Are you on a diet, but you still can’t lose weight? Perhaps you make a few mistakes that seem insignificant to you, which prevent you from parting with excess weight.
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“Lisa” will tell you several possible reasons that prevent you from losing weight:
1. You don’t have a specific place to eat.
If you often eat at the computer, in bed or while driving a car, urgently get rid of this bad habit — it’s so difficult for you to control how much food you ate. Perhaps the sandwich that you finished with your child is not perceived critically by you, however, it contains 100–200 calories. Choose one place in the house and eat only there — this will help keep track of the amount eaten and will not allow you to eat for some reason other than hunger.
2. You limit your fat intake
If you are going to or have already eliminated fats from your diet, you should urgently review your menu and include the “right” fats in it — nuts, vegetable oil, oily fish, avocados. These products will not only help you feel full for a long time, but will also have a beneficial effect on the skin, hair and nails.
3. You’re Not Getting Enough Protein
Oddly enough, increasing your protein intake can be a significant help in losing weight. The fact is that each time, digesting food, the body consumes energy, and proteins require the most energy in the process of digestion — in this case, much more calories are consumed. Therefore, increasing the proportion of proteins compared to carbohydrates and fats while maintaining the same amount of food will help the body to store fewer calories.
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4. You don’t remember what you ate
If you do not remember all the food that you ate during the day, then you do not control your diet — it will be problematic to part with extra pounds. It happens that with coffee, tea and other drinks you can consume 300–400 extra calories per day. By the way, drinks should not be overlooked either — for example, sweet soda contains a lot of calories. In a word, in order to fully control your diet, nutritionists advise keeping a food diary.
5. You combine food and entertainment
Combining your favorite activity with food is a bad habit. Pull yourself together and stop spending time at the computer or in front of the TV screen with a plate in your hands. So you get carried away with what is happening on the screen and do not at all keep track of how much food you devoured under your favorite TV series or an exciting talk show.
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