Unlike other forms of diseases, tackling obesity goes beyond medications and going under the surgeon’s knife. As a person suffering from obesity, major changes in regards to his/her lifestyle are needed, i.e. from diet to exercise routines. However, before embarking on the programs, it is important to understand some of the fundamental rules on weight loss that would be helpful to keeping you on the right path to shading weight.
What is your weight?First and foremost, you need to gauge whether you are obese, underweight, normal or overweight, by calculating your body mass index, i.e. BMI. In a non professional term, BMI can be defined as the ratio of body weight to its height. The appropriate BMI should be 24. Persons whose BMI is under 24 are at risk with issues that are associated with deprived nutritional standing. On the other hand, if your BMI falls in between 25 to 29, you are regarded as being overweight. For you to be considered as obese, your BMI should range in between 30 to 39. Anything above 40 is an extreme obese.
To workout you’re BMI, divide your weight (kilograms) by the square of your height (meters)
How some people lose weight faster?
The rate at which you are able to lose weight hinges on the Basal Metabolic Rate, i.e. the amount of energy needed to maintain normal bodily functions such as breathing, blood circulation and muscle movements. The body thus needs to burn calories in order to carry out these basic functions. Whereas, this may not enable you to lose weight at the expected rate, it serves to explain why others are able to lose weight much faster than others.
Calorie intake needed for weight loss
Health freaks are normally more concerned by the amount of calorie intake on any given day. Some go to an extent of regarding calories as something that should be avoided at all cost. Unknown to a majority is that calories are vital to the body since the calories that we obtain from the food that we eat are converted to energy that is utilized by the body. It only becomes an issue of concern when one consumes more calories than the body needs. If you are inactive for most part of the day, the calories are not used up but rather stored as fat deposits. For every 3500 calories that we consume and are not burnt by the body, we gain 1 extra pond of fat deposits. On the other hand if the body is able to burn every 3500 calories, 1 pound of fat deposit is lost.
You can limit the calorie intake by watching the type of food that you consume on a daily basis. Drinks such as pop or fizzy sodas can easily be substituted for healthy drinks such as water or yoghurt. In addition, you can engage in regular exercise routines such as taking the stairs instead of elevators, parking a few blocks from where you work and walking for the remaining distance and taking walks in the park for about 20 minutes during the weekends
