This article shares with you 8 reasons that stop you from getting rid of the kilos.
1. Feeling stress all the time
Why:
Stress causes your body to react by producing the hormone cortisol. This hormone increases your tendency of storing fat especially around your abdomen.
2. Cushing's syndrome
Why:
This is a condition where the adrenal glands (located on top of your kidneys) produce too much cortisol. Similar to when your body is under chronic stress, this syndrome will cause a buildup of fat in abdomen, face and upper back.
3. Hypothyroidism
Why:
If your sluggish thyroid gland cannot produce enough thyroid hormones to burn stored fat, it will lead to slower metabolism and hence weight gain.
4. Polycystic ovary syndrome
Why:
The cysts along the outer edge of women's ovaries can lead to unexplained weight gain, irregular menstrual bleeding, acne, excessive facial hair, thinning hair and difficulty conceiving.
5. Insulin resistance
Why:
When there is chronic inflammation in your body, the cytokines (inflammatory chemical messengers) will cause your body's cells to stop "listening" to insulin and leptin (which tells your brain that you are full and stop eating). When the insulin receptors of your cells become resistant to insulin, the glucose in your blood cannot be stored in cells to be used as energy. The glucose gets converted into fatty acids and stored as fat, instead of being used as energy. This inflammation/obesity relationship is a vicious cycle, as fat cells themselves generate cytokines, which further increase insulin resistance.
6. Medications may cause weight gain by causing your appetite to increase or lowering your metabolic rate. They include:
- Diabetes medications e.g. sulfonylureas
- Antidepressants e.g. amitriptyline or Elavil, imipramine or Norpramin, trazodone or Desyrel
- Birth control pills
- Corticosteroids taken for asthma and lupus
- Anti-epileptics taken to control seizures e.g. valproic acid (Depakene, Depakote) and carbamazepine (Tegretol)
- Antipsychotic or schizophrenia medication e.g. chlorpromazine (Thorazine), thioridazine (Mellaril) and olanzapine (Zyprexa)
- Beta-blockers for high blood pressure and heart disease
7. Lack of sleep
Why:
Your body's hormone levels will be out of balance, causing increased hunger and appetite, and not feeling full after eating.
8. Quitting smoking
Why:
It can cause you to put on weight initially. Without the intake of nicotine, you will tend to feel hungrier, find that food tastes better, and eat more, but this feeling will go away after several weeks.
(Source: Stubborn kilos by Dr Nor Ashikin Mokhtar, StarFit4Life, 9 December 2012)
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