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Stomach Smarts Still can't lose those pesky 20 pounds? Read on 
Woman starts dieting and exercising and loses 20 pounds. Woman stops losing weight even though she�s doing all the right things. Woman gives up, drowns her woes in a pint ice cream and gains it all back. As it turns out, a stalled weight loss isn't a result of not working hard enough – it's a hormone thing. "It's about your body, your brain and your hormones," says Dr. Louis Aronne, director of the Comprehensive Weight Control Program at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. "And if you don't first re-sensitize your weight-regulation mechanisms, typical approaches to weight loss, such as portion control and calorie counting, just won't work." According to Aronne, our bodies naturally begin to resist weight loss once a person loses in excess of 7 percent of total body weight. The body's metabolism and weight-regulating hormones, such as insulin and leptin, decrease faster than you can shed fat. This decrease tells your body you are near ideal weight even when you've got more work to do. Aronne says that in order to fight the misinformation your hormones send to your body, it's more important to teach your body to feel full. He suggests dieters: •Eat a Protein Breakfast. High-protein, low-starch foods like a vegetable frittata are best. Avoid juices that pass through the body too quickly. Eat grapefruit or melon instead. • Exercise in the morning. Putting off your gym visit until later in the day increases the chances that something will come up to derail your plans. • Eat your salad and vegetables first. This will curb your appetite by making you feel full. Other foods to keep you feeling sated include soups and spicy foods. • Watch less television. By turning off the boob tube you will automatically be more active.
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