Obesity is like an infectious disease these days. It has
become pandemic!
In fact, 1.5 billion people are overweight and 500 million
are obese out of seven billion people all around the world these days. This
weight problem has been one of the factors that predispose individuals to
various illnesses like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer and so on.
Therefore, weight loss has become a necessity both for aesthetic purposes and
for health needs.
However, some people find losing weight as an issue that is
more difficult to be solved than the world’s economic problem. Aside from the
physical exhaustion that weight loss programs cause, they are even becoming
expensive for other individuals.
Weight loss is truly a challenging goal. But, the challenge
is worth trying than giving up without taking chances at all. There are
different ways to fulfill such goal in a safer and affordable ways by
remembering the acronym DISCIPLINE.
·
Decrease
caloric intake
·
Increase
physical activities
·
Stay
away from too much alcohol and fatty food intake
·
Chew
food properly
·
Intake
of weight loss products must be consulted to the doctor
·
Processed
foods no more
·
Learn
patience
·
Impose
adequate sleep
·
Never
starve self abruptly
·
Eliminate
stress
A person must fully understand that weight is dependent on
the amount of calories taken in and the daily physical activities done. Whether
it is in the form of physical work or exercise, move those muscles! Movements
allow the muscles to use up the extra calories from the food a person has
eaten. Although the body has natural activities to burn calories, still they
might not be sufficient when the amount of caloric intake is more than what the
body requires. Otherwise, extra calories will build up in the body tissues
resulting to weight increase.
Alcohol and fatty foods must be limited. These two are not a
good combination. Alcohol takes the spot of carbs and lipid (fat) as priority
of the body for metabolism because it’s indeed easier to break down. The
principle of burning substances in the body is that “the easier to break down
comes first.” This means that the more alcohol a person consumes, the longer it
would take before the body gets the time to burn calories from carbs, fats, protein
and other sources. Consequently, the calories from these substances will be converted
and stored as body fat.
Moreover, every food must be chewed slowly and longer. After
twenty to forty minutes, some hormones (leptin, cholestokinnen and ghrelin) will
signal the brain that stomach is full. Therefore, lesser food will be consumed
if chewing is prolonged compared to those who eat faster.
In terms of weight loss products, there are some that are
FDA approved. However, any form of drug (pills) and other synthetic substances
can never be detached from side effects. The best method of losing weight is
still the conventional and natural method. Similarly, avoid consumption of
processed foods because most of them contain high level of saturated fats or bad
cholesterol that is one of the predisposing factors of obesity.
Another way to trim down weight is by being patient in
following all the natural health tips. Weight loss is never instant. It takes
time. In fact, most of those products that promised instant drop of weight had
put several obese people into life-threatening conditions. The body needs time
to adjust to new type of diet and activities. Abrupt changes like what those
weight loss pills do would result to imbalance in the metabolic processes of the
body.
Furthermore, take adequate sleep of at least 8 hours daily.
Individuals who stay awake until late night might feel hungry because the brain
and other organs need calories to sustain activities. Eating at night aside
from dinner is unhealthy because the metabolic process at night is slower
compared to daytime. This is due to the fact that the body has been programmed
to rest at night and metabolic processes are expected to be lesser at resting
state.
Likewise, never starve self abruptly. Some people think that
starving or avoiding food is one way to lose weight but it is the other way
around. Starving one’s self can make a person indulge self into binge eating.
When a person is very hungry, the more food is needed to satisfy hunger. The
best way is to gradually reduce amount of food intake. For instance, reduce 3
cups of rice into 3 ½ for the first week and then reduce another half the
following week until one’s stomach is satisfied with just 1 cup of rice. Last
but not the least, eliminate stress. Some people have the tendency to eat more
when stressed out. The body also releases cortisol that slows down metabolism
(burning of calories)
Overall, weight loss comes with DISCIPLINE!
Author Bio
Nitin
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