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1st Jan 2015 Health Conditions

Weight Loss Treatments

If you are not quite sure about whether you are overweight or obese, you can check your body mass index using a BMI calculator.

This calculates the ratio between your weight and height and is used to establish whether you have a healthy body weight.

The quicker you take action against losing weight, the better chance you’ll have of lowering the long-term health effects of obesity. Some people find it difficult to shed weight due to a serious medical condition or they have a long family history of obesity. Seek medical advice if you fit into these categories.

What are my treatment options?

Carrying out more exercise is a gradual way to tackle obesity. If you are new to exercise, start by carrying out 10 or 15 minutes of light exercise a day until you can slowly build up to around 30 minutes of moderately intense workouts. To lose weight successfully, you must eat a healthy diet alongside your workouts. Over 95% of obese people who initially lose weight through sensible dieting and exercise end up putting it back on because they fail to follow a consistent diet and exercise plan.

Exercising for fast weight loss

Include cardiovascular and strength training into your weekly schedule. For those looking to lose weight fast, cardio is the best option as it burns the most calories. However, you should include some sessions of strength training into your routine too. To make sure you’re burning fat, try to sweat throughout the whole workout.

If you haven’t performed any exercise for years and you have a severe health condition or a lot of excess fat to lose, it’s best to consult a healthcare professional first. They will provide all the tips you need to start an exercise routine.

Buying weight loss prescription pills

Adults with no digestive complications are safe to take Xenical, an FDA approved treatment for weight loss. It is typically prescribed to people who have a body mass index of 30 or more. The medication takes effect by stopping the fat in foods from being stored in the body. In clinical research studies, six out of 10 patients who took Xenical while eating a low-calorie diet lost five percent of body weight after just three months.

Weight loss diets

Eating a diet that minimises starches, processed sugars and animal fat will help to support weight loss. If you want to lose weight quickly, eat more fruits, vegetables, fish, reduced fat dairy foods, soy-based products, legumes and lean meat. Also, drink plenty of water during the day to hydrate your body. Furthermore, never skip meals. A lot of people think skipping breakfast will help them lose weight because it will result in consuming fewer calories. However, this only disturbs the body’s metabolism and causes many of them to binge eat at the next meal.

As a further step, try and keep a food journal. By writing down all the foods you eat, you’ll find it easier not to get side tracked. This is a very effective tool for losing weight because writing everything down makes you feel accountable for everything you’ve eaten.

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Fad Diets and Crash Diets

Eating a crash diet may provide short term results, but you’ll only end up putting the weight back on shortly after. Additionally, fad diets can seriously damage your health because if you only eat particular foods as part of the diet, you will be depriving yourself of key vitamins, minerals and nutrients from other foods.

It may seem tempting to try a crash diet, especially if you have a large amount of weight to lose, but staying patient is the key. It’s extremely common to open a celebrity magazine and read about the next miracle diet, but if these fad diets are so popular, there wouldn’t be new ones coming out every other week. If a crash diet sounds too good to be true, it most probably is. Only a balanced diet can provide all the necessary nutrients.

 

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