Why can’t i lose weight? How many times have we asked ourselves this question, assuming or discovering that we have problems that prevent us from losing weight? In this article we see all the possible causes that you took or not into consideration when you realized that despite your efforts the scale does not drop, and in front of the mirror you see yourself despite many sacrifices.
You will finally be able to give an answer to why I cannot lose weight, and above all I offer you solutions.
As you will see, there is not a single obstacle to your weight loss. The obstacles can be:

WHY CAN I NOT LOSE WEIGHT?

The first possible obstacle: the food plan.

Faster weight loss results are obviously obtained with a highly low-calorie diet . We know that one kg of weight corresponds to about 7000 calories, and that if you already cut 500 calories from your daily requirement, you can lose half a kilo on average per week. The more you cut, the more weight you lose. However, there are two problems.
A) The more you cut, the more difficult it will be to continue the diet. You won’t be able to indulge in a lot of alimony, and that affects motivation. How long can you resist with a very drastic and low-calorie diet?
B) The more you cut, the closer the second obstacle comes: the metabolism slows down.
So on the one hand, it will be difficult for you to do a very drastic diet without ever going overboard, on the other hand the metabolism will tend to slow down already after the first few days. And it doesn’t end there. Because you will rightly ask yourself: why can’t I lose weight even with a crash diet? Doesn’t the scale drop? Because in all likelihood , you’re not exactly counting the calories you eat . When you go wrong you take in more calories than you should and don’t notice it, and on the other hand, you feel symptoms of stress which are the first sign your body gives you to say that you are putting it to the test.

Among these signs: water retention, a sense of swelling, fatigue, irritability. Moreover, just talking about metabolism, with each mistake the body will send you more hunger signals, and it will be very ready to use those few calories in more than a bite to save them, not to use them for energy purposes. You may also have noticed that the first few times you went on a diet, losing weight was easier.
But if you are always on a diet, or if you did another one before starting this one, you already have a very efficient metabolism.
Efficient metabolism is the opposite of a fast metabolism. It makes itself efficient to survive, therefore to consume less. This is why a diet works the first time,but the fourth is not.
Your body has already learned its lesson. Conserving energy instead of burning energy.
Knowing this, what’s the point of having a very low calorie diet?
Nobody. But there is also another reason why the scale does not go down . When fat cells empty, they initially release fatty acids and store water. So you can actually be losing weight, but it will take time to see the results on the scale as well. Meanwhile, the metabolism slows down.

Solutions to this first obstacle?
There are. The first: you continue the diet anyway, you wait to lose weight, and then you are very good at increasing the calories very little at a time to get back to a good metabolism. A very difficult solution.
Or, the smarter one: reduce your calorie cut, for example you cut only 250 calories from your energy needs, but increase your energy expenditure by moving more and better, for example by training muscle mass, in order to keep your metabolism high. This takes longer, but it will allow you to have a better metabolism, to push the body to burn calories, to be able to range with food and not feel the sacrifice of the diet.
Warning: Think smart activities, like short weight training sessions in the gym. You’re already cutting calories, you don’t have to overdo the activity. You risk making the situation worse. 
To understand this, let’s move on to obstacle number two: the metabolic one.

WHY CAN I NOT LOSE WEIGHT?

The second possible obstacle: the metabolic one.

We’ve already seen that the more calories you cut, the less you’ll be able to continue the diet. And I’ve already offered you a solution. But there are other things you can’t lose weight for. If you have a slow metabolism from previous diets, it is not worth doing a new diet. Instead you have to think:
– about your physical and mental health
– about your metabolism.
Why push a car into reserve when you can put gas on it?
Here is the solution!
Instead of cutting back, take a normal calorie period, making sure you address any nutritional deficiencies first.
Blood tests on the hand and doctor in front, try to find out if you have any deficiencies: especially vitamin D and calcium and B vitamins are essential for a good metabolism. But you must also have: a healthy liver, an active thyroid. Some things you can obviously solve with nutrition : instead of focusing on diet cuts, add. More fruits and vegetables, more easily digestible foods, more quality foods. If there are unresolved medical situations, don’t postpone them until you lose weight – deal with them first. Because these situations are also hindering your weight loss. Your metabolism depends on your health. Those who have hormonal problems, those who come or are facing periods of high stress know this well

In short: think of yourself as a car that must be repaired before the big race and to which oil, new tires and so on must be added in addition to petrol. Try thinking about some first physical activities. If you increase your expenditure with activities alone, you can eat something more (not too much), increasing your calories by 50 per week with a system called the reverse diet .
Once you have a good starting calorie ceiling for six months, higher than the previous one, and clear analyzes, then losing weight will be easier. With a small calorie cut you will get greater results.
And finally, let’s see other problems that may make you ask: why can’t I lose weight?

WHY CAN I NOT LOSE WEIGHT?

The third possible obstacle: some problems you underestimate.

One of these is called SET POINT . It is the weight your body is used to, so on average you are always a certain weight.
There. Whatever diet you decide to do, remember that the body will always tend to return to your SET POINT. You have to maintain the new weight for at least one or two years (better five, the experts explain): and how sure are you to succeed if you are on a very low-calorie or drastic diet? The SET POINT is the reason for the famous yo-yo effect. This is why it is important to evaluate points one and two well.
Another reason you underestimate is the time factor: maybe you are doing everything right, but you don’t know that weight loss is not a linear path. Starting from the adipocytes,which are emptied of fatty acids to initially fill with water . So if you are doing everything right but the scale is not going down, consider the fluctuations of water and the fact that if the scale does not register a change today, it may do so in a week. Libra is not your friend in these situations. It is useless to weigh yourself every day. Weigh yourself once a week, once a week, instead look in the mirror and focus on a healthy and balanced weight loss diet to reduce contraindications.