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Reasons You’re Not Losing Weight: Many of us believe we might lose weight if we were more disciplined about our food and exercise routines. Patricia Ordody, a health coach, presents a distinct perspective on 2025 in her essay for healthwel360.com.
January is awash with diet schemes and exercise programs, and this year may be even more so due to exceptional circumstances. There are numerous reasons why, no matter how hard you work, your efforts aren’t yielding the expected outcomes. Here are some unique ideas for the new year:
1. Are You Eating Food Enough?
Our body is highly sophisticated and complex. It protects us by constantly adjusting its many activities in order to keep equilibrium. So, when you considerably reduce your calorie intake, your metabolic rate falls in order to burn fewer calories; otherwise, you will not have enough energy to carry out all life-sustaining functions. Your body will also cling to whatever you feed it and will not let go of anything you wish it would, such as excess weight, in order to protect you from “perceived famine.” Last but not least, without adequate nutrients, your body will begin to break down muscular tissue, further slowing your metabolism.I don’t need to highlight the fact that constant calorie counting and restriction cause unpleasant feelings, lower motivation, less happiness, and more stress.
2. Too Much Exercise
Stress, in whatever shape it takes—social, emotional, professional, environmental, or even the stress you put on yourself by following a diet and exercising every day—will disrupt all of our body functions if not controlled. Long-term stress impairs the body’s ability to regulate itself. When stressed, it will prioritize what it needs to do when threatened over digestion and metabolism, defeating your weight reduction goals.
You may believe that running 10 kilometers per day or doubling up on a high-intensity workout are necessary for weight loss, but they may be contributing to the problem. Exercise can sometimes be used as an excuse to eat or drink more than normal, either subconsciously or knowingly. In addition, if basic cortisol levels are already increased owing to stress, strenuous exercise will raise them even further. When cortisol levels are consistently high, the body does not break down fat.
3. Ingesting the Wrong Things
We all have different dietary and lifestyle needs. Habits, exercise level, state of health, personal preferences, geographic area, age, body type, culture, season, stress level, and sleep all influence the nutrients we need on a daily basis. Diet theories fail to account for these critical factors. While fundamental dietary principles, such as the Swiss Food Pyramid, provide a foundation, we must learn when and how much of certain foods work best for us, as well as respect our “bio-individuality.”
4. Too Much Of Food Focus
We all have different dietary and lifestyle needs. Habits, exercise level, state of health, personal preferences, geographic area, age, body type, culture, season, stress level, and sleep all influence the nutrients we need on a daily basis. Diet theories fail to account for these critical factors. While fundamental dietary principles, such as the Swiss Food Pyramid, provide a foundation, we must learn when and how much of certain foods work best for us, as well as respect our “bio-individuality.”
5. Calories In Are Not Calories Out.
You cannot balance your calories by just expending more than you take in. A Snickers bar contains 200 calories, which causes different biochemical reactions in your body than broccoli, lean meat, or quinoa. Our bodies are complicated and sophisticated, requiring many criteria to determine the best nutrition, physical activity, and balance for you. You cannot outrun a lousy diet with nutritional supplements and protein bars, and not all supplements are beneficial. Quality, quantity, and, most importantly, a solid nutritional foundation are essential.
There are innumerable more factors to consider, such as sleep quantity and quality, medical conditions, medications, hormones, food intolerances, and many more, which is why a comprehensive approach to health and weight management is essential.
Some tips to set yourself up for success in 2025:
Drink two liters of water each day.(just water, or with a bit of natural lemon taste; no Coke Zero or any other artificially sweetened beverage)
Walk whenever and wherever you can: Combine it with a phone call to a buddy or checking off your to-do list (pharmacy, grocery shop, etc.).
Walk whenever and wherever you can. Combine it with a phone call to a friend or checking off your to-do list (pharmacy, groceries). If you want to begin exercising, aim low. Plan ten to fifteen minutes three times a week. Most certainly, you will do more, but starting is the most difficult aspect. Even if you only do ten minutes, you want to set yourself up for success in order to keep the practice.
Instead of focusing on what you can’t have, try to incorporate more nutritious foods. This means eating a salad first, then a piece of cake, and then a glass of water before the hot chocolate. Telling yourself not to have something will simply increase your desire for it.
Get help: By the age of 40, we had ingested approximately 40,000 meals: These habits cannot be undone overnight.
Make it clear why you want to get healthier: to enjoy playing with your kids more, to fit into a specific pair of jeans, to perform better at work, or to obtain a second date. We change not based on what we know, but on how it makes us feel.
As a health coach, I will work with you to develop a completely personalised “roadmap to health” that is tailored to your specific body, lifestyle, tastes, and goals. Contact me if you want to learn more about how I can help you lay the groundwork for success – health is wealth.
