5 Reasons Why You Many Not Be Losing Weight

By Barb Taylor


Weight loss can be a difficult process. Sometimes even the things we think we are doing right turn out to be wrong. There are some things you can do to avoid sabotaging your weight loss, such as:

Overestimating Calories Burned

When working out it is easy to overestimate the number of calories burned. Especially if you are using an online calorie expenditure chart.

This is because most calorie tables overestimate calories burned by an average of twenty percent.

To accurately figure the calories burned during a workout you should use a heart monitor.

Avoiding Strength Training

When trying to lose weight it is important that you have a weight loss program which includes both weight lifting and cardio exercises. Strength training builds muscle and muscle speeds up your metabolism and burns more fat, thus promoting weight loss.

So if you find that your weight loss has slowed or stopped completely. Add in strength training, alternating it with your other workouts. This should help to break through the plateau.

Regular Alcohol Consumption

Alcohol slows down your body's ability to burn fat. Instead of burning off food your body will first burn off the alcohol that you have consumed.

Alcohol also makes you more likely to snack because it desensitizes the part of our body that regulates hunger.

Alcohol is full of calories and has not nutritional value. So if you must drink, stick to no more than one cocktail daily.

Skipping Meals

Skipping meals is never a good idea. This is especially true when trying to lose weight.

When your body goes without food for long periods of time your metabolism begins to slow down.

When you skip meals and allow yourself to become hungry, chances are you will reach for an unhealthy snack to fill the void

To combat this, do the opposite. Eat 5 or 6 little meals each day to keep your body from becoming hungry. To avoid overeating, figure out how many calories you need each day and divide it by the number of meals you will have to get the calorie count for each of your meals.

Setting Unrealistic Weight Loss Goals

Setting unattainable weight loss goals is one of the main reasons so many people do not achieve their weight loss goals. A lot of times people tend to overestimate what is possible and set monthly weight loss goals that are unachievable for the average person.

Reality is healthy weight loss takes time. Healthy weight loss is considered between one and two pounds each week.

Those who lose weight at this rate, tend to be more successful at keeping it off longer.

Following these 5 tips can help you avoid weight loss sabotage and put you on the road to healthy, long term weight loss.






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