Help me lose the apples and pears – why do I have trouble losing weight?
There are some non-exercise reasons why you can’t lose weight, and you’re also stuck with your genes. Sorry; thems the facts of life. Doesn’t mean you can’t fight it though! Let’s get the obvious out of the way first: there are medical reasons why you might have trouble losing weight. Thyroid issues, etc. If you have any concern that there might be an underlying medical condition then you should talk to your doctor! Just because it runs in the family doesn’t mean that for you something isn’t wrong. Now on to the arm chair advice. I’m an engineer, so I tend to look at things in an engineering, mechanical way. Underlying all the diet and exercise theories is a basic fact: you have an intake of calories, and you have a rate at which you use them. If your intake is greater than your use, you put on weight. QED. Let’s talk about how you use them. Obviously, exercise and general activity level is an important part of this. If you were doing a lot of skating when you were 20 then your activit
