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Several people consider weight loss to be like emptying a bucket with a spoon. A tablespoon out of the bucket today, tomorrow, next week will over time empty the bucket. This is not true when it comes to our bodies. When we lessen our food consumption, our bodies try to store more calories the next time we eat more than the body requires. Therefore even though we are lessening our food intake much of the time, we will not lose weight if we have additional calories some of the time.

Doctors hear this comment a lot: “I am dieting frequently but I cannot lose any weight.” For many individuals, losing weight is a complicated venture. No matter what they seem to do, nothing seems to change. What is happening? Discovering the problem is only part of the answer.

Some of the most common reasons why we don’t lose weight are:

Many of our social interactions include food, also, restaurants portions have increased (particularly fast food).

We do not exercise as much as in the past and it is unacceptable to be hungry.

We do not remember the additional food we consume everyday, or we think we did not eat as much as we did. Lastly, we do not understand how weight is managed.

It’s also important to remember that when we consume fewer calories, we have a tendency to be less active, which probably stems from our biological programming to preserve body weight for survival.

The easy rule of weight loss is that you have to constantly burn off more calories than what you consume. Any kind of weight loss diet is acceptable as long as calorie intake is constantly decreased each day. A diet that is healthy with some amounts of veggies, fruits, grains and lean meat or fish is ideal.

Exercise helps, but unless you are an athlete, you will have to cut calories, too. And remember, it’s OK to be hungry when losing weight. Once a goal is achieved, every day is for maintaining. If you go back to eating more and exercising less, the weight will go right back on.

The majority of people do not know how much exercise is required in order to lose weight without having to cut calories. As well, exercise makes one more hungry. If a person on a diet can avoid eating more than was consumed before the diet and can burn off an extra 500 calories each day, that dieter is able to lose a pound per week.

If you were to walk or run for one mile, or go for five miles on a bike, that will burn off one hundred calories. If you complete five miles a day every day, and not have any more food than you were before, you stand to lose one pound a week. Alternatively, you can reduce two hundred fifty calories per day and finish two and a half miles to gain the same results.

Anyone is capable of losing weight. Not everyone can or should be thin, but everyone can attain a regular healthy weight. One must understand that we cannot eat all we want, whenever we want. We can eat well when food is on the table, however our food consumption must be balanced with exercise to achieve and keep at an optimal weight.

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