What are 5 key reasons you aren’t losing weight.

The not so calorie conscious calorie counting:

You’re in and you’ve committed, you have downloaded that calorie counter you have heard so much about and you are ready to start losing weight by scanning labels and plugging in data like a pro. However, the key to calorie counting is specifics. One mans bowl of cereal is another mans 1000 calorie meal. That is, a bowl of cereal could be 300ml of milk and 60g of cereal or 120g of cereal and 600ml of milk depending on how liberal you are with your freeloaded pouring motion. If you had chicken and rice for dinner did you measure out 300g of chicken and 40g of cooked rice and track that? Or did we just freeload a bunch of rice in a pan, bang it on a plate and throw a random amount of chicken on top? If you are going the calorie counting route you really need to focus on specifics and get accurate measurements of the food you are consuming day to day

The weekend blowout:

Unfortunately, calories do also count on weekends. Working really hard and being strict through the week to build your calorie deficit only to go out on the weekend plough through a pizza, 6 pints and finish with a kebab means your weekly deficit quickly evaporates and probably becomes a surplus. Weekend eating also needs to be managed unfortunately.

The its healthy so its fine:

When it comes to energy and energy storage within our bodies, calories are I am afraid calories. Sure fruit and vegetables have more nutrients and will fuel your day far better than a Mcdonalds burger, but if you eat 2000 kcals of fruit and veg or 2000 kcals of Mcdonalds you’ve still eaten 2000 kcals. If you are eating maintenance at 2000 then you aren’t going to lose weight.

Restaurants and takeaways:

Restaurants and takeaways make some extremely tasty food, but  to make such food taste so good they often use copious amounts of sauces and overzealous portion control. If you make a habit of restaurants and takeaways (once per week religiously is still a habit I am afraid) then you are on a sure fire route of blowing your weight loss goals.

The exercise over estimator:

I hate to break it to you, but that smart watch is a liar. It might say you burnt 3000kcals today, but this is based on averages and estimates of activity. Gym equipment also lies, the treadmill might say you have earnt that Greggs sausage roll after 15 minutes of light jogging…However to put some perspective on it you would actually need to complete around 700 burpees for such a treat.

Summary

So there you have it. 5 key reasons why you are not losing weight. We hope this article proves useful and has you speeding much faster toward your weight loss goals.