5 Reasons You Are Not Losing Weight

The Mythology of ObesityBack in the 1950s, this was the

common clinical lore –

95% of the people who lost weight regained it.

However, There Is Hope

In a relatively recent study by Dr. Wing and Dr. James O. Hill of the University of Colorado, it was found that the average

respondents had successfully managed to maintain a 60-plus pound weight loss for almost half a decade.

SO WHAT HAVE YOU HAVE BEEN DOING

WRONG? WHAT HAVE YOU

BEEN MISSING ON?

Weight Loss Failure Reason # 1 Sugar Sugar Everywhere

You never realized but even the most seemingly sugarless foods such as pastas, salad dressings, soups and sauces have some sugar content.

Sugar in these is garbed in fancier names such as high fructose corn syrup, agave nectar, and dextrose.

Weight Loss Failure Reason # 2

Have you been drinking your calories?

Did you know the number of calories in your favorite beverages?

16-ounce Sweetened Tea has 160 calories5 ounces of wine has 130 caloriesAnd here’s the killer –20-ounce Smoothie has 410 calories

As per statistics from WebMD.com, Americans on an average get almost 21% of their calories from liquids.

The best that liquids satisfy is your thirst. Do not consider them as substitutes for solid foods to satiate hunger.

Weight Loss Failure Reason # 3

No Stress, No GainYou Stress, You Regain

How many times did you tell yourself that food had a calming effect on you?

Do you have the habit of digging into your favorite apple pie after a tough day at work?

Do you de-stress with a bowl of potatoes chips and cheesy dip?

Eating is not a long-term fix for stress. Stress makes you crave for high-carb foods. You end up binging on starchy foods to feel full and better.

The result – weight loss failure.

Weight Loss Failure Reason # 4Not Getting The Recommended Shut-Eye

Only a well rested body will be able to store fat efficiently.

The more hours you spend awake, the greater your chances of heading to the kitchen and opening your fridge to de-stress.

And not to forget late-night binging.

Weight Loss Failure Reason # 5

You Sure You Got Over Your Bad Habits?

The key to not getting caught in the vicious circle of weight loss and regain is to identify your bad habits and get over them.

Make a plan to get yourself out of their clutches.

Take the help of your friends and family to get over them.

Make sure you make your bad habits public so that there is no chance of recidivism without your losing your closed ones’approbation.

But What If It Still Doesn’t Work?

If you find it hard to keep those pounds at bay despite following strict diet and workout regimen, you may have to consider weight loss surgery, which is more formally known as bariatric surgery.

What is Bariatric Surgery?It refers to a gamut of procedures which

helps the overly obese lose weight.It is to be taken as the last resort for

people who have failed to vanquish obesity with diet control and exercise.

The bariatric procedures involve reducing the capacity of the stomach to hold food.

Some of the procedures also alter the way food passes through the digestive system and gets absorbed.

Different Types of Bariatric SurgeryLap Band – In which a silicone band is wound around the stomach to limit it’s capacity.

Gastric Sleeve – In which 75% to 80% of the stomach is removed to limit its capacity to hold food.

Lap Band

Gastric Bypass – In which the stomach is reduced to nearly a fourth of its original size and which makes the food bypass part of the small intestine. Because the food bypasses the intestine partially, fewer nutrients get absorbed, thereby

resulting in weight loss.

Gastric Plication – In which thestomach is folded into itself using sutures to reduce its capacity to hold food.

Sources

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