Weight loss forever is the national obsession. Every day someone is complaining about their weight loss journey. It’s common to hear struggles of eating few calories but still gaining weight. Described are common underreported strategies for your weight loss goal.
Brain Rules
Our brain uses energy in the form of carbohydrates, generally referred to as “carbs.” Half of our recommended daily carb intake goes straight to the brain. This powerhouse organ, when overloaded with stress, requires more energy to function than usual. Most are unaware of their body response to stress. The brain signals can trigger iirresistible desires to reach for the nearest high-carb snack. We easily assume our urge for high carb food, like potato chips is a personal weakness. Overtime repeated failures with food choices becomes your Mindset.
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) Stress Survey suggests that more Americans are feeling stressed in 2018 than in previous years. This increased stress can create opportunities for our brain to override our health goals. Given this information, it is unsurprising that people are having an increasingly harder time with weight loss. It is challenging to change our relationship with food under the clouds of stress. There is a silent connection between stress and weight gain.
Diet Failure
The salty, sugary, or high-calorie foods that we crave do not provide the necessary food groups needed to manage weight properly. Those who skip meals usually do not take in enough daily calories and put their bodies into “calorie storage mode.” In this situation, no matter how little we eat, the body will store the calories to function, and weight loss will not occur. Neither of these options is useful for losing weight. So what can we do to achieve your health goals right now?
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Weight Loss Tips
First, acknowledge your emotional state. If you are feeling stressed, anxious, and overwhelmed, there will be no extra mental energy for weight loss. Achieving and maintaining your weight loss goal is a full-time job. When feeling stressed, managing food selection and portion control is very difficult.
Second– pick a manageable weight loss goal and method.You shouldn’t choose to wait until starving to eat. Hunger makes it difficult to manage portion sizes at mealtime. Why increase the odds of failing another attempt at losing weight? There is no need to guarantee your failure!
Third– find a weight loss program that works for you. If you hate spinach, why eat a diet plan smoothie? Why force yourself to eat something you hate? Lifestyle changes should make you feel good. Live your life, not someone formula for their success. Doing something you hate will make you feel punished. Usually, we do not maintain lifestyle choices that make us feel bad.
Call to Action
Be happy for your decision! There is wealth with health. Give yourself a gift by planning to achieve a healthy weight goal.