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5 Reasons You are Not Loosing Weight

Are you still struggling to loose weight?  Following are the most common mistakes that we see people make, and NuTriFort can help give you advice to shed the pounds:

1)  You're Following Bad Advice:  In late 1970s, the United States began advocating a high-carbohydrate, low-fat diet. In the early 1970s, the average daily energy intake was 2,450 calories. By the year 2000, that number had risen to 2,618. Almost all of those extra calories came from carbohydrates, according to the Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES).

Do this:

Eat fewer refined carbs (processed starch foods). People are overeating carbohydrates, not protein and fat. So if you want to lose fat, start by cutting back on carbs. Ask nutritionists what the main purpose of carbohydrates is and they'll say, "Energy." The trouble is, most people are consuming more energy than they can burn.

2)  You Eat Fat-Free Foods:  Low-fat foods may make you fat.  They are most likely filled with more sugar and/or salt to make up for the lack of taste!

Do this:

Go ahead and eat full-fat foods — for instance, cheese, sour cream, and a nice, marbled steak. They have slightly more calories than their lower-fat counterparts, but they'll help you feel full longer after you eat. And that will reduce the number of calories you eat at your meal. 

3)  You (Still) Don't Eat Breakfast:  Sure, you've heard this one before. But it's important: Research show  that people who don't eat breakfast are nearly five times more likely to be obese than those who make it an everyday habit. After sleeping for 6 to 8 hours, then skip breakfast, your body is running on empty until you get to work. That will send a message to your brain to overeat at lunch, and also teaches your body to go into survival mode and store fat.

Do this:

Eat your first meal within 90 minutes of waking.

4)  You're Eating Too Much Sugar:  You've stopped drinking regular soda? Great, but your diet is probably still filled with the sweet stuff. Check your food labels. Some products marketed as healthy are packed with sugar. The problem: Sugar raises your blood levels of insulin, a hormone that signals your body to stop burning — and start storing fat.  Research also show that sugar causes the body to consume up to 30% more calories.

Do this:

Carefully read labels and use the 20% rule:  the total amount of sugarcontent should less than 20% of the total amount of calories you are consuming.

5)  You Don't Lift Weights:  Research consistenly show that people who did both aerobic exercise and weight training shed more pounds of fat than those who didn't pump iron.

Do this:

Make three total-body weight training sessions a week a non-negotiable part of your weight loss plan. A study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that lost muscle is replaced by fat over time. This not only makes you look flabby, but it also increases your pants size — even if you somehow manage to keep your scale-weight the same. The reason: Each pound of fat takes up 18 percent more space on your body than each pound of muscle.