{"id":3217,"date":"2014-02-25T10:16:01","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T17:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/howtobefit.com\/coach-blog\/?p=3217"},"modified":"2025-09-11T15:28:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T21:28:37","slug":"beat-secondweek-slump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/howtobefit.com\/coach-blog\/2014\/02\/25\/beat-secondweek-slump\/","title":{"rendered":"Beat the Second-Week Slump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Kara Wahlgren &#8211; from the <a title=\"The Team Beachbody Newsletter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.teambeachbody.com\/about\/newsletters?referringRepId=1393\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Team Beachbody Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last week, you were feeling gung ho and ready to tackle your weight-loss goals head-on. This week? Not so much. You&#8217;re tired, you&#8217;re hungry, and you&#8217;re aching in places you didn&#8217;t even know existed. But before you lose all motivation, take heart  the second week is <em>supposed<\/em> to suck. &#8220;In week two, your body is generally in a state of severe breakdown,&#8221; says Steve Edwards, Vice President of Results and Fitness Advisor for Beachbody \u00ae. After all, you&#8217;re eating less, going hard, and your body needs some time to adapt to your new lifestyle. Here are a few slump-proof strategies for pushing through Week 2.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teambeachbody.com\/about\/newsletters?referringRepId=1393\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0px none;\" alt=\"Woman Thinking\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beachbody.com\/images\/beachbody\/en_us\/email\/news_all\/2014\/01\/06\/Art2_ThinkingGirl_700.jpg\" width=\"630\" height=\"315\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Don&#8217;t panic if you plateau<\/h3>\n<p>You&#8217;ve busted your butt all week and been downright virtuous about your diet. So when you hop on the scale, you&#8217;re ready to see the results of your hard work. But here&#8217;s the rub: During Week 2, it&#8217;s not unusual to get stuck or even <em>gain<\/em> a pound or two. &#8220;As your body adjusts to exercise, cortisol  a performance-enhancing stress hormone  is released,&#8221; says Edwards. &#8220;Part of cortisol&#8217;s function is to promote water retention as a defense mechanism for survival. This causes you to feel puffy and gain some weight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So, let&#8217;s recap. <em>You&#8217;re achy, you&#8217;re starving, and the number on the scale is now moving in the wrong direction.<\/em> It&#8217;s no wonder you feel discouraged and are tempted to bail altogether. But hang in there, because your body will eventually get the memo. &#8220;It&#8217;s a necessary part of the process,&#8221; says Edwards. &#8220;Sometime between Weeks 3 and 6, once you adapt to your exercise program, you stop producing cortisol and flush the excess water, which leads to you feeling and looking fitter, and losing some weight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Track progress, not just weight loss<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teambeachbody.com\/about\/newsletters?referringRepId=1393\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 0px none; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" alt=\"Woman Debating if She should eat the Apple\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beachbody.com\/images\/beachbody\/en_us\/email\/news_all\/2014\/01\/06\/Art2_TrackProgress_165.jpg\" width=\"165\" height=\"165\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>While there&#8217;s plenty of science behind your plateau, that doesn&#8217;t make it any less frustrating. So when the number on the scale isn&#8217;t budging, how can you tell if you&#8217;re still on the right track? Start recording your healthy habits  whether that means keeping a workout log or posting Instagram \u00ae shots of your meals  so you can see all the changes you&#8217;ve made. &#8220;Track the behavior, not the outcome,&#8221; says Joshua Klapow, PhD, Chief Behavioral Scientist for the health incentive company ChipRewards and author of <em>Living SMART: 5 Essential Skills to Change your Health Habits Forever<\/em>. &#8220;Track the food you eat, the steps you take, and the calories you burn, and make those your markers of success.&#8221; Seeing these changes can give you just enough motivation to power through this week&#8217;s plateau, and Klapow says that&#8217;s all that matters: &#8220;Think of motivation like a tank of gas. The tank doesn&#8217;t need to be full to move, but you can&#8217;t run on empty.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Focus on the process<\/h3>\n<p>Sure, your biggest motivation might be squeezing into smaller jeans. But this week, it can help to focus on all the touchy-feely stuff instead. &#8220;Reframe the way you think about working out so it becomes your escape, your path to wellness, something you do for you,&#8221; says Kim Chronister, PsyD, a health psychologist and author of <em>The Psychology Behind Fitness Motivation<\/em>. &#8220;Our thoughts can powerfully affect our ability to tackle a new weight-loss routine.&#8221; If you&#8217;re too focused on the scale, a second-week plateau may feel like a huge failure; if you focus on the &#8220;me time&#8221; you get while working out, you&#8217;ll achieve that no matter what.<\/p>\n<p>If that doesn&#8217;t help, just acknowledge that this week won&#8217;t be your favorite, and keep on trucking. &#8220;Belief in the process helps at this stage,&#8221; says Edwards. &#8220;You cannot make a total body composition change without suffering through a period where all of your goals seem like they are going backwards.&#8221; He compares it to scaling a mountain or running an Ironman  miserable while you&#8217;re in the thick of it, but insanely rewarding once you&#8217;re done. So hang in there, because it&#8217;ll be next week soon enough.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles<\/strong><br \/>\n<a title=\"Tips for Getting Through Your Toughest Workout\" href=\"http:\/\/www.teambeachbody.com\/about\/newsletters\/-\/nli\/292?referringRepId=1393\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Tips for Getting Through Your Toughest Workout&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"5 Ways to Beat the Afternoon Slump\" href=\"http:\/\/www.teambeachbody.com\/about\/newsletters\/-\/nli\/295?referringRepId=1393\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;5 Ways to Beat the Afternoon Slump&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Mind Over Matter:  How to Use Meditation to Combat Stress\" href=\"http:\/\/www.teambeachbody.com\/about\/newsletters\/-\/nli\/299?referringRepId=1393\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Mind Over Matter: How to Use Meditation to Combat Stress&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kara Wahlgren &#8211; from the Team Beachbody Newsletter Last week, you were feeling gung ho and ready to tackle your weight-loss goals head-on. 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