{"id":565205,"date":"2026-07-02T13:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T13:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/565205\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T13:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T13:20:10","slug":"why-so-many-people-struggle-to-lose-weight-even-when-theyre-trying-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/565205\/","title":{"rendered":"Why so many people struggle to lose weight \u2014 even when they\u2019re trying hard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\" id=\"intro\"> Eating less, skipping treats, trying to exercise more \u2014 and the weight refusing to move \u2014 is an increasingly common frustration for many.<\/p>\n<p>According to local weight loss coach Grace Joyce, the issue is often not lack of willpower, but a slowing metabolism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen metabolism slows, the body starts storing fat more easily, cravings increase, energy drops and weight loss becomes much harder,\u201d Grace explains.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of people are blaming themselves when the real issue is that their metabolism is no longer working efficiently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grace says many people unknowingly make the problem worse by under-eating and over-exercising in an effort to lose weight quickly.<\/p>\n<p>While this may work temporarily, it can lead to muscle loss, fatigue, hormone imbalance and even slower fat burning over time.<\/p>\n<p>Her 5 and 10-week programmes focus on restoring metabolism and helping the body return to effective fat burning.<\/p>\n<p>Participants receive structured seven-day meal plans using normal everyday foods, tailored exercise guidance, weekly one-to-one weigh-ins and ongoing support throughout the programme.<\/p>\n<p>The programme is particularly suitable for people struggling with hormonal weight gain, menopause-related weight, thyroid issues, post-pregnancy weight, cravings, low energy and poor sleep.<\/p>\n<p>Clients across Galway have already seen strong results: Ruth from Athenry says: \u201cI have just finished a 5-week course and delighted with my 10 lbs weight loss\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anne from Knocknacarra says: \u201cI love the structure and routine this plan gives you, it makes it very easy to follow and it has lots of food so I was never hungry, I lost 21 lbs in the 10 weeks and never felt deprived.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With summer upon the city and the last course of this summer starting July 8th, book your 5-week course to drop 10\/12 lbs.<\/p>\n<p>For more information or to secure a place in the Oranmore or Salthill Clinic contact Grace today on 087 172 7882.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eating less, skipping treats, trying to exercise more \u2014 and the weight refusing to move \u2014 is an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":506097,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[78],"tags":[241348,26003,18,241349,11566,518,241347,135,126845,19,17,241350,156731],"class_list":["post-565205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-087-172-7882","tag-anne","tag-eire","tag-energy-drops","tag-fatigue","tag-food","tag-grace-joyce","tag-health","tag-health_medical_pharma","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-local-weight-loss-coach","tag-low-energy"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116850591458412994","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}