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THIS is the super simple reason why youre not losing weight.

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When you decide you want to lose weight, often the first thing you will do is restrict your calories.

This is the worst thing you can do.

Lisa Young, a nutritionist and adjunct professor of nutrition at New York University told Womens Health that cutting too many calories can actually stall weight loss.

"Restricting calories too much almost always backfires," Lisa explained.

Restricting calories too much almost always backfires.

She added that this is because the body needs calories in order to burn calories. Lisa likened it to when you want to light a fire you need to throw kindling on the fireplace to ignite it.

The nutritionist continued the fire analogy by encouraging you to think of food as your bodys kindling.

When you are eating enough food, the body uses this food for fuel and then turns the fat it has stored into energy.

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However, Lisa said when you restrict calories, your body goes into starvation mode and will begin to break down lean muscle tissue in oder to reserve its energy stores.

This can slow down the metabolism which can not only make you feel sluggish, but make it harder for you to lose weight.

This ties into previous studies that have shown people who skip breakfast are more likely to put on weight than people who dont.

Studies have also found eating healthy food regularly helps keep you full and is one of the best ways to lose weight.

If you are actively trying to lose weight, the National Institutes of Health said women should eat 1,200 to 1,500 calories per day and men should eat around 1,900 calories.

If you are eating less calories than this per day, it becomes tough for the body to perform basic functions that keep us healthy.

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