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Reasons Why You Can't Lose Weight
7 Causes of Weight Gain You Can’t Control
If your scale doesn’t reflect your healthiest lifestyle efforts, there could be a hidden reason you’re gaining. Read on to see if the culprit of your unnecessary pounds is hidden in your health report
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What's Holding Your Weight Back?
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You’re Depressed
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You’re Taking The Wrong Rx
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Your Gut Is Slow
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Your Body Doesn’t Have Enough Of Certain Nutrients
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You’re Getting Older
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You Have Plantar Fasciitis
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You Have Cushing’s Syndrome
What's Holding Your Weight Back?
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The frustration of seeing extra pounds on the scale—or of a too-tight waistband that you know used to fit—is understandable. But did you know that anything from a hormonal imbalance to vitamin deficiencies to the prescription meds you take can hold clues to what’s making you fat?
“A lot of people make what we think are lifestyle choices but are actually our bodies reacting to factors we can’t control,” says Robert J. Hedaya, MD, clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University Medical Center. “Whether it’s hormonal, a medication side effect, or something else, too often we put the onus on the individual, and there are factors that sometimes justify a doctor’s help.”
Here, seven health issues that could be standing between you and your ideal weight—and how to fix them.
Drop 4 Pounds and 3 inches This Week
“A lot of people make what we think are lifestyle choices but are actually our bodies reacting to factors we can’t control,” says Robert J. Hedaya, MD, clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University Medical Center. “Whether it’s hormonal, a medication side effect, or something else, too often we put the onus on the individual, and there are factors that sometimes justify a doctor’s help.”
Here, seven health issues that could be standing between you and your ideal weight—and how to fix them.
Drop 4 Pounds and 3 inches This Week
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