Can’t Lose Weight? Common Reasons

🤦‍♀️Can’t lose weight?…
💡Here are 3 common scenarios & possible reasons…
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🗣”I’m eating the same but gaining weight”…
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✔️You may be eating a ‘bit’ more due stress, lack of sleep, new schedule etc…
✔️You may have a decrease in NEAT (non-exercise activity thermogenesis)…
✔️If tracking, you may be under-estimating intake or experiencing a change in food intake…
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🗣”My hormones are making me gain weight”…
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✔️Hormones tend to be a scapegoat & you don’t gain weight JUST because of ‘hormones’…
✔️Especially during menopause, addressing lifestyle habits can significantly impact other hormones like cortisol, insulin to balance ‘menopause’ hormones out…
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☝️One caveat…
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⬇️When there’s a decrease in thyroid hormones (triiodothyronine known as T3 & Thyroxine known as T4) weight gain ‘may’ occur…
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🔬Research says people with mild (10-15% of pop) to moderate hypothyroidism (2-3% of pop) may experience a metabolic slow down of 140-360 cals a day which can lead to weight gain over time. So…
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🔆It’s important to address lifestyle changes to offset these 140-360 cals/daily (easily addressed with activity 🏋️‍♀️& proper nutrition🍽)…
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🗣”I’m eating 1000 cals a day and not losing weight”…
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✔️You may be underestimating intake. For example, not counting bites, licks, mis-measuring/tracking your food….
✔️Sometimes you may forget to log foods…
✔️Possibly you overeat on weekends so the average thru the week is still higher than the deficit created or needed to lose fat…
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🌟Your results are BEHAVIOR dependent – it’s all about
developing consistent, sustainable daily habits…
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💡Try…
📝Tracking your food (this creates a natural accountability)…
🛑Eating until you’re 80% full then STOP…
🤔Eating slowly & more mindfully…
🍎🥦🥩Eating more quality foods, less processed foods…
😴Getting more sleep…
🥴Reducing stress as much as possible…
🗺Getting some direction with nutrition/lifestyle…
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🙋‍♀️Yep, I gotcha there!…