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2010-06-27T15:16:00.000-07:00

Fat-Loss Obstacles:

Top 7 Barriers of Female Fat-Loss

For every 100 women who take the initiative to “lose the excess fat” and slim down into a sexy, comfortable and healthy body – Only about 3% of them every reach their desired goal weight. That’s only 3 out of every 100 women. The other 97 encounter obstacles which prevent their weight-loss success.

Here are 7 of those obstacles:

1 – Confusion

There are millions of “opinions” about weight loss. It gets VERY confusing and frustrating. The questions and answers are endless: How much protein is enough? What’s the right type? How often should I eat it?

And that’s just about protein – then, there are all the other elements of weight loss. So, not only is it confusing – but it’s also overwhelming. When we are overwhelmed, we don’t know what to do, what to change or what to even think anymore.

2 – Lack of Long-Term Motivation

There are so many situations where its hard to stay motivated. The holiday season, birthdays, vacations, family-gatherings – you name it – there is always something challenging your commitment. And when your approach isn’t yielding results or you feel you have to work so hard to get any results – it becomes easy to let your motivation dwindle and allow outside forces to derail your efforts.

3 – Metabolic BackfireExercise and workouts stimulate the appetite.

The more exercise you do – the more your body begs for nutrients and calories. When you are hungrier – you desire to eat more – and this constant desire is much too powerful to combat. So, most of the time – it wins – and you end up eating to fuel your body’s energy and nutrient needs for all the physical exertion you are exposing it to.

This is fine for athletes – or fitness pageant competitors – But not for the average, everyday woman who just wants to slim down and firm up a little.

4 – Food List FailureYou choose your nutritional plan of attack.

You pick a meal plan that seems like it will give you great results – If you can stay faithful to it- without cheating when the urge arises. But, a few days into it, you get those cravings. You know the ones that come from your ’sweet tooth’?

What do you do? How do you control them? You give in once, then you give up and go crazy – you self destruct. Once you blow it – you just go off completely and food feels like the enemy. When you choose a “diet” that is pre-loaded with booby-traps – It’s not a question of ‘Will you hit a wall?’ But, rather only a matter of time until you do.

5 – Dieter’s StressHow’s this for a wicked paradox?

You eat ‘healthy foods’ – but they make you even hungrier – and on top of that, you crave other foods that “you are not supposed to eat”.

Or once you tell yourself “I’m dieting…”, you immediately get miserable and hungrier. Yes, it’s bizarre – but VERY true. This is a brutal mind game – one that you usually don’t win. One that lends solid proof to the saying, “Diet’s don’t work…”

You simply need good alternatives to the bad things you may be eating now – but you still need your foods, meals, snacks and desserts to be satisfying.

6 – Inability to Stick With It

Yes, it’s tough to stay on track when eating out or simply adjusting to a weekend routine. Or on a bigger scale – to stick with your plan when life’s challenges throw you a curve.

Truth is – when your “plan” is already a tough one to follow to being with – it doesn’t take much to take you off track when rough tides hit the waters of daily life. Losing fat and shedding excess body-weight should not be dependent on life’s common circumstances. An effective method will factor in those unforeseen elements.

7 – Not Being Aware of Gender Related Issues

Menopause issues, thyroid issues, pre and post-pregnancy.. These are all phases of life which alter a woman’s response to any type of exercise or nutritional modifications. But, like most women who take a ‘guess and go’ approach – these women end up fighting against even greater obstacles, simply because of the transitional phase of life they are in.

So when a woman says, “Old methods don’t seem to work for me anymore – I just keep gaining no matter what I try now…” or “I turned 40 and the ‘middle age spread’ hit me – almost overnight – Don’t know what to do, its getting worse…” those types of statements are a very strong clue that her physiological state has to be taken into consideration, as hormonal changes will require a certain strategies in order to experience positive results in regards to successful weight-loss and body-fat reduction.

To summarize – this list is by no means conclusive – As each woman will have her own set of fat-loss obstacles which she has experienced over the years – But, it’s safe to say the seven I list above are surely some of the most common. Your first step to permanent success is being aware of these obstacles, and admitting that at least a few of them have prevented you from slimming down into a firm and healthy body.

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