Does it seem you cannot lose weight?

Why does it seem you cannot lose weight?

Weight loss takes more than counting calories and exercising regularly. Achieving your weight loss goals involves knowing about the effects of age, weight set point, and genetics.

For anyone who is it seems cannot lose weight, particularly on a planned diet, involving self control, workouts and calorie counts, it is important to realize that achieving your weight goals means factoring in a whole lot of other things. Below are the major reasons why it seems some people cannot lose weight.

Three Factors that Contribute to Your Body Shape and Size (and make weight loss difficult)

Age:
The majority of people put on a little weight as they grow older because of a lower metabolism and reduced physical activity. Women often gain weight at menopause and everybody often finds out that as they grow older, they tend to put on weight no matter how little they eat. All these things make losing weight difficult.

Set point and metabolism:
Set point theory says what you weigh is basically fixed, and that you body tends to like to be a certain weight. Peoples set points are different, some low and other higher. That’s why some people gain weight very easily no matter how little they eat and some other people can eat almost anything and never seem to gain weight. You can still control how you gain or lose weight, but your set point make s it more difficult.

Your genes:
Your body shape, weight, and size is affected by your genes, making it hard to lose weight. Studies show that adopted children are most similar in body shape and weight to their biological parents. You see examples all around you, every day, of people looking exactly like their parents or grandparents