This is Optimal Health Daily, episode 2479. Why am I not getting leaner by Nancy Clark of

Nancy ClarkRD.com. And I'm Dr. Neil Malick, your host. Welcome back to Optimal Health Daily or welcome

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Why am I not getting leaner? By Nancy Clark of Nancy ClarkRD.com

I religiously track my food and exercise. I'm eating

1,300 calories, the number my tracker told me to eat if I want to lose 2 pounds a week.

I've been following a strict diet and the scale hasn't budged. My friends tell me I'm eating too

little. I think I must be eating too much

because I'm not losing weight. I feel so confused. What am I doing wrong? I often hear this

complaint from weight conscious people who don't know if they're eating too much or too little.

They believe fat loss is mathematical. Exercising 500 calories more or eating 500 calories less per day

will result in losing one pound of fat per week, right? Not always. Weight reduction is not

as mathematical as we would like it to be. Is it a diet or a famine? If you are already exercising like crazy and are eating far

less than you deserve but the scale doesn't budge, you might wonder if something's wrong with

your metabolism. Are you eating the wrong kinds of foods? What's going on? When athletes have excess

body fat to lose, they tend to lose it relatively easily.

But when they get close to their race or dream weight, fat loss can slow to a crawl.

That's when frustration sets in.

You might think reducing your calorie intake even more would be a good idea.

No, you would deprive your body of too many nutrients to say nothing of the lack

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