Weight Loss Programs

Why Can’t I Lose Weight?

Some people will do almost anything to lose weight. They will jump from one plan to the next hoping to find that miracle program that will somehow melt the pounds away. From the purchase of exercise gear that will make you drop those extra pounds in less than five minutes a day to the latest fad diet that says you shouldn’t eat anything, those who need to lose weight are desparate. People are searching the Internet looking for the answer to the question, “Why can’t I lose weight?”

Have you ever looked at some of the so-called diet plans that are available? It will amaze you at what people are trying to pass of as weight loss plans. How crazy can diets get? How about getting injections of a pregnant woman’s urine? Or eating nothing but cabbage soup? Has the world gone mad or are they just having a laugh at our expense.
If we are to take the question “Why can’t I lose weight?” seriously then we need to look at how that person has tried to lose weight in the past. If they have tried fad diet after fad diet and wanted to lose weight quickly then maybe that would be the first place to start.

We all know someone who is trying to lose weight, or is planning to go on a diet soon. Maybe it is even you that is in this situation. I recently had someone ask me that very question: “Why can’t I lose weight“? When we looked at her diet it was low in calories and low in protein. But what the person asking the question couldn’t understand was, she had been eating almost half the amount of food she normally ate and she still wasn’t losing weight.

The Internet is a wealth of information, but you have to be wary of the source. Without a doubt there is some information that is simply untrue. There is so much misleading information around on weight loss that it is no wonder there is total confusion. The sooner people realise that they will not lose weight permanently on a fad diet that either concentrates on one food, promises amazing weight loss in 7 days or suggests that you need to cut calories to lose weight, the sooner people will stop asking “Why can’t I lose weight“?

Most people that attempt to lose weight, don’t understand how the body works. They fail to learn how the body functions with regards to weight gain and weight loss. It seems to me that the majority of people who have a chronic weight problem have been doing something wrong. They have either been eating the wrong foods or simply eating too much and probably too late in the day. Anyone who thinks that they can lose weight by embarking on a fad diet that is far from being a well balanced nutritious regime is just fooling themselves. It is vital that all the people who are saying “why can’t I lose weight?” realize, first and foremost, that a healthy well balanced nutritious diet is the only way to proceed, not just for their immediate weight lose regime, but for life.

When a person tries a program that does give immediate results, they are given a sense of false security. Rapid weight loss is detrimental to your health and is unlikely ever to be sustained. Consuming low levels of calories as suggested by some diet regimes is basically a semi starvation diet and can cause loss of muscle from our organs including our heart. This is not a sensible plan.

When you do choose a weight loss program, be sure to do some research on it. Don’t accept the plan as the truth until you can find out how the program actually works. Always look for the scientific evidence to back up any diet you may choose to follow. And remember it is physiologically impossible to lose more than 2lb of fat a week. Any diet promising more than that is lying. You may however lose more weight than 2lb but it won’t be fat. It will either be water or muscle and most importantly your body will not be able to sustain that weight loss when you return to normal eating. So to answer the question “why can’t I lose weight?” it is likely to be because you are not eating enough of the right foods at the right time of day. It really is as simple as that.

Janet Matthews

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IGB TriPower Team