7 reasons why you can't lose weight

1. You don't really want to lose weight. I see this all the time. People start a weight loss program or diet and they end up making excuses to get off the weight loss program or diet.
   
   "I can't workout today because the sun is too bright or I can't go to the gym because that annoying lady is there"
   
   These are some types of excuses people make (subconsciously) so they don't have to work to lose weight. When you really want to lose weight nothing and nothing at all will stand in your way. You exercise way too much and burn yourself out. This is almost the opposite of the first reason. You want to lose weight so bad you do everything in overdrive.
   
   You start off running/walking 5 miles a day. You're spending 4 hours at the gym and before you know it... you're too sore to try to lose weight or you got injured from working out too long and hard.
   
   Take your time and pace yourself. You got to realize your not going to lose 20 lbs in a day but only about 1-2 lbs. of fat a week.
2. You think not eating is all you have to do. You think coffee for breakfast, a small bag of chips for lunch and salad for dinner is all you need to do to lose weight. You think all you need is enough willpower to last you long enough to reach your weight loss goal.
   
   The truth is you have to eat and in some cases depending on how you eat now... you may have to eat twice as much as you are now to lose weight.
   
   And forget 3 meals a day... You should eat at least eat 6 meals a day. Eating just the right amount of food powers your metabolism and helps you burn fat.
3. You try to lose weight too fast.
   
   Only shoot for 1-2 maybe 3 lbs a week of weight loss. You may get lucky and have a 5 lb. weight loss week, but trying to lose 10 lbs a week is only going end up disappointing you.
   
   Is it possible to lose 10 lbs. a week? Of course it is but...
   
   Usually to do it - You have to go on some kind of diet where you don't eat and even if you do lose 10 lbs. in a week... You'll gain it all back once you finish the diet.
   
   When you lose weight slow it's going take forever for you to gain it back and you'll probably never gain any weight back because usually the weight loss plan you used to lose 1-2 lbs. a week slowly will prevent the weight from ever coming back and when you lose weight fast it comes back fast almost the next day.
4. You may already have a slow metabolism because...
• You're lazy - your not active during the day - so any extra calories you eat will turn to fat
• You're not eating in the first place (see reason # 3). No food means no fuel for your fat burning metabolism.
• You may have hypothyroidism
• Hypothyroidism is a condition where your thyroid is not functioning at a high level making your metabolism slow.
5. You're stressed out a lot. More stress = more body fat. When you get stressed out you eat because your body releases hormones telling your brain you're hungry.
6. You try to lose weight based on the latest weight loss gimmick and not your own common sense.
7. You eat your biggest meal right before bed