The Diet Dilemma: Why Just Cutting Calories Makes Weight Loss So Much Harder (And What To Do Instead)

Are you stuck in the frustrating seemingly never ending diet cycle? You know the drill: cut calories, eat less, exercise more. It goes ok for a few days, maybe even a few weeks if you’re lucky…but then the hunger and cravings get stronger, you start to feel sore and exhausted and you find yourself having to white knuckle it through the day to stay on track.

And that's when, inevitably, it all starts to fall apart. You blame yourself, feeling like you just don’t have enough willpower… just aren't "strong enough."...or can “never stick to anything”...

The weight creeps back on, often with a little extra just to add salt to the wound, and the cycle of frustration continues.

Weight Loss Would Be Easier If I Wasn't So Dang Hungry All the Time!

Have you ever thought weight loss would be so much easier if you weren’t so dang hungry all the time? I always used to say that - constantly trying to ignore the fact that I was hungry was one of my biggest downfalls when trying to lose weight.

I was usually fine the first few days - you know when you’re still super motivated and it's new so you feel extra determined - ‘I’m gonna do it this time’...

But after a few days…maybe a couple weeks if I was really lucky… of trying to white knuckle it through the cravings it got harder and harder not to give in….

When Those Things That Used to Work In Your 20's No Longer Work...

Have you noticed that what used to work in your 20s no longer seems to cut it??

I personally never found weight loss easy - even back then, mainly because even when I lost weight I couldn’t manage to keep it off very long .

But once I hit about 37 weight loss felt like a whole new kinda hard...

All those things that used to work before no longer did...

You Just Need To Eat Less And Exercise More....Right?

If you’ve tried it that way before you know you just end up, hungry, grumpy, fighting cravings and feeling deprived…not a fun way to live…

Blood Sugar, Insulin, Weight LossKristen DuckettOctober 30, 2021Eat Less Move More, CICO, Calories, Cravings, Hormones