Various lists of “weight loss blockers” come to the rescue. They usually contain products that are generally considered unhealthy. These include salty snacks, fast food, white bread, alcohol.
Weight loss blockers. How should you approach them?
However, as a psychodietetics specialist says , such comparisons should be approached with caution. – We don’t gain weight from specific products. Just like we won’t lose weight just by adding lettuce to our meal, we won’t gain weight from eating chips just once, he explains.
And as he adds, the problem with products that are usually included on such lists is that eating them can easily lead to an energy surplus. – Salty snacks, fast food and alcohol have a high calorie content in a small volume, and rarely do you end up with just a few chips or one drink. This way, after a weekend party, extra calories can be measured in hundreds, and sometimes even thousands. It is estimated that you need a surplus of 7,000 kcal to gain a kilogram and a deficit of the same amount to lose it – explains the expert.
What inhibits the weight loss process? “But I don’t eat anything”
Despite diet and regular physical activity, many people cannot lose weight. Why don’t they succeed? – In my work, I notice that most often the difficulty in losing weight results from the fact that someone is not in a calorie deficit. Importantly, these people often think that they are in it, says Marta Adamiuk-Zaniewska.
As our interlocutor points out, research shows that when estimating the volume or calorie content of a portion “by eye”, we tend to underestimate the forecast. Moreover, we sometimes do not classify as “eating” a small bar with coffee or a roll eaten after the child. Such small things escape our awareness, but not our body at all.
It also happens that patients have no idea that, for example, carbonated drinks or juices also contain calories. They say “but I don’t eat anything” and then it turns out that they can drink 2 liters of Coke a day
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“It’s not about eating as little as possible”
However, as the expert adds, there are also completely opposite examples. We can treat ourselves to such a low-energy diet that the body slows down metabolic processes for its own safety. – Losing weight is not about eating as little as possible, and I come across this approach very often – he emphasizes.
It is also worth mentioning lifestyle issues other than diet: chronic stress, lack of sleep hygiene, irregular lifestyle. – All this affects the functioning of the adrenal glands. If the adrenal glands constantly produce too much cortisol, we may actually have difficulty reducing body weight despite enormous efforts – summarizes Marta Adamiuk-Zaniewska.
Source: Gazeta
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