Why Do I Lose Weight So Slowly?
Are you trying to lose weight and are appalled by how slow your weight loss is? can’t help but wonder: Why do I lose weight so slowly? Well, you aren’t the only one, in fact it’s a very common question to ask. After all, most people want to drop their weight fast and slow results are both annoying and discouraging. So much so that you might be tempted to stop just because you don’t see much progress.
Well, quitting isn’t an option if your goal is to lose weight and look great. However slow progress isn’t that good either. So let’s address why you may not be getting the sort of weight loss results you were hoping for. There are actually a number of possible reasons for this, depending on your situation and where you are in your journey to a less fat you.
If you are just beginning with a good diet and exercise then the reason for a slow loss of pounds is that your body needs some time to adapt. It could take a few days or even a week or two before your body decides that it needs to adapt to the changes you’ve made (ie. lower calorie intake with increased physical activity.) I like to think of it as trying to move a large stone that’s been sitting in a place for a long time. You push and push and it doesn’t even budge, but eventually it starts to move, slowly at first then faster and faster, eventually it reaches a point where you just have to give it an occasional shove to keep it rolling. it’s a similar situation when it comes to losing weight.
The other possible reason is that your body has adapted to your work out routine, and the exercise that used to burn fat really well aren’t nearly as effective now. This situation is likely for people that have been trying to drop pounds for a while. You can read more about what makes for an effective weight loss exercise here. If that’s the case then you need to change things up and improve the amount of calories you burn during work outs by either spending more time or doing something more effective.
The last likely reason for slow (or none existent) progress is something that is often experienced by people who are trying to lose the last few pounds or those who only have a few extra pounds to lose. Usually at this point your levels of fitness has improved to the point where most pure cardio work outs are nearly worthless as far as fat loss goes (unless you fancy a 3 hour long run) and so you had to switch to interval or weight training. The thing about it (especially weight training) is that unlike cardio work outs it will build muscle. And since muscles weight more than fat, you can run into a situation where the scale actually shows an increase in weight.
This isn’t really a problem – you lose fat and gain muscle. But if your only measure of progress is weight scale, then it can be rather annoying when you don’t understand what’s happening. The first email you get when you sign up for Weight Loss Boosters Newsletter will explain what other measurements to take in addition to weight to track your progress.
But an easy way to do it is to see how well your clothes fits, muscles are smaller than fat (with the same weight) so if the scale shows the same result but you lost 10 pounds of fat and gained 10 pounds of muscles, your clothes should fit differently.
There might be other reasons for a slow weight loss, but the above three are the most common and the most likely answers for a question “Why Do I Lose Weight So slowly?” So don’t get discouraged and stick with it, if you do the right things you will lose weight!
