
Weight & Metabolism
Weight Loss Plateau: Why the Scale Stops and What to Do
Why weight loss stalls: water retention, metabolic adaptation, falling NEAT and portion creep. Real numbers on adaptation, plus a fix-it order that works.
13 min read
3 articles

Why weight loss stalls: water retention, metabolic adaptation, falling NEAT and portion creep. Real numbers on adaptation, plus a fix-it order that works.

How to work out your maintenance calories, what size of deficit is safe, why tracked deficits often fail to move the scale, and the habits that hold.

What randomised trials actually show about 16:8, 5:2 and alternate-day fasting, the muscle-loss problem, the truth about autophagy, and who should avoid it.