Are You Gaining Weight on Your Diet?

 

All over the world people are following diets to reduce their weight, improve their health or simply to feel better.  However, it is common for dieters to end up gaining weight when following a restricted eating plan, an effect that is disheartening and frustrating.

As a general rule if you consume less calories through food than you are burning in exercise and day to day activities you will lose weight.  However, in practice it is not always that easy as there are numerous factors that can contribute to the success of a diet even if it theoretically puts you into the negative energy balance needed to lose weight.

Many dieters start an eating regime without a complete knowledge of food and the bodies’ requirements which can lead to simple eating mistakes that result in weight gain rather than the desired loss.

Many diets are also overly restrictive and cut out whole food groups or important nutrients.  These types of diets can also lead to weight gain, especially in the long term as they are not maintainable and they can lead to the development of disordered eating habits which alter the way your body functions.

Here are some reasons why your diet may be causing you to gain weight rather than to lose it.

The diet does not result in a negative energy balance.

Eating habits and diets are very personal things and there is no one-size-fits-all solution to weight loss.  

Many dieters overestimate the amount of calories they burn during exercise or incidental activity and underestimate the amount they are consuming in certain foods.  

This can mean that even if the diet is followed correctly, weight loss may not occur and in fact you may gain a little.

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To your dieting success! 

Colette Morris SAC Dipl. (Diet &Nutrition)
LFGC Founder
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