These Things May be Holding You Back from Losing Weight

By Vito La Fata


Have you tried to lose weight but have found it difficult or even impossible? There are many things that can keep you from losing weight. Sometimes it is hard to uncover what those things are. They can be any of a number of different things.

Even modern stresses about paying your bills create exact same chemical signals that are produced when you are starving or freezing. This convinces your body that you need to be fat in order to be safe. When you approach weight loss from the outside in, you overlook mental and emotional threats that can confuse your body into thinking that being fat can help keep you safe. Here are four of those threats that you can think through as you try to find ways to help yourself lose more 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.

Emotional obesity is another threat that may be keeping you in a state of being overweight. Without even realizing it you may have the mindset that carrying around extra weight keeps you safe. In fact, you may think that it helps you in other emotional ways. If this is true, then this may be a reason that you continue to be fat.

Mental Starvation: Though your body only recognizes physical starvation, you can also be suffering from emotional or mental starvation. This could be a desire for love, joy, fun, intimacy, or a deeper spiritual connection. Any mental or emotional longing can send the same chemical signals in your brain that physical starvation causes.

Finally, you may have some beliefs that are dysfunctional. Do you secretly think that you are meant to be fat? If so, you may be sabotaging yourself and keeping yourself from losing weight. Try to change your thinking and you may find that you lose weight!




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