REASONS WHY YOU CAN'T LOSE WEIGHT

 

Your body is the baggage you must carry through life, the more excess the baggage the shorter the trip.

The three words women most want to hear from a man are - 'you lose weight', but for some reasons you are not able to lose weight.

DISCOVER WHY YOU CAN'T LOSE WEIGHT

You eat proteins and carbs separately.

The fans of a separate food diet are sure that you should eat proteins and carbs separately, otherwise you will need to worry about food rotting in your stomach.

However, the simple principle of anatomy totally ruin this theory. The level of gastric acid in your stomach makes the process of rotting impossible, and there's the duodenum between your stomach and the small intestine which perfectly digests proteins, carbs, and fats at the same time. Moreover, different enzymes are needed to digest proteins and carbs.

WHAT TO DO : forget about separating the food you eat. If you eat proteins and carbohydrates separately, your digestive system can't work properly, and you'll only acquire stomach problems instead of seeing positive weight loss results.

You don't use knife when you eat.

Our brain needs about 20 minutes to realise that we've eaten something and to estimate how full our stomach actually is. But we often manage to eat so much food during these 20 minutes that, as a result, our brain starts signalizing about overeating.

WHAT TO DO : cut every meal you eat into small pieces and use a knife.

 Firstly, it will make the process of eating slower and will boost your digestion . 

Secondly, it will seem to you that you've eaten more than you actually have.

You eat too much healthy food.

You may think that if you eat only salads, steamed fish, and fresh fruits, you shouldn't worry about gaining weight at all but, unfortunately, it's not true.

One tbsp of olive oil contains about 150 kilocalories, there is the same amount of calories in a half of a large avocada. If you add a tomato, a cucumber, and pumpkin seeds to make a salad, your light vegetables snack will turn into a real dinner of 500 kilocalories.

WHAT TO DO : studies show that eating too much, no matter whether you eat sweets or vegetables, is dangerous for your health and also affects your waistline. So if you want to keep fit, you should always pay attention to your portion size.

You are fond of detox diet.

Fresh juices and smoothies are certainly useful for you but not in the case when your diet consists only of them. If you follow this kind of diet, your body loses water and muscle mass instead of fat. In the end you'll quickly gain weight that you lost.

WHAT TO DO : instead of juices, choose whole vegetables and fruits. With them, your body will get all the necessary vitamins and fiber, which is important for smooth digestion.

You count calories.

The calorie content of food is counted by burning a sample of a product in a hermetic chamber. This amount of calories is usually written on the nutrition facts label on a product. However, nobody can actually count how many calories will be digested by your body.

Also, you can't count precisely how many calories you burn during your usual day. That's why the process of counting calories won't help you lose as much weight as you want.

WHAT TO DO : when choosing a product, pay attention to how healthy it is and how many vitamins and micronutrients it contains instead of how many calories there are. Don't forget that a handful of almonds will be much healthier for you than a half a chocolate bar, although they both contain 300 kilocalories.