If you’ve been dieting and exercising and you still find yourself unable to shed the pounds, it’s time to figure out what you could be doing better.
This handy chart will help you figure it out. Where are you gaining your weight?
- Food-related weight gain. This just comes from eating too much, mostly of sugary processed foods. Cut back on your intake of sugary foods and exercise 150 minutes per week in order to cut back on this kind of weight gain.
- Anxiety and depression-related weight gain. This weight gain is brought about by cortisol release in your stomach, which makes you crave sweets to make yourself feel better. Try to relieve your stress and manage your depression in order to get this obesity under control. ##MN_RESP##
- Gluten-related weight gain. People with this are most likely people with unbalanced hormones, such as teenagers and women going through menopause.
- Metabolism-related weight gain. This type of person gains weight in the abdomen and has trouble breathing. This type of person should cut back on drinking if they want to lose weight.
- Venous circulation-related weight gain. This is genetically inherited and may occur most often in pregnant women. Running is great for weight loss for this type of obesity.
- Inactivity-related weight gain. This type of obesity is related to no longer exercising areas that were once in shape. To lose this weight, it’s best to return to an exercise plan.
Which type of weight gain do you suffer from? Did this help you figure out how to lose your weight?
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