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How to Break a Stall?
Alana Handford Alana Handford

How to Break a Stall?

Check your sleep. Make sure you are sleeping 7-8 hours a day

  • Stressed? Try to find ways to reduce stress

  • Eat 100-150 grams of protein a day

  • Eat a steak once a week

  • Alcohol ~ Will stall weight loss

  • Dehydrated ~ Drink half your Goal Weight in ounces

  • Try Carb Cycling- this means you eat high protein and regular carbs for 2 days, and then switch to high protein and low carb 2-4 days and then rotate

  • Add supplements, electrolytes, digestive enzymes, magnesium citrate, probiotics and protein replacement.

  • Add a peptide called Sermorelin, NAD, Lipo, MOTS-C

  • Change your injection site (try the arm)

  • Split weekly dosage (only compound can do this) Try two different injection sites, try your split your dosage into two injections in the week.

  • Increase calories ~ Make sure you are eating enough.

  • Decrease calories ~ track your food intake

  • Increase exercise, add walking, lift light weights, and cardio

  • Take a break for 3-4 weeks and start over.

  • Daily bowel movement- add a laxative or magnesium citrate if you are not going daily.

  • How many calories are you eating? Try this calculator https://yillex.com/

  • Make sure you are taking measurements or using a body composition scale. Sometimes the scale won’t move, but you are losing inches.

  • Track your progress with the app called Me Three Sixty https://www.methreesixty.com/

  • Switch from Semaglutide to Tirzepatide or Tirzepatide to Semaglutide

  • Don’t give up! Everyone hits a plateau at some point, and there are ways to break it

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What Should I Expect the First Month?
Kelly Harris Kelly Harris

What Should I Expect the First Month?

Will you lose weight in the first month?

  • Maybe, but maybe not.

  • Weight loss in the first month isn’t the purpose of the loading dose. It’s meant to get you started in a healthy, safe way and allows your body to adjust.

  • Every patient responds differently. Some people lose weight the first week, while others take weeks to see results.

  • Some people believe that the medicine didn’t work for them just because they're still hungry. It’s okay to be hungry.

  • Others get on the scale after a week or two, expecting dramatic weight loss.

  • Make small changes to your lifestyle, don’t try to overhaul your entire life overnight. Focus on getting at least 100 grams of protein, try carb cycling, use an electrolyte supplement, a laxative, BioCare or digestive enzymes, and probiotics.

  • We each have our own journey, health history, crazy hormones, diet history, etc, and your journey will be unique to you.

  • Don’t compare your journey to others – it will only result in unrealistic expectations, frustration, and disappointment.

  • Trust the process. Take it one day at a time! You got this!.

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The Scale Lies…
Alana Handford Alana Handford

The Scale Lies…

When you talk about losing weight, you might want to go down a few clothing sizes, particularly around the hips, thighs, belly, and arms. However, that doesn't always mean losing actual pounds.

It's possible to gain muscle and reduce body fat without actually seeing a change in your weight. This happens when you lose body fat while gaining muscle. Your weight may stay the same, even as you lose inches, a sign that you're moving in the right direction. Knowing the difference between losing weight and losing body fat may influence how you assess your progress.

A typical scale shows your weight, but it doesn't tell you how much of that weight is muscle, fat, water, bones, or organs. A bodybuilder's weight could be off the charts because of extra muscle.

Another reason scale weight isn't so reliable is that it changes all the time. You will see weight changes throughout the day (sometimes by as much as 10 pounds) depending on what and how often you eat and drink, how often you go to the bathroom, or if you are retaining water.

It doesn't reflect the changes happening in your body. If you're doing cardio and strength training, you may build lean muscle tissue at the same time you're losing fat. In that case, the scale may not change even though your body composition is changing.

It doesn't reflect your health. The scale can't tell the difference between fat and muscle. That means a person could have a low body weight but still have unhealthy levels of body fat, or have a higher body weight and be very muscular.

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