8 Reasons You're Not Losing Weight
Over the 13 years I’ve been helping people transform their lives through health and fitness; I’ve come across a few challenging clients. It would be untruthful to say every client we’ve worked with has got results effortlessly. You see, that’s the point. Anything in life that has a large enough impact to improve the quality your life won’t come easy.
If you’ve seen our website (www.fitnesstogether.net) you’ll see our current theme (and picture): We Are Not a Gimmick. I felt this was something very important to communicate to the community and our clients because at some point a person looking for real lasting change has to stop looking for the easy way – the gimmick! Everything is “quick and easy” - right? Well not exactly.
When you stop looking for the easy way, you stop falling prey to the infomercial and hype advertising pandering to your weaknesses. You also stop veering of course from doing it the right way. You stop jumping from diet to diet and exercise program to exercise program. You actually stick to a plan and give it enough time to work.
To get the results you want, you have to change your habits and beliefs. You have to change the way you move, the way you eat and the way you think. Yes, I know this seems a little vague, but when you get right down to it. This is what it takes. I also know it sounds like a lot of work, but that’s only because most people have the following problems:
1. They don’t have the knowledge to put together a workable plan of action in this area of their life.
2. They don’t know how to implement a complete health, fitness and nutrition program that address all key areas required to getting lasting results.
3. They have too much misinformation and therefore are utilizing ineffective technologies and methods.
4. They don’t have a support system, accountability or coaching to help them follow through on the plan.It can be easier than you think when you have the right system. Not “quick and easy”. Not in the next 24 hours.
But sure is fun to see the smile on a client’s face, when they put it all together.
This is when everything really begins to happen.
What does this have to do with 8 Reasons You’re Not Losing Weight?
You just got number 1: Don’t Fall for Gimmicks.
It takes a real plan, effort and persistence.
Let me leave you today with number two. One that may not be so obvious to some: Sleep.
A lot of studies have shown that the lack of sleep is one of the other biggest contributors to America’s weight problem. If you are not getting at least 7 hours of good sleep, you can be significantly hindering your fat loss goals (and/or fitness goals).Why?
There are two reasons:
1. Lack of sleep reduces your body’s ability to recover from your workouts and make the physiological adaptations resistance training and aerobic workout is meant to create. A slowed recovery can also affect your motivation because staying with an exercise program becomes more difficult if you’re tired going into each workout.
2. Your body perceives the lack of sleep as stress. When your body is stressed it releases a hormone called cortisol, which Cortisol counteracts insulin by increasing gluconeogenesis and promotes breakdown of lipids and proteins, and mobilization of extrahepatic amino acids and ketone bodies. Longs story short, this leads to increased circulating glucose concentrations (in the blood) by increasing gluconeogenesis. This increases blood sugar inhibits your body’s ability to release and use fat as energy.
Next week we’ll look at the remaining six. If you’ve been following a good plan, been consistent and persistent and you’re still not getting results. You’ll want to tune back in to some of these not so obvious reasons you may be struggling:
3. Chronic Stress
4. Diet Imbalances
5. Hormonal Imbalances
6. Digestive Imbalances
7. The Wrong Type of Cardio
8. Prescription Medications
Until then, thank you for allowing me to guide you through the health and fitness maze.
If you’ve seen our website (www.fitnesstogether.net) you’ll see our current theme (and picture): We Are Not a Gimmick. I felt this was something very important to communicate to the community and our clients because at some point a person looking for real lasting change has to stop looking for the easy way – the gimmick! Everything is “quick and easy” - right? Well not exactly.
When you stop looking for the easy way, you stop falling prey to the infomercial and hype advertising pandering to your weaknesses. You also stop veering of course from doing it the right way. You stop jumping from diet to diet and exercise program to exercise program. You actually stick to a plan and give it enough time to work.
To get the results you want, you have to change your habits and beliefs. You have to change the way you move, the way you eat and the way you think. Yes, I know this seems a little vague, but when you get right down to it. This is what it takes. I also know it sounds like a lot of work, but that’s only because most people have the following problems:
1. They don’t have the knowledge to put together a workable plan of action in this area of their life.
2. They don’t know how to implement a complete health, fitness and nutrition program that address all key areas required to getting lasting results.
3. They have too much misinformation and therefore are utilizing ineffective technologies and methods.
4. They don’t have a support system, accountability or coaching to help them follow through on the plan.It can be easier than you think when you have the right system. Not “quick and easy”. Not in the next 24 hours.
But sure is fun to see the smile on a client’s face, when they put it all together.
This is when everything really begins to happen.
What does this have to do with 8 Reasons You’re Not Losing Weight?
You just got number 1: Don’t Fall for Gimmicks.
It takes a real plan, effort and persistence.
Let me leave you today with number two. One that may not be so obvious to some: Sleep.
A lot of studies have shown that the lack of sleep is one of the other biggest contributors to America’s weight problem. If you are not getting at least 7 hours of good sleep, you can be significantly hindering your fat loss goals (and/or fitness goals).Why?
There are two reasons:
1. Lack of sleep reduces your body’s ability to recover from your workouts and make the physiological adaptations resistance training and aerobic workout is meant to create. A slowed recovery can also affect your motivation because staying with an exercise program becomes more difficult if you’re tired going into each workout.
2. Your body perceives the lack of sleep as stress. When your body is stressed it releases a hormone called cortisol, which Cortisol counteracts insulin by increasing gluconeogenesis and promotes breakdown of lipids and proteins, and mobilization of extrahepatic amino acids and ketone bodies. Longs story short, this leads to increased circulating glucose concentrations (in the blood) by increasing gluconeogenesis. This increases blood sugar inhibits your body’s ability to release and use fat as energy.
Next week we’ll look at the remaining six. If you’ve been following a good plan, been consistent and persistent and you’re still not getting results. You’ll want to tune back in to some of these not so obvious reasons you may be struggling:
3. Chronic Stress
4. Diet Imbalances
5. Hormonal Imbalances
6. Digestive Imbalances
7. The Wrong Type of Cardio
8. Prescription Medications
Until then, thank you for allowing me to guide you through the health and fitness maze.
In Good Health
Pete Piranio BS, CSCS
Owner/Fitnss Consultant
Fitness Together
Brookfield 262-780-6350
Delafield 262-646-5444
Wauwatosa 414-453-9800
Woodbury, MN 651-436-8137
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