That's Fit

If you're busting your tail in the gym, but the pounds keep sticking around, you're probably wondering why. If you're eating as healthy as you can, but your bulging waistline serves as no indication of your effort, you're probably wondering why. And if you're doing both of these things and more, you're probably ready to punch a hole in the wall and scream at the top of your lungs: "Why am I not losing any freakin' weight?!!!"

Okay ... calm down. Every thing is going to be just fine, I promise. Tell you what, why don't you take a second to let your blood at least reduce from a boil to a simmer and then we'll start to deconstruct your approach and, as best we can, come up with a solution. To help us in this endeavor, we'll refer to a recent article published in the current issue of Maximum Fitness magazine, which is aptly titled "6 Reasons You're Not Losing Weight."

For the next six days, I'll offer one of the tips in the order that they appear in the Maximum Fitness magazine article. So, you can either wait to read them day by day or, if you don't have that kind of patience, you can run out to the bookstore and pick up a copy of the magazine. Your call. Either way, we're going to get to the bottom of all this and find out what's keeping the numbers on your scale from getting any lower.

Possible Reason #1: You're Eating Too Much Food at Night. Our bodies do their best job of digesting and assimilating food before we hit the hay at night. So, if you're noshing on this and that all evening long, chances are you're body is having trouble keeping up. The end result? Weight gain. The solution? Assess your nighttime meal and snack portions. In addition, the folks at Max Fit suggest drinking water instead of snacking as your night comes to a close. This approach may also help you get more sound sleep -- save for the possibility of having to wake up in the middle of the night to pee -- and leave you prepared to eat a healthy breakfast in the morning.