Some statistics:
After age 25, the average person in America gains one pound or more a year, which means that at age 50 the average person is 25 pounds or more heavier than he was 25 years ago.
As you age your metabolism slows down, causing your body to burn less fat.
Without exercising regularly, the average American loses a pound of muscle each year.
A minority of Americans exercise significantly, which means less than 50 minutes of exercise per week. Two out of five Americans do not exercise at all.
Motivation to lose weight:
Most people's primary motivation for weight loss is to improve their appearance.
Motivational factors that many other health benefits of good nutrition and regular exercise.
Why obesity is dangerous:
Reduction of excess body fat plays a crucial role in maintaining good health and avoid disease.
Medical evidence shows that obesity is a significant threat to health and longevity.
Excess body fat is connected to:
~ Heart
~ Cancer
~ Diabetes
~ Gall bladder disease
~ Gastro-intestinal disease
~ Sexual dysfunction
~ Osteoarthritis
~ Step
Why excess body fat associated with heart disease?
About 4/5s of death caused by heart disease and cancer, are associated with lifestyle factors, including inactivity.
Your heart must work harder to pump blood to the lungs and additional fat throughout your body. Therefore it takes more energy to breathe.
This extra workload can cause the heart to be enlarged and high blood pressure and heart rate of life-threatening erratic possible consequences.
Fat people often also have high cholesterol levels, making them more likely to develop arteriosclerosis. When the blood vessels so narrow that vital organs like heart, kidney or brain dont get enough blood, it becomes life-threatening.
May go without saying, but the more narrow the blood vessels, the harder your heart must pump, which causes increased blood pressure. . High blood pressure itself posed some health risks, such as heart attacks, strokes and kidney.
Does excess body fat causes cancer?
In general, studies have linked cancer-causing chemicals (carcinogens) in excess, actually as of this storage.
- Excess fat has been associated with higher levels of breast and cervical cancer for women
- Excess fat has been associated with colon cancer and prostate for men.
- How does excess body fat associated with diabetes?
- There is a balance between the relative amount of body fat, blood sugar levels and hormone we call insulin.
- Excess blood sugar is stored in the liver and other vital organs, and converted to fat as soon as these organs have been getting what they need it.
- The pancreas of overweight people often produces more and more insulin. But the problem is, that the body can not use this to regulate blood sugar levels.
- This poor regulation of blood sugar and insulin cause an imbalance in the system, resulting in diabetes. These diseases in turn can cause heart disease, kidney failure, blindness, amputations, and death.
How to Reduce Body Fat Reduces Disease Risk.
At American University, the researchers studied a sample of people who follow weight management program specific. This study shows:
- Decrease in HDL cholesterol
- Reduction in triglyceride levels,
- Decrease in blood pressure.
- Increased waist-hip ratio,
active lifestyle can slow or stop the disease process for most people, even people with a history of heart disease in the family.
Other studies have shown that programs that include regular physical activity, low-fat diet, reduce stress, reverse the process of heart disease.
whereas other studies indicate that reducing body fat through an active lifestyle and low-fat diet means reducing the risk:
- Prostate cancer for men,
- Breast and cervical cancer for women
- Non-insulin dependent diabetes for both sexes.
What to do?
You have to change a new lifestyle, to make up for the long-term process that gradually will take you to a healthier life. This process requires persistence and patience, especially at first. If you stay persistent, your new lifestyle will automatically take over, and it will become natural for you. This process will include, moderate, long-term fat loss, aerobic, strength training
Here are the benefits of 90 percent of overweight people who follow this advice has been obtained:
- Improve heart function
- Increase blood pressure
- Improve glucose tolerance
- Elevated levels of cholesterol
- Reduce the requirements for medicines
- Eight times more likely to die from cancer than decent,
- 53 percent less likely to die from other diseases than those not eligible
- Eight times more likely to die from heart disease than people who do not deserve.
How are we to start?
The first stage in such a process has been shown to be the most difficult is where most people drop out. The longer you stay in the process, the more likely you are to succeed. And believe me; after you - by way of persistency and patience - has passed the critical phase begins, the fun and excitement you gradually will experience will make the change well worth the effort.
You must make a decision to commit to the process of this lifestyle change.
If you ever feel tempted to skip it for a day or even give up, to face yourself with your commitment, and go.
How to stay motivated?
Allow plenty of time for a change. You should give yourself a few years for the changes to occur. If you do, your body will adjust comfortably, and the probability of maintaining this healthy lifestyle permanently, will be higher.
