To achieve the goal of ideal body weight, you start eating less and exercising more and thus start following energy deficit diet plan.
ENERGY INPUT < ENERGY OUTPUT
As body adjust to new energy balance, the lean to fat body mass ratio, metabolic rate and weight loss rate shows dow
You must have noticed that when people start following weight reducing diets, they lose weight rapidly in the beginning then little slowly and finally a plateau is reached when they no longer lose weight.
Initially glycogen stores (sugar storage in liver) are mobilized which is a completed by a corresponding loss of water. Then weight is lost and it results in loss of extra muscle which was developed to support the extra adipose tissue.
The loss of lean body mass reduces RMR (resting metabolic rate) rapidly so that on a given diet, the energy deficit is reduced and rate of weight loss slows down.
Weight loss stops at this point unless there is a change in nutritional intake or physical activity. This is also called the SET POINT THEORY.
We @ Edesia, with the help of SET POINT THEORY approach modify the Diet Plan and exercise program thereby avoiding the weight loss plateau.