Why Can’t I Lose Weight? I give you 6 reasons (of health)

” I can’t lose weight ” is one of the most frequent phrases I hear from my readers and I have already talked in this article about some of the most obvious reasons why the struggle with the scales ends up resembling that of the lion and the gazelle. they wake up in the morning and they both have to run. ‘Na immense effort.

Among the reasons for the first article on the “I can’t lose weight” issue, I was talking about how low calorie diets cause a slow metabolism.
Yet, there are other reasons why, even trying to cut calories a little and moving a lot (the best solution), the scale doesn’t drop.
Reasons that have to do with health. Here they are.

Why Can’t I Lose Weight? Here are six reasons for health!
1) Insulin resistance: some time ago I heard a lecture by Dr. Peter Attias (you can find one here for Ted, subtitled in Italian: it’s worth a look ), on the fact that being overweight can be a “defensive” body response to a condition of insulin resistance. That is, the body gains weight as an immune reaction. However, when we talk about insulin resistance, we don’t have to think about diabetes right away. Attias himself explains that he developed insulin resistance while eating healthy and moving around a lot.

In fact, insulin resistance is that condition in which the cells of the body are not very sensitive to the action of insulin, with the consequence that our demand for carbohydrates increases. If you are insulin resistant, you end up having a constant craving for sweets and carbohydrates, which end up not filling us up and are stored by the body in fat, since our sugar metabolism is not efficient.
In theory, the weight loss diet, by causing weight loss, results in an improvement in insulin resistance. But not always! This is why it is important to determine if you suffer from insulin resistance, and what are the techniques to improve our insulin sensitivity: among these, learn how to manage carbohydrates by cycling them (one day I eat more, one less), do the right physical activity without exaggerating, preferring carbohydrates with a low glycemic index are the best and most effective strategies for both losing weight and improving our condition.