When researchers evaluated the calorie intake of these people, they found that most people ate an average of 400 calories more per day than they thought. If you have improved your food choices, good for you! If you’re still not losing weight, however, look at your serving sizes.

If you eat well but still can’t lose weight, try keeping a food diary for 3-5 days to discover just how much of a good thing you are eating. Don’t just list the foods you eat, weigh and measure your foods to become very clear on how many calories each serving is providing you with. So if a food is lower in fat, it may be higher in sugar, which means the calorie level remains the same, if not higher.

As a consequence, you eat more and find yourself slowly gaining Weight on your Weight loss journey.

Depending on the taste, you may want to stick with your higher-fat version and just eat it less often or eat a smaller amount.

We can drink our calories

A regular soda, a sweetened tea, a smoothie, etc, all provide calories. In one week, that would result in 2100 calories. It takes 3500 calories to equal a pound.

Skipping meals

Unfortunately, evening foods generally are higher in fat and lower in healthy nutrients. If you are not used to eating breakfast, at least start the new habit with some protein and fruit. If you travel a lot or feel you’re just too busy to stop and eat, have some ‘portable’ foods with you. It’s not unusual for people to wonder why they’re not losing Weight because they are eating very healthy, moderate meals. If you ate 100 extra calories every day, you will put on almost pound of Weight in a month.

Again, keeping a food diary, more than 5 days, helps people become real aware of the ‘hidden’ extra calories they eat at times they were not even consciously aware of. If you tend to crave sweets, eating fruit instead will satisfy that craving, you will lose weight, and you’ll even be healthier because of the high antioxidant foods.

Fill up on nutrient-dense foods

Studies have shown that people will eat the same serving amounts, but because of the increased ‘bulk’, they eat fewer calories.

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