Weight Loss Question`s

1. How to deal with obesity?

It should be understood that the radical and permanent treatment of obesity is difficult because it must change its behavior and attitude of the individual against the food. The solution to this problem is by adopting a balanced diet combined with increased physical activity. Excessive reduce excessive caloric intake or increased energy consumption inevitably fail in the effort. We need young and steady progress towards the desired goal, that the success and long-term outcome could be guaranteed.

2. How many calories we need to take daily at my expense?

Everyone needs a basic amount of calories regardless of physical activity to maintain the basic bodily functions (heart function, brain function, etc.). This amount is for women: 700 Kcal + 7 on body weight (eg for 60 Kg (132 lb) : 700 +7 ∙ 60 = 1120 Kcal) for men: 900 Kcal + 7 on body weight (eg for 80 Kg (176 lb) : 900 +7 ∙ 80 = 1460 Kcal) This amount of calories you should increase by 20%, 40% and 80% for low, moderate and severe muscle activity respectively.

3. How many pounds is allowed to lose each month?

In moderate obesity (approximately 1 Kg (2 lb) week). You should know that in order to «go» 1 Kg fat from the body should be a negative balance of about 7000 Kcal (1 kgr fat = 7000 Kcal). So to shed fat 1 Kg one week should be daily balance is negative by about 900 to 1000 Kcal.

4. Why not make enough effort to eat less to lose several pounds in a month?

It sounds as though it's easy, it is quite difficult for someone to lose more than 1 Kg week (ie 4 Kg per month), not affected the rest of his life from weakness and hunger that feels. And when we talk about weight loss 1 Kg week 1 Kg mean fat loss, not just liquid, which will coexist with diets.

5. That applies to any weight loss effort body reacts and reduces the basic metabolism, leading the effort to weight loss is difficult;

Indeed, when the body is used in abundance incoming food and energy, difficult to adapt to food restriction. The powerful autonomous survival reflexes of neuroendocrine system activated and send alarm signals, putting the body in readiness for immediate food intake. In short, your body thinks that there is no food in the environment and begin to reduce waste of energy to cope. For this reason, the hunger can be very pronounced in people who are accustomed to increased food intake. Another important feature of this reduction in metabolism is the fact that after some initial loss kg body stops losing pounds and further reducing caloric intake in order to continue losing weight.

6. The exercise of whether it helps in weight loss?

The aerobic exercise 3 times a week, depending on the state of health and depending on the age of the individual, help significantly to weight loss. This is done both through the growth of energy consumption and increasing the negative balance of daily calories, but also through other effects of exercise on the body. For example, exercise improves the availability of the individual, but also reduces appetite and hypoglycaemia observed several people with obesity problem.