Dealing With Excess Weight
Each extra pound of fat you carry represents an over supply of , 3500 calories. In order to get rid of these excess calories, you need to get down to work.
Get plenty of rest while trying to lose weight. The body burns! mlf a calorie per pound of body weight per hour in sleep.
Insurance company statistics show that over-plump clients ar™ poorer medical risks than slimmer ones.
However, there is no real merit in a "crash diet".
Whether you plan to lose, to gain or just to maintain you™ weight, there can be no lasting effect from quickie-programmes' that you abandon in three weeks' time.
Instead, this is a lifetime process. There should be no rigid rules. What you need is a positive resolution to eat healthy food and develop healthy food habits. Exercise before meals is relaxing. Once you are relaxed, you will' probably eat more slowly than normal, which, in-turn ,means that you will also eat less !
A well-balanced meal and the basic principles of sensible eating given overleaf, along with exercises, should help you control and maintain your weight effectively.
How to Calculate the Excess Calories You may be Consuming?
If you are, say, ten pounds overweight, multiply your current weight by fifteen and follow the same procedure as before to calculate how many calories you take in. Then, taking into consideration your ideal weight, calculate the number of calories you should be consuming.
Say, you are between the ages of 35 and 55 and weigh 13Q pounds instead of your ideal 120. To maintain your 130 pounds you are taking in 130 x 15 = 180() calories.
Then you are taking in an excess of 150 calories per day i (1950-1800). Giving the body fewer calories, at least 150 less in I your case, is part of the answer.
