It’s frustrating that you’ve tried a lot of weight loss diets, but you still get the same result, After you lose weight you return to gain it again, or worse happens; you gain more weight than you were before you started your diet.

Then you look for another diet to lose extra pounds, but the problem is that there are a lot of diets and medical opinions that make you completely confused; one expert tells you that it’s okay to eat fat, a second expert tells you that you shouldn’t eat carbohydrates, another tells you that you should eat more protein; the result is that you get confused, and in the end you blame yourself, and what makes matters worse is that they tell you that you lack willpower.

According to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation), approximately 75% of American men and 60% of American women suffer from overweight or obesity, but the good news is that being overweight is not an impossible problem to solve, does not require a lifelong struggle to get rid of it, and does not mean that all means to reduce weight will end with disappointing results.

This article aims to make you give up some misconceptions and beliefs that reduce the results of your efforts to lose unwanted weight.

The truth you need to know about losing weight:

If you want to reduce your weight and maintain the new weight, here’s what you should know first:

• The starvation strategy will not help you.
• Diets that use food points will not help you.
• A protein-rich diet will not help you.

Reasons that prevent you from losing weight:

1. Not relying on the right and healthy diets:

The dieting profession generates more than 60.9 billion dollars in annual revenue, however, the failure rate of dieting programs ranges from 80% to 99.8%, depending on the target segment, and the truth is that most people cannot adhere to the diets that are given to them, because they are unreasonable systems that require a person to starve himself.

This is not a reasonable way to eat; it’s strange and unhealthy advice, and the problem with diets is that they are just momentary efforts, give positive results only for a certain period, and then return to gain weight again, and what happens is one of two things:

1. You reach the weight you want, you stop dieting, and you return to the previous eating habits that were responsible for the weight gain.
2. You get frustrated, and give up dieting, because you are not losing weight as you expected.

If you want long-lasting results, you need an effort that is made for the long term, to be fun and healthy.

The first thing you should do is to stop scolding yourself, and start trying a new lifestyle; You can enjoy delicious and nutritious foods, which lead to a feeling of satiety; so, treat food as a medicine that nourishes the body, instead of depriving yourself of it.

2. Not eating good quality carbohydrates:

You are asked to limit the intake of carbohydrates, as they lead to obesity and the development of diseases, but when it comes to carbohydrates, the solution is not to abstain from them but to choose healthy carbohydrates.

The types of carbohydrates that cause obesity and diseases are refined carbohydrates, such as sugar, white flour, which contains white bread, cereals with high sugar content, sodium, low-fiber carbohydrates, pastries, and biscuits.

However, it is proven that good carbohydrates, such as potatoes, corn, rice, whole grains, fruits, and vegetables help to lose excess weight and promote physical health.

3. Not eating low-calorie foods:

Calorie density is a measure of the number of calories in a given weight of food, high-density food contains a large number of calories in a small amount of food, and low-density foods contain much fewer calories in the same amount of food.

While the calorie density of the types of foods comes with their weights:

1. Vegetable_100 kcal, per half a kilogram.
2. Fruit _ 200 kcal, per half a kilogram.
3. Potatoes _ 318 kcal, per half a kilogram.
4. Oils of various types _ 4.000 kcal, per half a kilogram.

Satiety is a feeling that depends on the stretch receptors and food in the stomach. When your stomach is filled with food, these receptors send a message to the brain, which translates it into a feeling of satiety. then you can fill your stomach with 1000 calories, or 500 calories, and the more fat you eat, the more calories you get; each 1 gram of fat contains 9 calories, compared to 4 calories per 1 gram of carbohydrates.

Some diets include eating large amounts of fatty foods, and you can lose weight through this method, one of the reasons for rapid weight loss at first is due to water loss and low calories; most studies indicate that eating a large amount of fat is associated with an increased risk of heart disease and Type II diabetes.

An experiment entitled “Lifestyle and its relationship to heart health”, headed by Dr. Dean Ornish, showed: a cure for coronary atherosclerosis, a 91% reduction in angina pectoris – chest pain caused by reduced blood flow to the heart – and a 24% decrease in cholesterol in the body.

Another study by Dr. “Caldwell Esselstyn” (Caldwell Esselstyn) entitled “Strategy to stop the development of coronary atherosclerosis and recovery from it: a 5-year long study through the practice of one doctor” showed that patients with a history of heart disease who underwent the study, their cholesterol decreased from about 246 to below 150, the progression of the disease was stopped, in many cases the injury was cured, or the symptoms of angina pectoris were minimized, in others it was eliminated, there was no a kind of medical intervention.

Dr. Dean’s experiment, and Dr. Caldwell’s study, used a high-carbohydrate, low-fat diet; the calorie density of the foods eaten ranged from 10% -15%.

4. Not eating enough fiber:

Whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and legumes contain fiber; following a diet rich in fiber makes you feel full, and at the same time you get a few calories, this contributes effectively to weight loss, and getting enough fiber has several benefits, including:

1. Reduces the risk of developing diabetes of the type
2. Reduces the risk of breast cancer and colorectal cancer.
3. Reduces acid reflux through the esophagus.
4. It facilitates bowel movements and makes them regular.
5. It helps to absorb minerals and vitamins in the body.

So try to eat 45 grams of fiber a day to get these benefits.

5. Being deceived by marketing methods for food products:

You should not be fooled by marketing methods for food products, as we often find food products with “9 grams of protein” written on their packaging, “30% less fat” and so on; these are marketing methods aimed at making you think that you are buying more healthy foods than they are, and to avoid this trick you should read the nutritional information that is written on the product, and this is what you should pay attention to:

1. Calories, Although we do not count them, knowing the amount of calories in a product, helps you determine the calorie density when choosing your meals.
2. Fat; The calories you get from fat should not exceed between 10% _and 12% of your total calories, which means that if you consume 1800 calories a day, the amount of fat you eat per day should not exceed 24 grams.
3. Fiber is one of the most important elements in your diet, and you should eat 45 grams of it per day.
4. Cholesterol, the manufacture of which is taken care of by your body automatically without the need for external sources, and any addition is not only unnecessary but also harmful.

6. Lack of commitment:

One of the problems that many people who are trying to lose weight suffer is frustration. what happens is that you get frustrated when you don’t lose weight as fast as you expected. You find it difficult to imagine the result because it seems almost impossible. the best way to overcome frustration is to focus on the benefits of your healthy diet choices regardless of their impact on your weight.

For example::

• How proud do you feel when you choose a shout meal?
• How to avoid feeling bloated and exhausted after a healthy meal
• How satisfied do you feel about yourself even with just a little weight loss?
• And what you should focus on is imagining how your health and appearance will become after losing all the extra pounds.

It is annoying to return to gain the weight you lost as soon as you give up your diet, so with these methods you will not feel hungry, and you can even eat more, provided that it is healthy food and you continue to lose weight.

In conclusion:

Eat healthy carbohydrates and high-fiber foods, avoid harmful foods, and imagine how you will look when you reach the ideal weight; you will undoubtedly become more energetic and active, you will be able to do more activities with other people, and you will maintain good health for as long as possible.

Now you know what are the reasons not to lose weight, and all you need to do is stick to a healthy diet so that you get the slim body you want.