Can’t Lose Weight? The Reason May be Medical!

“According to the studies 90% of people think that their diets are healthy. However, the bitter truth is that only a scant of 1% meets the minimum standards of a healthy diet….”

You rarely eat chocolate and live on a stellar diet, but still can’t lose weight. You have been exercising, running miles everyday and going to the gym regularly. Even after weeks of doing everything right to drop a few pounds, all you have lost is patience. Before you lose your sanity in this process, check if there is a medical explanation to your problem. Read on to check if you have been hit by any culprits that sabotage even the best weight loss programs.

Saboteurs undermine your weight-loss programs!

Drug Intake: Check if you are taking any drug that leads to weight gain. Have you been taking any anti-depressants, mood stabilizers, or antipsychotics? All these have weight-gain as their side-effect.

Stress Hormone: Elissa Epel, PhD, Assistant Professor of psychiatry at the University of California at San Francisco said that ‘cortisol’ – the stress hormone, may add bite to the appetite, especially for rich foods. In extreme cases, the fat may deposit under the abdominal muscles and cause heart problems too.

Undiagnosed Problems: According to recent studies, there are a number of overlooked offenders that lead to weight gain and retain. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) being the most common among women is caused due to over-production of androgen.

Depression: Depression dramatically affects the eating habits thereby leading to weight gain. Sometimes continuous late nights induce munchies as you struggle to keep-off from shutting eyes and again lead to weight gain.

Postpartum Thyroiditis: 70% people are overweight because of the over production of the thyroid hormone by the thyroid gland. It is a common problem that attacks women a year after they give birth. Typical symptoms include fatigue, weight gain, constipation, dry skin, depression and poor exercise tolerance.

Exuberant Dieting: If you are eating very less in order to lose some weight, then you might after some time stop losing weight at all. Will power and rigorous dieting is not only what you need to shed the extra pounds. Body needs basic nutrients and therefore one should eat at least 6 times a day. Excessive dieting makes your body, hold onto belly fat. Dieting actually slows down the metabolism thereby increasing belly fat. Check the HCG Guide – a Revolution in Weight Loss, which bestows amazing tips to fight this problem. This will provide you tricks to control hunger. You will not have to exercise rigorously and would still lose 20 to 40 pounds per month. It will boost up your metabolism without any side-effect. It is a virtuoso for those who have been starving and have still not lost any weight.

Unhealthy Liver: Liver acts as a major fat pumping and burning organ. It regulates the metabolism. Liver might get affected either by bad eating habits developed in childhood or due to some genetic problems. According to the researches at Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, a defect in liver may prevent some liver enzymes from burning fat effectively causing people to eat more in order to create apt energy for the body thereby putting extra flesh.

Leptin Resistance: Leptin – an anti-starvation (and not anti-obesity) hormone secreted by fat cells ‘checks and balances’ system to control feelings of hunger and fullness. It informs brain that you are not hungry and informs body to burn the fat. Increase in Leptin resistance thus leads to constant craving for food thereby leading to weight gain.