Why can’t I lose weight? - Christine Cronau

1 Why can t i lose weight ?For most people LCHF (low carb, high fat) is the answer to never dieting again people are astounded that they can eat fat and still lose weight . And, because they are eating fat, they are never deprived, never hungry, and feel satisfied for the first time in years. So why doesn t this happen for everyone? Why do some people still struggle with weight loss? Here are the biggest contributors when people are not losing. The most common are listed of LCHFB efore we look at anything else, it is important to read enough to truly understand LCHF. Often times, people think they are following LCHF, but they are making some fundamental mistakes, such as having oatmeal or fruit for breakfast. The most important time to eat protein and fat is in the morning. And, fruit first thing in the morning will spike glucose and insulin levels, especially bananas, which are often added to are extremely sweet; I never eat an entire banana; we split one banana between the four of us for a fruit salad, or use two bananas to make ten ice blocks.

2 But, some people are popping an entire banana into a smoothie and drinking it first thing in the major factor can be not eating enough fat. Many people are reluctant to eat fat, so really don t get enough, which can prevent weight loss. I know it has been drummed into us that fat has twice the calories of carbohydrate or protein, but surprisingly, natural fat, especially saturated fat, is the least likely calorie to be stored as body fat. Hence, the more you eat, the more likely you are to lose balanceYears of western style diets leave us very acidic. Dr Lynda Frassetto, researcher and professor of Medicine and Nephrology at the University of California San Francisco, found that because of the sheer amount of acid waste our bodies are forced to deal with, they end up stockpiling it in our adipose (fatty) tissue. We do this to protect our vital organs from degradation and failure.

3 Our fat is literally saving our organs. This is why some people have trouble losing weight , even if they are doing everything else right. pH is extremely easy to balance on a LCHF diet with the addition of a morning lemon drink with lime juice, lemon juice and apple cider vinegar. Eating enough protein is also essential for balancing pH. Most people have heard that consuming too much meat, cheese, and eggs is acid forming, but this is a proteins are acids. They are full of essential amino acids and essential fatty acids. We are meant to consume these acids! However, these acids, and the malic acid in apple cider vinegar, the citric acid in lemons and limes, the lactic acid in cultured dairy are all converted to bicarbonate in the body, so they are actually alkalising. To learn more about pH, and exactly why protein is alkalising, my book Regulating pH The Real Story is available here: are also stored in fat cells, which makes it very difficult to lose weight if we are using toxic face creams, soaps, and beauty products.

4 To read about some In addition, cheap products like lemon and vinegar can be used for cleaning. And bicarbonate of soda works brilliantly as a stressThe majority of people struggling with weight loss have experienced a lot of starvation stress. A life time of dieting damages our thyroid, our metabolism, and our hormones. If these three aren t working correctly, our bodies are likely not to respond the way they otherwise would. The good news is that LCHF is the perfect nutritional support for these conditions, so while the weight loss may not occur right away, the body starts to heal. Most people report having more energy, and skin conditions and other ailments they have struggled with clearing can also offer the thyroid extra support with ginger, withania, iodine, zinc, selenium, and the amino acids in protein. Most people who diet become extremely deficient in these nutrients, so offering extra support can give the thyroid an extra boost.

5 Metagenics Thyro Balance has all these nutrients in the one tablet, and a naturopath or nutritionist can prescribe most important thing to remember is to allow the body to heal. If we think about how much stress we have caused our bodies, and for how long, it can take a good while to heal. The great news is that it does. The body is quite remarkable and has an incredible ability to heal if we give it the optimum environment. And, LCHF does wisdom would certainly like to convince us that frequent exercise helps with weight loss, but there are some very good reasons why exercising too much will actually force our body to retain someone asks me why they aren t losing weight , around half the time, they are exercising five or six days a week. Over-exercising, particularly vigorous cardiovascular exercise, causes our cortisol (stress hormone) level to rise, and the body responds by stopping all forms of energy storage, meaning it will no longer store glycogen in our muscles for energy.

