Hey..
You're still fat?
By
Sherali
S. Bharwani
When we
discover that we are heavier than we want to be, we have a
natural inclination to eat less food. We may skip lunch or
eat only a tiny amount of our dinner in the hope that if we
eat less our body will burn off some of its fat. But that is
not necessarily true. Eating less actually makes it more
difficult to lose weight.
Keep in mind that the human body took shape millions of
years ago, and at that time there were no diets. The only
low-calorie event in people's lives was starvation.
Those
who could cope with a temporary lack of food were the ones
who survived. Our bodies, therefore, have developed this
built-in mechanism to help us survive in the face of low
food intake.
When researchers compare overweight and thin people, they
find that they eat roughly the same number of calories. What
makes overweight people different is the amount of fat that
they eat. Thin people tend to eat less fat and more complex
carbohydrates.
Losing weight is not something one can do overnight. A
carefully planned weight loss program requires common sense
and certain guidelines.
Unfortunately, there's a lot of
misinformation floating around and lots of desperate people
are easily duped and ripped off.
Every day one can open a magazine or newspaper and see
advertisements touting some new product, pill or patch that
will take excess weight off quickly. Everyone seems to be
looking for that 'magic' weight loss pill.
Millions of
people worldwide, are trying to lose weight, spending
billions of dollars every year on diet programs and
products. Often they do lose some weight. But, if you check
with the same people two years later, you will find that
nearly all have regained whatever weight they lost.
A survey was done recently to try and determine if any
commercial diet program could prove long-term success. Not a
single program could do so. So rampant has the so-called
diet industry become with new products and false claims that
the FDA (in U.S.) has now stepped in and started clamping down.
Being seriously overweight and particularly obesity can
develop into a number of diseases and serious health
problems, and it is now a known fact that when caloric
intake is excessive, some of the excess frequently is
saturated fat.
The myth is that people get heavy by eating too many
calories. Calories are a consideration it's true, but
overall they are not the cause of obesity in world today.
People actually take in fewer calories each day than they
did at the beginning of the century. If calories alone were
the reason we become overweight, we should all be thin. But
we are not.
Collectively, we are heavier than ever. Partly,
it is because we are more sedentary now. But equally, as
important is the fact that the fat content of our diet has changed dramatically.
People who diet without exercising often get fatter with
time. Although your weight may initially drop while dieting,
such weight loss consists mostly of water and muscle. When
the weight returns, it comes back as fat. To avoid getting
fatter over time, increase your metabolism by exercising
regularly.
Select an exercise routine that you are comfortable with and
remember that walking is one of the best and easiest
exercises for strengthening your bones, controlling your
weight and toning your muscles.
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