These Things may be Preventing You from Shedding Inches

By Vito La Fata


If you have tried to drop some extra pounds but have found it difficult, you are not alone. Many people struggle to lose weight. The truth is, there are many reasons why your body may be holding on to extra weight. The challenge for you is to identify what those reasons are.

Did you know that dealing with modern type stresses such as being unable to pay your mortgage can cause your body to release the same kind of chemicals that are released when you are in danger of starving to death or freezing to death? What this does is to tell your body that you need to hold onto fat in order to be as safe as possible. If you do not approach weight loss from the inside, you may miss those threats that affect you mentally and emotionally that keep you from losing weight.

For example, you may be experiencing a fear of scarcity. When you have fear that you are not going to have sufficient funds, your body may respond by storing up fat. Your body may perceive that threat as a threat of insufficient food.

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.

You may have an additional threat in the form of a mental threat. Are you starving mentally and emotionally? Are you seeking love or affection but are having trouble finding it? It is possible that this could be translating into overweight issues.

Dysfunctional Beliefs: If you believe that you were meant to be fat, or deserve to be fat, or if you view weight loss as impossible, then your body will obey by refusing to lose weight. Change your dysfunctional beliefs first and then weight loss will become simple.




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