Despite the plethora of information available for weight loss people still are still getting fatter and the percentage of those wanting to lose weight is increasing.
The main reason why this is happening is because people tend to get weight loss help from the wrong places. Most of the times they fall into the traps of the so-called ‘miracle diets’, promising that if you follow a certain diet you will lose 10 pounds in 2 weeks. Something that cannot happen and in the cases that it happens it is not healthy and it is also guaranteed that after you stop the diet you will gain the weight back and sometimes more.
So, if some many people are trying to lose weight, why is the majority of people overweight?
1. Understand how your metabolism works
Our body metabolism works in such a way so as to protect us when we do not eat enough food. During a strict weight loss diet our metabolism becomes slower in an effort to reserve energy. By becoming slower this essentially means that it starts burning less calories then it normally should in order to save more energy.
2. Modern way of living
It is more difficult to lose weight in our times because there are so many temptations you cannot resist. There are lots of fast food restaurants where you can eat fast and cheap. Unfortunately these are also full fat foods and unhealthy. More and more people due to other activities tend to skip home made meals and buy either take away or eat out in a restaurant. This does not help someone’s weight loss efforts. Two decades ago this situation was not as intense as it is today. People used to cook at home and enjoyed healthier meals and life.
Also, more and more people are doing office work which does not help in burning calories. If you combine that with the fast food and office snacks you end up being overweight. It is also a fact that the time you have for physical activity and exercise is greatly reduced.
All the above factors contribute to the fact that a vast majority of people end up overweight.
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