight loss plan faithfully is called a
“plateau”. A plateau is like a raised mountain with a flat area on top before the mountain
continues on up. In the case of successful weight loss, it’s encountered on our way down.
Out of all of the diets that work and no matter how careful we are with diet and nutrition, it’s
possible to reach a plateau in which the body resists releasing more weight. Plateaus can
seem to go on forever and arouse our impatience. It’s extremely important to recognize that
these plateaus are a quite normal part of the process!
Some attribute this resistance to weight loss to the function of the hypothalamus. The
hypothalamus is in a small area of the brain near the brain stem and has a primary function of
maintaining what is called “homeostasis”. Homeostasis is the tendency for biological systems
to maintain a state of equilibrium or stability in the organism of person. It’s another way of
saying that the hypothalamus tries to keep everything the same. The hypothalamus has the
power to regulate our blood pressure, body temperature, bodily fluids, emotions and body
weight at a level that some call the “set-point”. Although resistant, the set-point can be
changed gradually. Once the set-point is changed, the hypothalamus will tend to maintain at
that new level.
Any diets that work must take into account the function of the hypothalamus. Drug free weight
loss and other natural weight loss programs will not interfere with the bodies chemical states,
but will still encounter resistance from the hypothalamus. The Intentional Weight Loss method
takes all of this into account. The Intentional Weight Loss method is an example of a drug free
and natural weight loss method that uses the power of intention and the power of focus to get
you through that resistance using the way the mind works naturally; from the inside out.
Fighting directly against the body’s well designed, self-protective system will be agonizingly
self-defeating, even if you try to use drugs, “will power”, exercise, or any other force-based
strategies to over ride the hypothalamus. Resistance is “futile”; unless, you know of a weight
loss secret principle that considers resistance to be “irrelevant”. If you use a flat head screw
driver to screw in a Philip’s head screw, you’ll work pretty hard. It might go in but with a lot of
effort. What if you use a Phillip’s head screw driver that fits the screw? Suddenly, it becomes
pretty easy.
