By Mark Huffman — With the best of intentions you have begun a
new year with the goal of losing weight. So how's that going?
Yes, it's early in the process and you should understand that
shedding pounds might not be as easy as you think it will be.
“Losing weight is one of the top resolutions made every year,
yet only 20 percent of people achieve successful weight-loss and
maintenance,” said Jessica Bartfield, MD, who specializes in
nutrition and weight management at the Loyola Center for
Metabolic Surgery & Bariatric Care in Chicago. Despite that fact
that two-thirds of Americans say they are on a diet to improve
their health, very few are actually seeing results. Bartfield
says it's because dieting is a skill. It takes practice to get
there. Knowing why people fail to lose weight might help you
avoid some of the common mistakes. Bartfield says there are four
main reasons dieters don't lose weight. 1. Underestimating
calories consumed This is a biggie. Most people underestimate
the number of calories they ea