Can't Lose Weight? Follow These 6 Steps

1. STOP Worrying About WHAT You Eat

You Lose Weight Because of How Many Calories You Eat

Even if you're eating the right foods, doing intermittent fasting, working out and using the best weight loss tips in the world but you still can't lose weight,

It's Because You're Eating TOO Many Calories

• Go to STEPS 2 & 3 to see how many calories you need to eat to lose weight.
• Go to STEPS 4 & 5 if you're already tracking calories but can't lose weight or,
• Go to STEP 6 for ways to lose weight without tracking calories.

2. See how many calories you need to lose weight

Select if you're male or female, Put in your height, weight & age and then Click the "Tell me How To Lose Weight" button.

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Activity level: Lazy - coach potato and/or have a desk job Lightly Active - YOU only exercise 1-to-3 times a week Semi-Active - YOU exercise 3-to-5 times a week Active - YOU exercise more than 5 times a week Very Active - Hard daily exercise or an Athlete

Start eating -to- calories each day to Lose Weight.

It does not matter WHAT or WHEN you eat. Only HOW MUCH you eat matters for weight loss (see why)

Video tells you why weight loss has nothing to do with what you eat

3. Start Tracking Your Calories

• Go to STEPS 4 & 5 if you're already doing this

Use 1 of these tools track every single calorie you eat & drink.

• Go to STEP 6 to lose weight without counting calories

4. TRIPLE Check your calorie counts

If you're eating less than 1500-to-2000 calories but you still can't lose weight then the truth is,

You're not eating less than 1500-to-2000 calories!
You miscalculated your calorie intake because,

It's impossible to not even lose an ounce eating LESS Than 2000 calories when you (and everybody else's) metabolism burns MORE Than 2000 calories.

• Double Check. Make sure you counted your calories correctly. Re-check the serving sizes & amounts.
• Triple Check. Use 3 different calorie counting tools like MyFitnesspal, Loseit and FitWatch and/or have someone else count for you to see if they all give you the same results.
• Quadruple Check. Try eating different foods adding up to the same number of calories you need to eat to lose weight

5. Eat Less?

If you're eating less than 2000 and definitely if you're eating less than 1200-to-1500 calories… You should gradually lose weight (only by doing that) until you reach your weight loss goal but,

If you've Triple checked everything and you still can't lose weight… Then you simply need to *Eat at least 250 LESS calories.

*You'll probably only need to do this to lose your last 5-to-15 pounds.

6. If you're unable to track calories,

• Beginners → 4 Simple Rules to Lose Weight Non-Stop or,
• How to Lose Weight Without Counting Calories

3 More Reasons You Can't Lose Weight

1. False Fat

• Drink at least 1 liter of water daily to prevent FALSE FAT or water weight gain.
• Use a food journal to find out which foods may be causing you to retain water. You may have certain food allergies unique to you.
• Avoid these salty & sugary foods as much as possible because they make you retain water.
• See How to Get a Flatter Stomach in a Week for more on losing excess water weight.

2. You Look Better

If you look slimmer or your body fat percentage is lower but the scale says you haven't lost any weight… then that means you've gained muscle.

More muscle increases your fat burning metabolism & it makes you look better. A pound of muscle takes up less space than a pound of fat. That's why you'll see more results in the mirror than on the scale.

• 6 Ways to Tell if You're Gaining Muscle

3. Medications

Are you on any Drugs that cause weight gain?

• Antidepressants, Steroids like Prednisone, Migraine Medications like Depakote, Antihistamines like Benadryl, Sleep medications & Birth Control make it tougher to lose weight.
• This doesn't mean you should STOP taking the drugs you need but if you're trying to lose weight… You may want to ask your doctor for alternative medications.

It's Not Exercise

• Not exercising or How you exercise is NOT the reason you can't lose weight. Again,
• Not eating the right amount of calories is the MAIN reason you can't lose weight.
• Exercise only helps you lose weight faster AFTER you're eating the right amount of calories.
• 16 Ways to Lose Weight 3x Faster

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