What if I hit a plateau and don’t lose any weight for 3-4 days?
Although on average men on the Rice Diet Program lose 30 pounds and women 19 pounds the first month they are here, this rapid a pace does not last forever. Even when eating at the Rice Diet Program, some people experience plateaus for 3 to 4 days. Although it is difficult to know exactly what is going on physiologically, we have tested urine sodiums and thus know that people can 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. Don’t allow daily fluctuations to spin you out. Just remember that if you stick to the program, the scale will continue to go down. Be assured that there are natural reasons for weight fluctuations; there may be fluid shifts, for reasons such as menstruation or medications, or perhaps the individual is constipated or is wearing slightly heavier clothes at weigh-in time. In addition, if anyone has begun an exercise program that has caused soreness, the muscles may ho
