Millions of women will embark on a fat loss journey starting January 1st (OK, maybe 2nd due to the hangover) but many will give up within weeks. In most cases, it’s not due to a lack of effort or desire. Instead, it’s a result of not having a comprehensive strategy in place.
Creating a calorie deficit is the foundation of a successful weight loss phase. Nonetheless, the process is influenced by a wide range of other issues. Pay attention to the five factors below to maximize your hopes of success.
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Digestive Issues
When building a calorie deficit, you need to track calories in versus calories out. However, everyone has a unique body that may respond differently to various foods.
Sadly, healthy foods aren’t necessarily the right foods for you. Some “healthy foods” could be slowing your progress if you have an allergy. With this in mind, taking a food intolerance test could be highly useful.
Frankly, avoiding the foods that harm you could be as impactful as calorie counting. Above all else, it’ll enable you to build your new nutrition plan with confidence.
Hormones
While hormones can impact male weight, it is a far more common issue for women. Moreover, it’s not only during the menopause that you may experience problems.
Growth hormones are believed to support weight loss by reducing fat storage and aiding muscle growth. A look at female HGH before and after face suggests it can have a positive impact.
To correct hormonal imbalances, though, it’s vital that the right doses are used throughout the process.
Hormonal changes caused by contraception may also harm your journey. Do talk to your doctor.
Sleep
A good night’s rest is crucial for your weight loss journey and general health for many reasons. Therefore, managing nighttime anxiety to enhance your quality of sleep is essential.
Healthy sleep patterns will regulate various hormones, including cortisol stress levels. Likewise, if you’re exercising as a part of your weight loss phase, rest allows muscles to repair themselves.
Conversely, when tired, your lack of energy and bad mood could knock you off track. On a side note, you can’t have a late night snack binge if you’re sleeping.
Dehydration
Dehydration may actually cause your weight to temporarily fall, but this is not the same as fat loss. So, unless you are a boxer, you should avoid dehydration.
Not least because a small drop in hydration may cause you to confuse thirst with hunger. Your performance in daily tasks, as well as concentration, may also suffer.
Furthermore, the discomfort and negative feelings will make you wonder whether the weight loss journey is really worthwhile.
Don’t just get your daily 2 or 3 liters; make sure you sip water regularly throughout the day.
Timescales
Finally, you should remember that weight loss isn’t an overnight success story. It takes consistency to unlock results and maintain your new figure.
Perhaps more importantly, you are your own harshest critic while you also see yourself in the mirror each day.
With this in mind, it’s likely that you will start to see the results of weight loss far later than others do. Likewise, fat loss for women can bring muscle gain. So, the weighing scales aren’t always a true reflection of progress.
If you have built a winning process, trust the process for six months.
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