Stuck in a Fat Loss Stall? Here’s the TAP Approach
- Megan Clements
- Aug 20
- 2 min read
Almost everyone hits a fat loss plateau at some point and when it happens, most people panic. Calories get slashed, cardio gets doubled, supplements get thrown into the mix, and hormones get blamed. Sound familiar?
Here’s the truth: that’s not a plan. That’s a meltdown in gym kit. And it nearly always ends the same way: burnout, frustration, and a “screw it” weekend that undoes all your hard work.
At TAP, we take a smarter, more structured approach that’s designed to work in the real world. Instead of trying to change your entire life in one week, we pull one lever at a time and stack the changes in the right order.
Here’s how we break through a fat loss stall without the chaos:
Before you even think about cutting more food, let’s see if we can create a deficit by moving more. That means:
Adding steps
Short blocks of cardio (1–2 sessions)
More “just move” moments throughout the day
You’ll create a bigger calorie burn without hammering your recovery or starving yourself.
If movement alone isn’t shifting the dial, then we look at food but carefully:
A small, targeted calorie cut (not a slash and burn diet)
Keeping protein high
Focusing on high volume food
Avoiding crash diets and rabbit food
You should feel it working, but you’ll still be a functioning human with energy to train, work, and live your life.
Lifestyle Changes:
This is where most people go wrong — they chase harder workouts instead of fixing the basics:
Better sleep
Lower stress
Smarter recovery
You don’t always need “harder.” You often need “less stupid.”
Training Stimulus
If nutrition, lifestyle, and output are in check but progress has still slowed, then we add variety to your training:
Change rep ranges
Add tempo work
Swap some exercise variations
Shake things up don’t break yourself.
Why This Works
Because each step builds on the last instead of competing with it. You stay in control. You keep energy high. And you stop the endless “smash it, then crash it” cycle that keeps most people stuck.
That’s why TAP clients don’t stall for long. We don’t chase fads, we don’t panic, and we don’t guess. We make small, smart moves in the right order and that’s what gets results that actually last.
Ready to Break Through Your Plateau?
I’ve coached clients through stalls just like this and every single time, the answer wasn’t panic or punishment, it was structure. One of my clients, Sarah, hit a 4 week plateau. Within 2 weeks of applying step 1 and 2, she dropped 1.5kg without cutting her calories further.
And that’s exactly what we do inside TAP Premium Coaching: no guesswork, no overwhelm, just clear, progressive steps that fit around your life.
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