Five ways to speed up your weight loss

You've been eating fewer kJs, you see your trainer more than your best mate, and you're definitely trimmer. But now it seems you couldn't lose a kilo unless you cut your arm off. You've hit the dreaded plateau. "At a certain point, usually after losing about 10 per cent of your weight, you may have to tweak your diet and exercise to jump-start your body," says Dr Susan Mitchell, dietitian and author of Fat Is Not Your Fate. Here, why you might stall and what you can do to rev back up.

Apr 2, 2012