The Strategic Approach

I have decided to take a very strategic approach to this weight loss journey. As already mentioned I have a lot of weight to lose to be considered healthy and I am factoring in that there will be period of zero weight loss, perhaps for several weeks at a time.

As I noticed yesterday The 5:2 Plan is working for me at the moment but I imagine that after the first (or maybe second) stone the weight will stop going and I will hit a plateau. This is where strategic planning comes into it, I have deliberately started this plan with little or no exercise and I will be using the following methods for kick starting the weight loss again;

Plateau 1:            Introduce bi-weekly 30 minute workouts at the gym

Plateau 2:            Increase to tri-weekly 30 minute workout

Plateau 3:             Increase intensity of workouts to 1 hr

Plateau 4:            Switch down to 4:3 fasting

Plateau 5:            Increase to 5x weekly workouts (ouch)

If I plateau again I’ll make a short switch to ADF (alternate day fasting) but hopefully it won’t come to that. My theory is that with 5-5.5 stones to lose I will plateau around 5-6 times.

Any thoughts? Any better ideas?

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