6 When glycogen can t be stored, it is converted to fat and stored in our fat cells. If we only produce cortisol occasionally, it isn t an issue, but if we are producing excess cortisol by exercising often and vigorously, it certainly is a problem. Elevated cortisol levels cause our body to lose muscle and store fat, reduce our metabolism, and increase our that we know that our stress hormone, cortisol, can make us hang on to fat, imagine what happens when we live in a state of high stress; we get fatter. And, think about the stress we experience when we continually jump on the scales, only to find that we ve gained! To maintain our health, and our weight , it is important to take a step back and reduce our stress levels. Slowing things down doesn t mean we get less done; in fact, we are more likely to achieve more in a calm, centred Nicholas Perricone, author of The Perricone weight -Loss Diet and other books on health and anti-ageing, states that just by switching from coffee to green tea alone will result in a five kilo weight loss.

7 This makes sense because the organic acids in coffee raise our insulin levels and our blood sugar, which triggers storage of body doesn t have to be green tea; you can switch to anything that takes your fancy. I love a beautiful cup of chai tea, sweetened with stevia, which you can have caffeinated or decaffeinated. THE FAT REVOLUTIONPART 3 : weight LOSS106 DigestionMost people chew their food between one and three times before gulping it. If weight loss is a goal, not chewing adequately is a huge digest our food well, it needs to be chewed into very small pieces (almost liquid). Our digestion doesn t start in our stomach; it actually starts in our mouth. The saliva starts to break it down before it even hits our food well also produces less gas in the colon, because the bad bacteria in our gut thrive on large chunks of undigested food, and gas is their by-product.

8 When we don t chew our food, we encourage the growth of bad bacteria in our gut, which overrun the good bacteria, and we end up with candida and other yeasty , this comes back to our constant need to rush and eat on the run. We need to chew each bite around 35 times, more if it is a tough piece of meat. It might sound boring, but eating is one of the biggest pleasures in life. We miss out when we don t truly enjoy our food. Wouldn t you rather take ten minutes to savour a piece of passionfruit cheesecake, and really taste it, than inhaling it in 30 seconds? I know I addition, avoid drinking with your meals; this common practice dilutes stomach acids and, as a result, hampers digestion. Refrain from drinking half an hour before and one hour after each does poor digestion inhibit weight loss? It takes around 20 minutes for our satiety signals to register once we have food in our stomach.

9 When we eat too quickly, we can eat too much before our satiety signals have time to work. Poor digestion also allows toxins to remain in our system because the body is unable to achieve its normal detoxification processes. Toxins slowly accumulate in our body, and they are stored in our fat cells (to keep them out of our blood stream).Some people lose weight by just changing this one habit alone. By paying attention to food, enjoying it and savouring it, and chewing, instead of thinking of something else or mindlessly watching TV or something similar. It doesn t mean you can t talk, or sometimes watch TV with food, but be mindful of the food (the texture and taste) and chew it into a must eliminate well to lose weight . Elimination is how we get rid of our waste products and toxins. When we don t eliminate effectively, at least one good movement every day, toxins recirculate.

10 Not only will that make us sick, but toxins are stored in our fat , we can end up with an entire bowel full of waste. People with elimination issues can have five kilos of extra weight stuck in their you have issues with constipation, changing your diet should help; take special care to increase your fat intake and cultivate good gut flora (take a therapeutic strength probiotic). If the issue continues, take magnesium; it draws water to the bowel and is the easiest way to get things moving without your bowel becoming dependent. Entire books have been written about the many health benefits of magnesium. 107 Another product that works extremely well, developed by an Australian Naturopath, is called Live Capsules, and is a mixture of aloe, ginger, fennel, and myrrh. It helps the bowel muscles to work properly again, and is extremely effective. It is so effective that it is too strong for some people, and they need to take the children s all fibre supplements.