"I just do not take off" - five popular excuses
Some make it easy, others have a hard time. Weight loss works differently for everyone, depending on motivation, discipline and diet concept. But for some it seems to be hopeless. "I just do not take off," they complain and also have the appropriate explanation or apology at the ready. Five claims that are in circulation most often - and what's up.
"The hormones are to blame."
Hormones have a big impact on the figure: they regulate when the feeling of hunger sets in and determine which parts of the body fat is attached to. But you are not helpless.
If you feel you are always hungry, you should check your diet: Are there enough satiated people like protein-rich foods and vegetables on it? Are three meals regularly eaten? Even these two points are important in order not to let the hormones out of control.
Also, a hypofunction of the thyroid gland can slow down the metabolism and make losing weight difficult. Last but not least, hormonal changes during menopause cause women to gain weight more easily. But even that does not mean that losing weight is impossible - with exercise can bring the metabolism back on track.
"The many diets have messed up my body."
That's only true if you do it wrong. Then the yo-yo effect occurs. Anyone who starves during a diet will continue to reduce their basal metabolic rate and eventually end up eating less and less food. Of course that has its limits.
Here, too, the ripcord can be pulled: with perseverance movement to get the metabolism going and build muscle-active muscles with strength training. Then you can often diet - if it is still necessary.
"I do not eat much."
That can be a fallacy. Some people do not feel constantly snacking and nibbling in between as "real" food that turns caloric book. For them, only the main meals count.
But: the liquorice confection during the drive, the banana in the morning, one or the other biscuit during the meeting, the handful of peanuts in front of the TV - only these exemplary snacks bring a whopping 400 extra kilocalories to the clock. Studies have shown that these calories are not automatically saved during the main meals.
"I almost always have salad with me."
Especially women tend to press too much on the calorie brake. But who starves from salad to salad, only regulates his metabolism, and then really can not melt a pound more. The top priority is to become full with protein-rich foods. They heat the metabolism.
The body uses up to 20 to 30 percent of the energy that the protein provides for protein combustion. Important: Only three meals a day, so in between fat reserves can be burned.
"Everyone in the family is fat."
A little something is in it. For a while we inherit our appearance. The stature about, or even where the fat deposits are located with us, for example, on the stomach, thighs or hips. Even if we have a lively or sluggish metabolism, is determined in the genome.
But overweight parents and grandparents have rarely been born thick. And our pounds did not just fly to us like that. What and how much we eat, we have in our own hands. And even a sluggish metabolism can be revved up - with movement and muscle building.
