There are a number of reasons why you might have problems when you lose weight that have nothing to do with the diet.

The Dr. Holly Lofton, Director of the weight management program of New York University’s Langone Health confirmed, in front of the Portal ‘Insider’.

“I have that experience often,” she explains. “Many patients know actually, how to lose weight and do everything Possible in order for that to work. Despite a healthy diet and plenty of exercise, some not yet, but.”

The possible reasons are many and varied, and individually – the-expert Dr. Lofton has identified five possible.

1. Medications can be to blame

The side effects of some medications can lead to increases. In particular this applies to antidepressants, and hormone preparations.

“Antidepressants have a weight gain potential, when they are longer than a few months,” explains Lofton.

The expert therefore recommends that, to see if weight gain in the administered drug is listed as a possible side effect.

“Talk with your doctor. There are probably Alternatives that do not may be thick,” she advises.

Another drug that is responsible for this could be that it does not want to fold with the simple Slimming: the anti-baby pill.

Since pills have relatively low quantities of hormones, the likelihood of weight gain, although low, but still present.

Other types of contraception, however, may have significantly greater influence: “The three-month syringe is a common reason why patients take from me,” said Lofton.

2. The genetics makes it hard for you

Lofton bentont that genetics can cause people to weight increase, or problems with weight loss would not be delivered however, without alternative.

“We mistakenly think: ‘My mother was fat, my father is a dick; I’m just determined to do this, I can do nothing'”, says the expert.

“Early prevention can help in such cases. In order not to overweight, you need to just make sure these people that their lifestyle is as active as he can be.”

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3. The age influences the weight

Patients over the age of 50 years, questions Lofton reported to often why slimming practices of younger years no longer work.

“The metabolism slows down every two years to about two percent. It is so difficult to lose weight when you get older”, the answer of the Doctor.

What can you do to prevent that from happening? “Furthermore, Exercises muscle building,” she explains. “Because we lose muscle mass as we age and not actively trying to be stronger.”

In addition, the hormones in the course of time, change the Eypertin is concerned. But also for this Problem there is a solution, some of your older patients take a diet and exercise anyway, so Lofton more.

It was in the age just more difficult to figure out what works.

4. Stress as a slimming killer

According to Lofton, the body Stress with an escape response processed in: “I like to compare this with the fact that we are being chased by a bear,” she says.

The body is not focus on losing weight, he was preparing, instead, internally to a fight.

Chronic Stress is even worse: He could cause a brain trauma, the man is constantly longing for the so-called comfort foods.

This food is meant to eradicate the frustration supposedly. Of the classics including: chocolate.

“In the case of Stress, it is true, then probably cher, we take in more calories,” says the expert.

5. Too little sleep is not good

Sleep deprivation brings with it not only the risk to eat more overall, but also triggers the formation of stress hormones.

“If adults do not sleep at least seven hours [per night], can the body has also the necessary information from a hormonal response that shows him how much you grease, it is not correct to retrieve,” explains Lofton.

To protect itself, the body evolution due to Deposit fat and to increase the Hunger, to be prepared on a supposed emergency situation.

Therefore, it is for weight loss success is important to pay attention to a healthy sleep quota.

Judith Kerstgens

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