Why is it that you can control your diet, cut back on fatty foods, exercise more regularly and still not lose weight like you want too?

Having hit middle-age, we almost accept that weight is much easier to put on and much tougher to take off don’t we…but does it have to be that way?

That’s the question I struggled with over the last few years. Even though I ate better than I ever have, exercised far more frequently and tried to lower the stress in my life, it constantly felt like I was hitting a brick wall. That no matter how much exercise or how “good” I was being with my eating, I was still losing ground in the fat burning war.

Working with my alternative health care practitioners though, it all came together and lately I could actually feel the fat melting away.

For instance, I discovered my blood sugar level was completely messed up leading to huge peaks and valleys resulting in chemical reactions in my body that were sustaining fat levels. It’s like an engine trying to run with the wrong type of fuel. No matter how well you take care of your engine, if you feed it the wrong fuel, it gets gummed up and won’t work optimally.

Other findings included an overgrowth in candida in my digestive tract due to a recent dose of antibiotics…again until this is addressed, it doesn’t matter what you eat or how much you exercise, your body is a mess and will show it.

Here’s an overview from Awakening Potential’s blog that shows why you just can’t lose weight, even though you are trying hard.

So, as we all consider our health and weight loss goals in this New Year, consider factors other than diet and exercise must be dealt with first so that we get the most out of being “good”