It’s beyond frustrating when you want to lose weight and it just won’t come off. You’re making a devoted effort to eat healthy and exercise so what’s the problem? These are some ways your weight loss efforts could be going off course. If you can uncover the sneaky reason you aren’t losing weight, you can overcome it.
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1. You Skip Breakfast
Skipping breakfast always seems like a good weight loss strategy. I’ve thought about that myself. It seems like it’s a great way to save calories. Except it’s not. When you skip breakfast you end up starving by lunch or dinner and then take in way too many calories. Even an egg with a piece of toast is better than no breakfast at all.
2. You’re Underestimating Calories in
It’s easy to underestimate the calories you eat. You may just be guessing at the actual calorie count and be inaccurate. Or you could know the calorie count for a serving size but be judging it wrong. Try measuring your servings out for a few days. It can be very eye-opening to discover how much you were off.
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3. You’re Overestimating Calories out
It certainly feels like you’ve worked off 1000 calories after a workout. But did you really? In order to know, use a reliable method of measuring your calories burned. I like the My Fitness Pal app because it keeps track of that for me as well as my daily calorie count. It even has a place to log how much water you’re drinking.
4. You’ve Got a Soda Addiction
Soda addiction is sabotage to your weight loss efforts. Drinking regular soda means you’re guzzling hundreds or thousands of empty calories per day. I’ll admit they taste good, but they don’t offer you anything in nutrition for those extra calories. Diet soda isn’t a good alternative, either. Study after study has shown that diet soda is linked to being overweight. It’s unclear why that may be since it’s basically a no calorie beverage, but the results don’t lie.
5. You’re Not Getting Enough Sleep
Another study result that’s tested and true is that not getting enough sleep can lead to weight gain or at least the inability to lose weight. You can read an article on this subject by webmd.com by following this link. I know life is crazy but do yourself a favor and get your rest. Not only will you feel better and be healthier, you’ll have an edge on losing weight. That’s too many benefits to ignore!
6. You Eat out Most of the Time
Who doesn’t love to eat out? It’s yummy food and it saves you hours in the kitchen. But the cost is steep. Eating out usually isn’t as healthy as cooking at home. It’s generally higher in calories and fat content. You can choose to eat light at restaurants but sometimes the temptation is very difficult to resist and you end up making bad choices.
7. You’ve Got an Underlying Medical Issue
It’s possible that you’ve got an underlying medical issue that’s keeping you from losing weight. Several conditions can cause that, such as thyroid problems or Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. If you feel like you’re really making a strong effort toward losing weight and it isn’t coming off, then it may be time to visit your doctor. If something is going on, then you’ll be on the right track to getting it fixed. It could be the key to getting the weight off once and for all.
These are 7 sneaky reasons you may not be losing weight. Do you think that one of them is your issue? I hope this article was helpful to you.
Comments
Beth: Ami Allsop
Ruby1037: You also may not lose weight due to muscle growth.
Jade: Just remember, you need calories for your brain to function.
Nivin: That is exactly myself before regularly exercise & go on diet. Now um sure that all the habits were behind my weight gain. Thank you for sharing that!
Wendy: Yes, for me cutting back on soda kickstart my weight loss in fact the majority of the weight lost before I was pregnant. During pregnancy I put myself on a meal plan including no soda or alcoholic beverages. Then after pregnancy treat myself every now and then like a few times every couple of months my sweet treat is coca cola float or cuba libre is rum and coke with a hint of lime as long as it doesn't turn into a habit your good weightloss should not be an issue
Abbs: What type of shoes is the girl wearing in the picture??
CrR: Sleep is a huge issue for me as is stress
Bella: I skip breakfast every morning during the week because I don't have a quick enough breakfast what is a good breakfast that I can eat in 5 minutes?
Neha: How to lose weight in pcod
Moneeza: Helpfull..
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