People often look for quick fixes, pills, and detox teas when they are trying to lose weight quickly without following the right diet or exercise routine. However, these strategies often bring in temporary results at best. Quick fixes such as crash dieting may help you lose some amount of water weight initially, but they rarely lead to significant fat loss. Crash dieting may also cause nutrient deficiencies and unhealthy eating habits. These shortcuts often stop individuals from following balanced nutrition and exercise, which are actually the right ways to trim down. In this article, we would tell you 5 reasons you willl not lose weight and what to do about it.
1. You Are Relying on Fad Diets:
With fad diets such as cabbage soup diet or juice cleanse, you may lose a little amount of weight, but if you are aiming to lose 10 kgs or 20 kgs, fad diets will certainly disappoint you. They only bring in short-term results, you may lose a little water weight, and the risk of gaining back all the lost weight is much higher. For long-term results, follow a balanced diet with optimum calories and nutrients. You can have carbs, protein, fiber, essential minerals, vitamins, and even healthy fats while losing weight.
2. You Expect Instant Results:
Just as you didn’t gain weight overnight, you wouldn’t be able to melt away all the extra pounds in a single day or a week or even a month. Fat loss is a process and it would take quite some time to see results. FYI, excess sweating does not mean fat melting away, so sauna belts would not be a good investment to achieve weight loss. Expecting instant results would lead to disappointment and you would lose the motivation to go ahead in the weight loss journey.
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3. You are Cutting Calories Without Thinking About Nutrition:
Nutrients are necessary to run all the functions of the body, and the main source of nutrients come from teh daily food we consume. Without the optimum amount of nutrients, a lot of important functions would go haywire. When you cut down a lot of calories and try to eat as less as possible, it can lead to nutritional deficiencies and hormonal imbalances. Come to think of it, even the fat-burning process requires a lot of nutrients without which weight loss would not happen. In a study mentioned on the National Library of Medicine website, increasing fruits, vegetables, and low-fat dairy may help achieve weight loss and maintenance.
4. Relying on Cardio To Lose Weight:
A lot of individuals solely rely on cardio exercises to melt away extra fat, but too much cardio can increase cortisol, which is the stress hormone that encourages fat storage. Doing excessive cardio will also increase appetite and may lead to overeating. So, if you are not mindful about the diet part, you would gain weight instead of losing. Along with cardio, get more physically active, get 10,000 to 12,000 steps every day, and try other means of exercise such as yoga, walking, dancing and strength training to acheive faster results.
5. Not Making Lifestyle Changes:
Getting only 3 to 4 hours of sleep is the biggest mistake we all make when trying to lose weight. Sleep deprivation is linked to increase in belly fat, so make an aim to get at least 7 to 8 hours of sleep each night. As already mentioned above, chronically elevated cortisol level caused due to high stress level also encourages fat storage in the body. So, the first step towards achieving your weight loss goal would be to make lifestyle changes such as getting more physically active, getting quality sleep each night, and finding effective ways to de-stress.
With the right strategies in place and positive lifestyle changes, you can lose weight without too much struggle and disapointment. For more details on the right kind of diet plan to follow, email me at [email protected]
