Dieting and exercise will not let you achieve a permanent weight loss. It doesn't work for 95% of dieters. It's a big fat lie! And it's not your fault. You've been brainwashed as well as your doctor who tells you that you have to lose weight, and to go on a diet.
But they are just as ignorant as the general population that has been fooled by a diet industry that KNOWS the statistics, and uses dieter's low self-esteem and desperation to keep them "hooked" and coming back constantly for the new "miracle diet".
If you are overweight the most likely reason is that stress caused you to binge eat (stress eating) AND changed your metabolism (increase of the stress hormone cortisol).
So now you try to diet eat tasteless low calorie, low fat foods that leave you hungry. You try to exercise your butt off (but that is actually stressful, and makes your body automatically hungrier until all your thoughts are about your next meal). But neither eating less, or exercising more will increase your chances to lose the weight permanently!
So how can you improve your chances of actually permanently losing weight? By eating MORE, and more often. Because eating less automatically slows down your metabolism within 2 days, the opposite is also true. When you eat more often, you maintain a feeling of satiety (fullness) and it stabilizes your blood sugar levels.
It makes your brain happier, gives you more energy - and actually increases your metabolic rate!
When you've been chronically under-eating, it's hard to get your body to feel comfortable with more food in your stomach. So start to increase the amount you eat slowly. Increase the number of meals you eat. Carry fruit or energy bars with you to give yourself a boost in the afternoon. You get tired in the afternoon, not because you need caffeine, but because you need FOOD!
Give yourself a treat of ice cream, and the things you've been depriving yourself of, and eat it mindfully and enjoy yourself! Mindful eating is one of the best stress relievers. But you must do it slowly and concentrate only on food: not on driving, watching TV, a conversation, texting, reading, or anything else.
It will take some time to break old habit of under-eating. But it will happen when your body is ready. Everyone is different; so accept and honor your own needs. Eat more, and then you will find you're feeling better mentally, physically and over-all. When your stress levels are lowered, that's the time that your body will release the extra weight it's been carrying around.
To learn more about why dieting is a "losing battle", and the ways to allow your body to drop weight effortlessly, read my book "Diet Industry Lies that Make You Gain Weight: Why Eat Less and Exercise More is a Hoax Designed to Keep You Coming Back" by Lianda Ludwig, at http://www.MakeItSoMindset.com/DIL-book. It was an Amazon #1 Best Seller!
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