There are no quick fixes to losing weight, it’s a process that takes time, effort, and above all, a lot of patience. Those fat-melting pills and fat-cutter diets that promise fat loss within 10 days are surviving on gimmicks, and are best avoided because they simply would not work. With weight loss, it has been proven that it does not matter how slowly you go, as long as you don’t stop! Some hard truths have to be told and we have taken upon ourselves to tell you these truths which when put in the right perspective will bring about great success in terms of weight loss and inch loss. So, let’s get started:

1. Your Body is Fighting All of your Weight Loss Efforts: There cannot be a more harsher truth than the fact that the body absolutely hates letting go of its fat deposits. When you work hard to lose weight, your body will work harder to save all the extra fat. After losing the initial 5 or 10 kg (of course through diet and exercise), the body switches to an energy-conserving mode, slowing down metabolism, increasing fat-storing hormones such as insulin, ghrelin, making it difficult to shed weight. Weight loss can come to a halt when important hormones like thyroid, cortisol, testosterone, estrogen, leptin, human growth hormone, ghrelin, and most importantly, insulin go out of whack. If you?ve lost weight in the past due to exercise and you are still following the same kind of routine, the body will adapt to this routine, and as a result, you will see no...