Why You Really Can’t Lose Weight - And What To Do About It

If you’ve been struggling with weight loss despite your best efforts, you’re not alone. It can be frustrating when the scale won’t budge no matter how much you exercise or how strictly you follow a healthy diet. The truth is, weight loss isn’t just about calories in versus calories out. But let me be clear: I’m not suggesting that you can deny the laws of physics and magically lose weight by eating more calories than your body uses for energy.

However, I do want to be realistic about the complexity of weight loss and what many people are dealing with. It’s often not enough to simply count calories and expect that the weight will magically fall off. Why? Because if, for some reason, your cells can’t actually GET the energy that you’re eating from food, if they can’t break it down into a usable food source, then no, you won’t be able to lose weight. If your body can’t burn that energy, it will have to store it somewhere and probably end up storing it as fat.