Sometimes no matter what you do to lose weight you don't seem to! Getting into your old pair of jeans seems to be an impossible feat! What is it that makes you so unsuccessful in your attempts to shed that extra tire around your waist or that cellulite that make your thighs so flabby? Many a time it is because you are going about it the wrong way, and your desperation to get thin is actually slowing you down! Stop checking if you've lost those extra pounds every day! Losing weight is not an overnight feat.
It is a slow process that involves a lot of grit and determination to see it through.
Every time you check the weighing scales and don't see a change, it may depress you and discourage you to keep on with the regime you have started.
This discouragement might make you go back to your old ways! Trying out all the diet fads possible can be dangerous and useless.
In desperation to lose weight you may start having faith in every product and magical diet drink, food or pill that advertises an overnight loss of weight.
This may prove to be dangerous and have side effects.
Furthermore, you may regain all the lost weight soon after you stop taking these wonder drugs.
Adverse comments and criticism from family and friends can cause you to lose hope and faith in your exercise regime and give up! You need to be motivated and helped by your family and close friends, they should do all they can to encourage and help you.
Lack of motivation can be a barrier to losing weight.
The most dangerous attempt to lose weight is the anorexic and bulimic way! These will not only cause you to have serious health problems and you may lose more than weight - you can lose your life! The binge-purge syndrome is life threatening.
Emotionally, being anorexic and bulimic can be devastating as they make you feel guilty.