There’s nothing more frustrating than feeling like you’re doing all the right things to lose weight and get healthy, only to see the scale just not budge. Believe me, I get it. After all, it’s one thing to KNOW you’re not really eating as well as you could be, or that you blew it over the weekend, or that you’re just not trying all that hard. But it’s a whole different level of frustration when you actually ARE putting in the effort, and yet the scale doesn’t reflect it. Are you ready to create the ultimate 12-month blueprint for reaching your health & weight loss goals this coming year? Our free on-demand video training will walk you through how to make 2024 THE year you set health goals…and keep them. Access our free video training
And while on some level we probably know that getting healthy for life isn’t JUST about the number on the scale, it’s still tends to be the thing we focus on—the number that we use to measure whether we’re actually making progress toward our goal.
So why is it that some of us seem to have SO much success so quickly, while others have to fight for every single pound? And is there anything you can do to make it easier?
That’s exactly what we’re going to talk about in this blog post—the big reasons you may be struggling to lose weight, even when you’re doing everything right, and a few things you can try.
My name is Ruth Soukup, and I am the founder of Thinlicious and the Thin Adapted System, as well as the New York Times bestselling author of seven books. And I’m also a 46 year old woman who knows what it’s like to struggle with your weight, even when you think you’re doing ALL the right things. I struggled with my weight for a really long time—literally for years—and at some point I probably tried every diet out there. All the diets that are basically the exact same thing packaged in different ways, that always comes down to count your calories—or your points—and eat less and exercise more. And spoiler alert—that didn’t work. And it wasn’t until I took a totally DIFFERENT approach that things actually turned around for me. Number one, I STOPPED DIETING. I stopped trying to eat less and exercise more. And instead, I started doing REAL RESEARCH into the actual science of weight loss, and into what causes us to gain weight in the first place, and why our bodies cling to fat, especially as we get older. And what I discovered absolutely SHOCKED me, because it was SO different from everything we’ve ever been told, and everything I was constantly trying to do. Because what I learned is that healthy sustainable weight loss ISN’T about calories. It’s about HORMONES. And it’s about eating in a way that will actually SUPPORT your hormones and BALANCE your hormones and REVERSE INSULIN RESISTANCE. And when you do that, when you actually heal your body, your weight starts to stabilize. Ultimately that’s how I lost more than 40 pounds, and have kept it off for years now. Without ever dieting again. And after struggling for so long, it really does feel like FREEDOM. And that’s why to me, the work we’re doing here isn’t really about weight loss. It’s 100% about freedom. The freedom to look and feel your best. The freedom to STOP DIETING. The freedom to finally have the time & energy to focus on something OTHER than losing weight.
But just because it’s freedom from a long term perspective, doesn’t mean that the journey can’t still be frustrating day to day, especially when it feels like things aren’t happening as quickly as you’d like them to. And honestly, I get that too. Because when I look back at my own journey and talk about how I lost 40 pounds in six months, it makes it sound so magical, doesn’t it? Like it just happened so fast and so easily and I never got frustrated or never experienced any plateaus where it felt like NOTHING WAS HAPPENING.
But that’s not exactly true. Because while in HINDSIGHT, six months doesn’t sound like a long time—and it’s not—when you’re IN IT, day to day, working HARD every day to change your habits, it can FEEL like a long time. You want to see the movement on the scale reflect the effort you’re putting in. But that’s not always how it works. And that’s also why today I want to talk about it, just in case you’ve been working at this for a little while now, and you’re feeling frustrated.
But before we dive into all of it, there’s one quick thing I want to mention, and that is if you are NEW to this blog and to Thinlicious, and you want to understand more about our Thin Adapted System and exactly how it works and how it can help you reach your health and weight loss goals, then I STRONGLY encourage you to check out my free video training. It’s called Happy, Healthy, and Free and it will help you create your own personalized 12 month plan for getting healthy. And it’s really helpful and really in-depth, and again you can watch it for free—just go HERE to get access.
But for now, let’s go ahead and dive into talking about some of the reasons you might not be seeing the weight loss success you’re hoping for, even if you’ve been working really hard and seemingly doing all the right things, and what you can do to change that. What actually ARE the right things?
But first things first, let’s just quick make sure that we’re all totally on the same page in terms of what ARE the “right things”—at least in terms of what we advocate for here at Thinlicious and in our program. Because the reality is that OUR right things might be different than all of the things you’ve ever tried, if you’re like most women—and like me—who have been on more diets than you can count.
Because, like I mentioned a few minutes ago, almost everything we’ve ever been told about losing weight and getting healthy is actually dead wrong. It’s not about calories. And it’s not about eating less, or getting more exercise. The RIGHT things are eating in a way that is going to support your HORMONES so that you can reverse insulin resistance and heal your gut. And that means eating lots of nutrient dense protein and healthy fats while cutting out sugar and refined carbohydrates and all the processed chemical garbage food that is actually toxic to your body.
So in theory that’s pretty simple. And honestly, over a long period of time, if that’s ALL YOU DID and ALL you focused on, you would not only see your weight go down, but you would FEEL so much better. You’d reduce inflammation and you’d have more energy. You’d reverse insulin resistance and improve your cholesterol. You’d reduce anxiety and depression. Your skin would get clearer. Your digestion would improve. You’d get rid of heartburn and indigestion. A year or two from now, you probably wouldn’t even recognize yourself. It would have that big of an impact. And if you’re NOT eating that way—if you’re still following the same old BAD traditional dieting advice, then that’s the place you need to start, because that’s your biggest problem right now.
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But what if you ARE eating that way and you STILL feel like you’re struggling, or like you’re not seeing progress fast enough? Well, then, let’s keep going and talk about some of the most common struggles I see with women in our program—and the four biggest reasons why it might still feel like you’re struggling to lose weight, even when you think you’re doing everything right.
But before I dive into the four things you’ll want to check, I do want to make one important point real quick. The way of eating we advocate for here at Thinlicious is meant to be a LIFESTYLE, not a diet. It’s a way of eating that’s really focused on getting your body healthy from the inside out, by getting your hormones in balance and healing your gut and reducing inflammation and…
