One of the most common themes from people who come to Gym Reb3l for help is that they are doing X, Y and Z but do not seem to be losing any weight
And this just adds to the stress of trying to lose weight and unfortunately in most cases, people then give up
We have listed the 3 of the most common reasons why you are not losing weight, to help you move forward with your weight loss plan
You Are Consuming To Many Calories
While at Gym Reb3l know you do not need to track calories to lose weight successfully
You must still be aware of the calories from all forms that you are consuming
Snacks
Drinks
Food
Alcohol
We sometimes consume foods too which we believe to be a good choice but in fact they can be higher in calories that we expected
If you are struggling to lose weight and believe it may be your total intake then either;
Write down for 7-days everything you consume
Download MyFitnessPal and monitor your calories yourself
You Are Not Being Consistent Enough
Do not become reliant on this as you need to learn to recognise your daily consumption and create habits around your calories intake... and not be reliant on scanning and weighing your intake
You Have No Where To Go
A huge mistake people make when they first start out on trying to lose weight is to make huge changes
Exercise goes from 0 to 4-5 days a week (sometimes 7)
Calorie intake goes from 'weight gain' amount to 1000-1200 (very low)
So when you start to plateaux or your weight slowly increase you have no changes you can make
You can't fit in any more workouts as you don't have time
You can't reduce your calories any more as this will be even more unhealthy
This next bit takes time to get your head around but...
The goal of losing weight is to do as little as possible while consuming as much food as possible so when this happens you have room for changes
Start off with 3x 45 minute workouts per week along with your daily activity level and then keep your food consumption as high as possible while losing weight
BONUS: What You Must Never Do
Seeing the scales drop, your body shape change, close fitting better and/or dropping dress sizes plus you feel more and more confident is amazing
But...
In any weight loss program there is going to be times where you may not lose weight or things just might not feel as though they are changing
This is where most people make the biggest mistake of them all
They quit!!
The wipe out all the previous hard work and just quit
Undoing everything they have achieved because they can't physically see things changing
If this is you..
Then you need a coach
You need to work with a personal train who will coach you and keep you on track
Make you understand what is happening and the importance of it
By having someone work with you and coach you through the process you will not quit and instead... will achieve your weight loss goals
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