Our BMI, or Body Mass Index is an indication of whether we are overweight or not. Our reading should come in somewhere in the region of top teens to mid-twenties. We have weight management problems if our figure is any higher than that. A BMI of more than 30 is considered obese. It becomes morbidly obese when the index goes over 40.
It's very easy to determine what your BMI is: Using metric readings, take your current weight and height. Take your metric height and square it. Then divide the answer by how many kilos you weigh.
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.
Generally, a reduction in the amount of high fat food will get the weight-loss ball rolling. Smaller, higher fibre lower fat meals will help the body to metabolise the fat stores that have previously built up.
Don't be tempted by miracle diets that promise massive weight loss in no time at all. This rules out anything that suggests you consume less than twelve hundred calories in 24 hours. Such 'instant remedies' may produce some results, but it's likely the weight will flood back on.
Long-term weight reduction takes time. But if you just knocked 500 cals off your current daily intake, the results would start to show over time. So not the un-realistic promises fed to you from the instant remedy brigade, but a real solution to help you stay out of the danger zones.
Foods which contain the most calories tend to have a high fat content. It makes sense therefore to drastically reduce that type of food. To avoid feeling desperately hungry eat more whole grains, and to balance your diet include plenty of fruit and veg. Making these changes will help to prevent any re-entry into the obesity category.
It's not worth saving calories up for two meals a day. You're likely to get too hungry, and then grab a calorie-rich snack! Really, you'll do yourself more favours if you have four or five little meals spread throughout the day. It's more difficult to get the weight off when you feel half-starved. The body metabolises more when it receives frequent healthy portions of food. This leads to an efficient system of weight loss. - 30241
It's very easy to determine what your BMI is: Using metric readings, take your current weight and height. Take your metric height and square it. Then divide the answer by how many kilos you weigh.
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.
Generally, a reduction in the amount of high fat food will get the weight-loss ball rolling. Smaller, higher fibre lower fat meals will help the body to metabolise the fat stores that have previously built up.
Don't be tempted by miracle diets that promise massive weight loss in no time at all. This rules out anything that suggests you consume less than twelve hundred calories in 24 hours. Such 'instant remedies' may produce some results, but it's likely the weight will flood back on.
Long-term weight reduction takes time. But if you just knocked 500 cals off your current daily intake, the results would start to show over time. So not the un-realistic promises fed to you from the instant remedy brigade, but a real solution to help you stay out of the danger zones.
Foods which contain the most calories tend to have a high fat content. It makes sense therefore to drastically reduce that type of food. To avoid feeling desperately hungry eat more whole grains, and to balance your diet include plenty of fruit and veg. Making these changes will help to prevent any re-entry into the obesity category.
It's not worth saving calories up for two meals a day. You're likely to get too hungry, and then grab a calorie-rich snack! Really, you'll do yourself more favours if you have four or five little meals spread throughout the day. It's more difficult to get the weight off when you feel half-starved. The body metabolises more when it receives frequent healthy portions of food. This leads to an efficient system of weight loss. - 30241
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