Why You Cannot Lose Those Final 5 Kilos And What To do About it?

Cannot Lose Those Final 5 Kilos! What To Do About It?

Treading on the weight loss road you might reach a point when you cannot lose those final 5 kilos that will take you to your dream body weight. It can seem to be an impossible task. Here are some common reasons why people are stuck at the final hurdle of the journey and how to get rid of them. Keep reading to find out the reason why you cannot lose those final 5 kilos!

1) You are not well organized

You need to prepare your food and plan in advance to make sure that your diet does not go off track too often. Spend time during weekends to plan your meals that you can take along with you when you are on the go.

2) There is inflammation in your body

Nutrients in the food consumed by you don’t get absorbed when your body is inflamed. You won’t lose weight when your body is fighting inflammation.

Signs of inflammation include fatigue, feeling sluggish, having gas or IBS, feeling bloated, pain in joints, throat irritation, cough, a stuffy nose and itchy or ruddy looking skin.

Chuck out processed foods out of your diet and focus of fresh foods. Other factors that cause inflammation are exposure to toxins and stress.

3) You are not keeping track of your food

It is advisable to maintain a food diary so that you can jot down what all you eat during the course of the day. You would be able to find out where you are going wrong.

Workouts to help you lose weight and get toned

Working out regularly can really help you in achieving your weight loss goal.

All of us want arms that don’t flap while waving hello to someone, right? Here are exercises with light weights to help you get toned. You need 2 to 3 pound dumbbells for this but it is okay of you don’t have them too!

Triceps push

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Holding weights in both arms, kneel on your knees with the toes touching the floor. Hinge forward from the hips and bend the elbows at 90 degrees.
Unbending your elbows, extend both your arms straight back with your palms facing each other. Squeezing your triceps, return back to your starting position.
Repeat this 10 times and do 3 sets.

Right Angle Bicep Curl

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Sit on the floor with legs crossed. Holding your weights extend your arms straight in front with your palms facing up.
Slowly pull up your arms into a right angle and then release them back to the starting position.
Repeat for 10 counts and do 3 sets of it.

Who doesn’t want a perfectly toned tummy? Tone your belly and torch calories with the help of the following workouts (You need 8 pound dumbbells for these but can also do the workouts without the weights):

Weighted Side bend

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Hold your dumbbell above the head and squeeze your ears with your upper arms in order to activate the core.
Pull abs to your spine and lengthen the spine as slowly bend to the right. Now return to the standing position and then bend slowly to the left. Keep your pelvis still while bending to the side.

Kick crunch

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Exhale in order to engage your abs and kick the right leg up while bringing the left hand to the right toes, doing a little crunch.
Repeat this on the other side as well.

Rotate row

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Start in a shallow squat position with the weight in your right hand.
Pull your elbow back and squeeze the right shoulder blade towards the spine as you twist to the right.
Do this for 30 secs and then change the sides.

Hope you liked reading this post and understood why you cannot lose those final 5 kilos and what to do about it?