Losing Body Weight The Right Way For A Lifetime

Chiropractors in San Diego are revealing the secrets to weight loss

. Successful weight loss is not just a matter of shedding the pounds. The emphasis needs to be on eliminating body fat and avoiding reduction of lean body tissue, primarily muscle mass in the body. Why is this the key to long-term weight loss success? This is because muscle requires 15 times the energy compared to fat to survive (7.5 Calories per day for muscle versus 0.5 calories per day for fat). The more lean tissue you have, the more calories one can consume once desirable body weight is achieved. Overall, a moderate diet of at least 1000 calories of high quality food per day and exercise is clearly the best approach. This is because 80% of the weight lost is fat. This plan protects lean body mass which is essential for maintaining weight loss. This is critical to keep from gaining the weight back again.

Physical exercise in moderation is essential. It burns calories, which promotes body weight reduction. And it makes a body look good, inside and out: the payoff is a leaner, more attractive body, with a reduced risk of coronary heart disease. However, physical activity by itself may not be enough to lose body weight. For best results, it should be combined with a reduced caloric overall plan, calculated to match an individual's new physical activity level.

Rapid weight loss can be very encouraging at first, but long term results are quite disappointing for many. The lost weight is mostly water at first. However, it rapidly returns, besides diets too low in calories quickly lower the body's metabolic rule. This makes it even harder to lose weight and much easier to get it back. This creates a "yo-yo" diet syndrome. More fat is lost when the rate of weight loss is about two pounds per week. The number of calories needed to achieve this varies for each person and should be determined on an individual and unique basis.

There are immediate benefits to consuming the right number of calories. First of all, it helps to avoid being hungry, feeling fatigue and grouchiness that so often accompany deprivation of food. It supplies the energy needed to physical exercise. Trying to physical exercise on a very low caloric nutritional diet is like starving yourself twice - it leads to further reduction of lean body tissue. It helps ensure that nutritional needs are met. This is especially important over an extended period of time.

Another important thing to consider is to choose the correct foods. Many body weight reduction nutritional diets encourage avoiding carbohydrates (starchy foods), the body's primary source of fuel. Such nutritional diets promote rapid reduction of body water for a few weeks. But this can lead to a discouraging body weight plateau, followed by body weight gain from water and sodium retention once carbohydrates are eaten again. A healthy mix of foods, high in complex carbohydrates and low in fat, sugar and alcohol gives the individual the most for their calories plus a higher energy level and better nutrition.

Lifelong body weight control requires more than a simple nutritional diet. A plan is needed that focuses on making changes in behaviors that have contributed to the body weight problem, changes that are realistic and fit each person's unique lifestyle. The best overall program for most people includes a personal plan of action with specific solutions for permanent change, a program with the right balance of calories and physical activity to lose body weight at an optimal rate, and the personal support they need to succeed. Doing it right helps ensure that the body weight reduction is not just temporary, but a lifelong plan.

by: Dr. Michael Pritsker, DC

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