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Being overweight can seriously damage your health!
I believe it is reasonable to say that by choice no one would choose to be overweight. Unfortunately, however, a huge percentage of the population in the western world is overweight and a growing number of people are now categorised as being obese.
A large number of people will be familiar with the term obese but will have very little idea what the term actually means.
For those of you that would like to know if you are obese then this is what it means:
Obesity is a medical term that is directly related to your BMI (body mass index) which is calculated by comparing a persons height and weight ratio.
The formula for assesing your BMI is extremely straight forward. The initial step in helping you to decide if you are obese is to step onto the scales and weigh yourself, in kilos, and then record how tall you are, in metres.
To calculate your BMI you then divide your weight by your height squared.
To illustrate this if we take a person who weighs 90 kilos and is 1.6 metres tall that individuals BMI would be worked out as follows:
90 divided by 2.56 (ie. 1.6 x 1.6 =2.56) equals 35.16 which is the BMI of that person.
Broadly speaking anyone with a BMI over 30 is clinically obese. So in the example that I gave the person in question would be classified as being obese.
To be classified as having a normal weight your BMI should fall between 18.5 and 24.9.
Whether fall in the category of being obese or you are simply slightly overweight you should at least try to bring your weight down to something approaching your ideal weight.
Obviously the the higher your BMI is the more difficult it is going to be to get back down to your ideal weight and the longer it is going to take you.
There are obviously benefits in reducing your weight to something approaching your correct weight.
The greatest benefit is of course that cutting down your weight will improve your health and reduce the likelihood of you suffering serious illnesses such as heart attacks and breathing problems.
Actually reducing your weight is however not an easy thing to do. If you want to have any chance of success you will require an immense amount of will power and determination and a lot of people who set out with the best of intentions find that they become disillusioned fairly quickly.
The best way of losing weight is to do it slowly and naturally. This means moderating your food intake and ensuring that you are taking enough exercise to burn up the calories that you consume.
For those of you that do not possess the will power to completely change your life style there are several available on the market to help you.
There are diet pills that are designed to work in a number of ways to help you achieve the weight loss you require.
There are for example pills that act as appetite suppressants and teach your body to want less food and if you cut down on your food intake it is fair to assume that you will begin to lose weight as a result.
There are pills available that will actually help to burn away your existing body fat and pills that will help in preventing the body from converting the food we eat into fat.
You do of course need to exercise care with regard to what type of pills you take and it is always best to select products that are manufactured using only natural ingredients. You should also always set yourself weight loss targets that are achievable and lose weight steadily rather than to attempt to lose vast amounts of weight in a short time as it is far less likely that you will regain the weight again if you lose it at a slower rate.
Which ever way you choose to lose weight is down to your own preference but for your healths sake make the decision and make it now - tomorrow may be too late!
