7 Hard Truths: Why You're Not Losing Weight

Losing weight is about more than just burning more calories than you eat. Factors, including your mindset and your hormonal balance can play a major role.

Maybe you tell yourself that you’re counting calories, but you give yourself a freebie when you’re in the break room at the office.

You’re lying to yourself.

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You need to cut out inflammatory foods, like gluten and dairy which can interfere with nutrient absorption.

You’re eating the wrong foods.

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Your body prioritizes metabolizing alcohol over everything else. So if you are drinking alcohol, you're NOT burning fat.

Too much alcohol

3.

Allowing a small splurge at one meal is totally fine, but binge-eating the entire cheat day can actually set you back weeks in your health journey.

Your Cheat Day is Out of Control

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Shying away from hunger can lead you to eat for comfort or to eat too many small meals throughout the day, contributing to a higher calorie count. 

You avoid hunger pains

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If you’re sleep deprived or don’t get adequate rest, your metabolism can suffer.

You’re not sleeping well

6.

Don’t look at exercise as a free pass to eat more; weight loss happens primarily as a result of your diet.

You're Eating Exercise Calories 

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Click the below link to learn even MORE reasons why you might not be losing weight.