Top 10 Most Common Reasons You Regain The Weight You’ve Lost (2 of 6)

You have a constantly high-stress load.

If you are consistently under a lot of stress, this could be contributing to weight gain. When our bodies are under stress, the hormone cortisol is released, which causes food to be metabolized slower. What’s more interesting but catastrophic for weight loss is that when we are stressed, we crave foods that are higher in sugar and fat. This two-for-one stress combo can wreak havoc on our ability to keep weight off.

When we are stressed, we crave foods that are higher in sugar and fat.

You stopped working out.

It is essential to have a plan after you lose the initial weight. Many times, we focus our weight loss goals on losing weight, but fail when we don’t think ahead and create a weight maintenance plan. Not only do we burn less calories strictly from less activity, but that lack of movement causes a dip in our metabolisms.

Lack of movement causes a dip in our metabolisms.