10 Reasons You're Not Losing Weight

Fat loss is something so simple, yet so challenging! After working with over a hundred busy mums who struggle to lose weight, I've put together the 10 most common reasons I've seen!

1. YOU'RE UNDOING EVERYTHING AT THE WEEKENDS

From Monday through to Friday you've worked your ass off in that horrible gym. You've drunk your 2Ls a day, you've eaten your damn veggies, you've done yourself proud

So now it's the weekend you can let your hair down a little right?

You throw your gym bag on the floor, grab a glass of well-deserved wine and conk out on the sofa with a lap full of nibbles and pizza

The problem is this trend sticks around until late Sunday evening

You've now consumed an additional 1,000 calories Saturday and Sunday and sank a bottle of red on Friday night

This puts you back to square one. 5 days at 1,300 calories. 3 days at 2,300. Ah.

By all means, enjoy your weekends and reward yourself for working so damn hard all week. Just don't erase a week's worth of work (:

(This next point will help that)

2. YOUR DIETS TOO RESTRICTIVE

If your current diet is mostly cereals, sandwiches and oven-ready dinners and you decide to "get healthy" but juicing, fasting, food prepping for hours, restricting food groups and working out 5 times a week

The chances of you sticking and enjoying your new lifestyle are pretty damn low

Fat loss is a marathon. Make small changes over time and before you know it, you'll have a really spot-on diet

95% of people who start a diet fail. This right here is one of the main reasons

Take your time (:

3. YOU'RE REWARDING YOURSELF FOR GOING TO THE GYM

This one's surprisingly common

Sally works out for 60 minutes and burns 400 calories. On the way out the of gym she grabs a 500 calorie protein shake to "replenish her muscles"

John does 10k steps in a day, burns 500 calories and because it's Friday has an Indian takeaway, 2 naans and a Cobra beer

"It's fine because I worked out today".. 2000 calorie curry. 500 calories burnt

See the problem?

Sharon does a Zumba class, burns 350 calories and rewards herself with an extra helping of dessert

350 calories burnt. 350 extra calories consumed. Back to square one

I'm not saying don't eat these fun foods. Just don't eat them additionally as a reward (:

4. YOU'RE MINDLESSLY SNACKING

You're watching your favourite program. You've been waiting all week to see if so and so are going to get together and if Hector's been caught cheating on Fiona

You're engrossed with a family bag of crisps in your hand

You know, the really tasty sweet chilli ones?

Corr they're good

Corr Hectors hot

Shit. The bags empty.