Your New Years Weight Loss Resolution™ by JayKay Bak PDF EBook JayKay Bak Your New Years Weight Loss Resolution | Page 19

It’s all about replacing bad habits with good ones because that is what
will make your weight loss a permanent success. It goes far deeper
than losing weight for the sake of it but rather arming you with the
tools to make sure you really succeed this time.
Why we need a permanent solution is because we are reprogramming
ourselves and our attitude towards our food. Look at this way, it took
years to form these habits and it will take a little time to break them
and create newer healthier habits in its place.
Nothing is more apparent then when we eliminate all of our favorite
foods at once. Our body goes into shock, tries to override our good
intentions and sabotages our efforts. Another diet bites the dust
simply because we weren’t aware of how we conditioned our bodies
over the years.
Our bodies are marvelous pieces of machinery and will stop at nothing
to preserve us at all costs. That means that if we drastically reduce
our food intake our body will shut down our metabolism to force us to
eat. When we do, we binge and gain back all the lost pounds we
fought so hard to lose. Don’t hate your body for that, it is just doing
what comes naturally.
So how do we get around this? Work in alignment with your body.
Introduce changes gradually. Don’t shock your body or it will thwart
your best intentions to lose weight.
Medications
There are some medications of which the side effects can be weight
gain.
Medications such as some antidepressant drugs can cause you to sleep
more and expend less calories making you more susceptible to weight
gain. There is also a tendency to snack on more carbohydrate rich
foods which also contributes to weight gain.
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