Nutritionalists work on a person’s Body Mass Index when analysing weight questions. Our weight is thought to be right for our height if our reading is under twenty five and over eighteen. If it goes over 25, we have a weight problem. Above 30, and we join the category of obesity, moving into morbid obesity above 40.
A simple calculation can be done to work out your BMI. Make a note of how heavy you are in kilograms and how tall you are in metres. Your BMI calculation is then done by taking your height and squaring it, and dividing that by your weight.
For instance – say you’re 1.55 metres tall and you weigh 78 kilos, your index would be 32.5. Clearly that result shows some different eating and exercise habits are needed, as a figure over 30 is categorised as obese.
If we persist with eating fatty and sugary calorie-laden food, we’ll never get a grip on our weight management. We can lower our fat reserves (and therefore our weight) if we trim down our portion sizes and stick to more natural foodstuffs.
Diets that make claims to crash your weight are not recommended – they’re unhealthy and unsustainable. So stay away from programs that restrict males to 1,400 daily calories and females to 1,000. Radical weight reduction can result, but it’s usually very short-lived!
Healthy dieting that will make you fitter for life can take months. Losing up to two pounds a week can be achieved if you simply cut out five hundred calories or so a day. Clearly this isn’t going to make an impact this month, but you will be healthier by this time next year.
It’s well understood that foods saturated in fat contain the highest calories. Therefore keeping fat to a minimum will significantly reduce your calories. Substitute fat with whole grains, vegetables and fruit. It’s amazing how quickly you’ll start to notice improvements in your health.
Avoid skipping meals – this really doesn’t help with calorie reduction. By the afternoon, you’ll be so hungry you might be tempted by chocolate or crisps. A number of lighter meals throughout the day is better in reality. Leaving yourself constantly hungry makes weight loss less likely. But eating frequent nutritious small amounts is the best way to fuel an efficient weight loss process.
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