How to Work Out Why You Are Not Losing Weight

Check how much water you are drinking., Chill on the diet restrictions., Avoid eating bread frequently., Exercise at least five days a week as soon as you wake up in the morning., Avoid eating "starchy" carbohydrates like pasta at the wrong times...

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Step-by-Step Guide

  1. Step 1: Check how much water you are drinking.

    If you are not drinking enough water to keep your body in a constant state of hydration, you will find it hard to lose weight.
  2. Step 2: Chill on the diet restrictions.

    Cutting calories, skipping meals or flat out starving yourself will not work long-term for effective weight loss. , Too much bread prevents weight loss. , If you don't, you will have a hard time losing weight. ,, If some part you believes you were meant to be fat, you will be struggling psychologically. , Avoiding this makes losing weight much less likely. , If you lack consistency you will keep making self-sabotaging decisions like poor food choices. , Eating a continuous supply of refined sugar (the stuff found in most packaged and processed items) will sabotage any weight loss efforts. , These do not work. , For example, if step # 1 and # 9 are your culprits, then for the next seven days, drink more water and cut the refined sugar out of your diet.
  3. Step 3: Avoid eating bread frequently.

  4. Step 4: Exercise at least five days a week as soon as you wake up in the morning.

  5. Step 5: Avoid eating "starchy" carbohydrates like pasta at the wrong times.

  6. Step 6: Believe that you can lose weight.

  7. Step 7: Have a specific "goal weight" that you want to achieve and a specific deadline for achieving it.

  8. Step 8: Be consistent.

  9. Step 9: Cut the sugar.

  10. Step 10: Don't eat a "low carb" or "no carb" diet.

  11. Step 11: Take the top two items that you feel have caused you to struggle and address them over the next seven days.

Detailed Guide

If you are not drinking enough water to keep your body in a constant state of hydration, you will find it hard to lose weight.

Cutting calories, skipping meals or flat out starving yourself will not work long-term for effective weight loss. , Too much bread prevents weight loss. , If you don't, you will have a hard time losing weight. ,, If some part you believes you were meant to be fat, you will be struggling psychologically. , Avoiding this makes losing weight much less likely. , If you lack consistency you will keep making self-sabotaging decisions like poor food choices. , Eating a continuous supply of refined sugar (the stuff found in most packaged and processed items) will sabotage any weight loss efforts. , These do not work. , For example, if step # 1 and # 9 are your culprits, then for the next seven days, drink more water and cut the refined sugar out of your diet.

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