3 Things You Do Daily that Make You Gain Weight

There are many things in your life that can contribute to weight gain. In recent conversations we had with women struggling to keep the weight off, these 3 things were TOP of the list of bad habits they needed to stop immediately.

We can learn from each other. While you read this blog, take time to hold yourself accountable for the habits you need to change as well. You can start FRESH today and start losing that weight. 

 Making Bad Food Choices

What you put in your mouth affects your weight just as much as exercise, or lack of exercise does. Most of the time you have a choice of what to eat.

Do you make good choices when you can? Or are you making choices that cause weight gain? Only you know the real answer. 

Say you don't exercise, did you know weight loss can still happen for you if you eat and plan healthier meals? 

Curly Girl Fitness Tips: Eat more fish and chicken (baked, grilled, or broiled) at every meal. Limit red meat. Add veggies, fruit, or salad at each meal or eat as a snack. Eat a variety of greens, add them to every meal. Include a good protein source to your meals and eat protein for snacks. Learn more here What foods are high in protein?

Drinking Soda

Soda can become a bad habit fast. It's full of additives, calories, and sugar! The average can of soda sweetened with sugar contains 150 calories, according to the Harvard School of Public Health. A 20-oz. bottle of soda has 250 calories.

A soda habit can be hard to break, but you can do it. 

Here are some alternatives to help you! 21 Healthy, Low-Sugar Soda Alternatives That Make It Easy to Quit Cola

Staying too Busy 

Do you have a busy schedule? Are there not enough hours in the day? Do you feel people are demanding too much from you? Do you have too many obligations? How about a stressful job or relationship? 

Stress is one of the #1 reasons women gain weight. Why? There is as link between stress and cortisol and cortisol and sugar cravings. Interesting, huh?  Gain more knowledge on this topic here. 

Curly Girl Fitness Tips: Stop over scheduling yourself. Learn to say no. Make time for yourself. Ditch bad relationships. Make a career change. 

Achieve Your Weight Loss

So you can START today by making these 3 major changes in your life  and start losing pounds right now! Isn't that amazing! 

Curly Girl Fitness would love to hear about the changes you've made in your daily routines to lose weight! Give us a shout! 

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