What if I hit a plateau and don t lose any weight for 7 days?
Generally, at the Rice House, plateaus are normal for 3 to 4 days. It is difficult to know what is going on physiologically, however we know people will be staying faithful to the diet and not lose any weight for 3 to 4 days. However, the scale is also not going up more than a pound in those 3 days. If people stick to the program, the scale will continue to go down. We believe there may be some fluid shifts, or perhaps the individual is having constipation or wearing slightly heavier clothes at weigh-in time. In addition, if anyone has begun an exercise program that has caused soreness, the muscles are holding onto fluid, which can keep the scale from going down. The important goal is to stay the course and the scale will move down. We really don t see people (who are sticking to the program) have plateaus here for 7 days unless they are less than 20 pounds or so from their goal weight. Even then, the scale is going down, but it is going very slow. When people go home from the Rice Hou
