A common complaint that many people have is that they are eating less but not losing weight.
What many of them fail to realize is that eating less sometimes isn’t enough.
If you’ve been eating less but not losing weight, consider these other important keys to weight loss.
Quality is just as important as quantity; if not more important.
Eating Less Not Losing Weight is not about calories…
What do you think would happen if you ate nothing but 1,200 calories worth of chocolate each day? Would you lose weight on such a diet? Probably not.
Your body needs certain nutrients to achieve a healthy weight. It’s not enough to simply eat less.
Also important to consider is the chemical chain reaction that is triggered by certain foods you eat, especially those with a high glycemic index.
The Glycemic Index is a measurement of the elevation in blood sugar levels certain foods cause.
Simple carbohydrates like white sugar, white bread, white pasta, and so on all have a very high glycemic index.
When you eat them, your blood sugar levels rise sharply, triggering a flood of insulin to be secreted by your pancreas.
The insulin’s job is to process the sugar so it can be used for fuel for the body, and anything that isn’t used for fuel gets converted to fat for later use.
Eating less not losing weight can be all about sugar…
But that’s not all – the more sugar you eat, the more insulin your body produces, and excess insulin in the bloodstream is believed to contribute to the storage of fat in the body also.
Needless to say, this kind of cycle is a very bad one to be caught up in if you are trying to lose weight. Next, consider where else your calories might be coming from.
You may be eating less, but are you drinking a lot of sweetened beverages? Alcohol?
Perhaps you are eating less during meals but still snacking? Or maybe you’ve been skipping meals and then binge eating when you sit down to your one meal a day?
Take a close look at everything that goes into your mouth and you may find the culprits that are hindering your weight loss.
Lastly, another consideration is just how much less you are eating. Does “eating less” mean you are eating very little food each day?
If so, you may have cut your calories down too low and your body has now gone into starvation mode to try and protect itself against famine.
It’s important to eat enough calories so that your metabolism stays running strong.
For most people that will be 4 to 6 meals totaling 1,200 to 3,000 calories each day – it will vary depending on your age, gender, height, and current weight.
There are plenty of good calorie calculators online; visit a few of them and enter your information to get a general idea of how many calories you need to eat each day.
