Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Are These Things Holding You Back from Losing Weight?

By Vito La Fata


Lots of people have a hard time losing weight but are not really sure what to do about it. In fact, it is a very normal problem to have. The good news is that there are some things that you can do to help yourself. One of those things is to try to figure out the reasons why your body does not want to lose weight.

When you are dealing with stressful things, such as not being able to make your car payment, your body can produce the same kind of chemical compounds that it produces when real danger is at hand, such as the threat of starvation or hypothermia. The effect on your body is that it can cause it to hold on to extra fat in order to be safe. Understanding this sort of thing is part of learning to approach losing weight from the inside, rather than from the outside. There are many perceived threats that could be keeping you from losing weight.

One of those threats that may be keeping you fat is a fear of scarcity. If you are afraid that you are not going to have enough money, your body receives a message that resources may be scarce. Since food is the main resource that your body acknowledges, in the face of such a threat of scarcity, you may end up saving up fat.

Also, you may be experiencing emotional obesity, and this may be keeping extra pounds on your body. Storing extra fat may in some way make your brain feel like you are safer. If you unconsciously think that being overweight helps you to be safer, then that may be one reason why you are not losing weight.

Yet another threat may be mental. Physical starvation is not the only kind of starvation that there is. You could be starving in an emotional or mental way. Deep down you may be seeking love or joy. This longing could make your body release chemicals that are similar to physical starvation, which may drive you to over eat.

Another area to consider is whether you have dysfunctional beliefs. It is possible that somehow you consider yourself unworthy to be slim and trim. If this is true, then you may, without realizing it, do things to keep yourself overweight.




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