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How To Lose Pounds When You're Obese
By: Steven Chang
In this world where food supply is not guaranteed plentiful all the time, our body has adapted in such a way that we have the capability to store excess energy reserves efficiently in instances of food abundance, and to use these reserves in times of famine. I am referring to no other than the fat cells or adipose cells, which are randomly distributed throughout our body. The role of fat is important for human survival. In babies, for instance, it has been cited that the pads of fat in the infant's cheeks can enable the child to survive for several days with no food.
Although survival may be one great reason to get these fat cells to work; the same fat cells can also put the body at risk for many diseases. In the presence of dietary abundance coupled with a sedentary lifestyle, and influenced importantly with genetic endowment, fat cells can produce unfavorable health effects which start off with a condition known as obesity.
Obesity is a state of excess adipose tissue mass. This occurs due to increased energy intake, reduced energy expenditure, or both. Energy consumption to the body that is not used up is saved in fat tissues in the form of triglycerides. The most largely applied proceedure to gauge obesity is the body mass index (BMI). To determine your Body Mass Index, basically divide your weight in kilograms over the square of your height in meters (BMI= kg/meter²). The classification based on BMI is presented below.
Classification BMI (kg/m²)
Underweight less than 19
Normal weight 19-25
Overweight 26-30
Obese more than 30
Although a BMI of 26-30 puts one in an overweight classification only, it is normally seen as medically substantial and worthy of therapeutic intervention, most particularly in the presence of other risk variables such as hypertension and glucose intolerance. All the more, A BMI of more than 30 unquestionably warrants quick attention.
It is now a recognized reality that as people get more obese, their average power output increases. An obese man or woman must therefore eat more than the normal lean person to maintain their increased bodyweight. Therefore, the first step an obese individual have to consider if he would like to be extra-fat free is to lose weight.
Below is a guide to knowing how significantly an obese person must shed from his weight and how to get rid of them.
Step 1. Understand your ideal body weight.
For female: 100 lbs (5 lbs per inch over 5 ft)
For male : 106 lbs (6 lbs per inch over 5 ft)
Step 2. Understand your day-to-day caloric requirement.There is a formula to compute it.
Step 3. Reduce your energy consumption.
Try losing 1 pound (0.45 kg) body weight by under-eating 3,500 calories over the course of the week. It would mean cutting your everyday caloric intake by 500 calories per day, since it is not possible for any individual to get rid of 3,500 calories in one day. Besides, nutritionists advise avoiding abrupt weight loss that can be deleterious to your health.
Step 4. Increase your energy expenditure
You need to increase your energy output at the same time, by adding in more physical exercise. In this way, you'll find it less difficult to lose pounds. For example, if you are aiming to get rid of 1 lb over a week (500 calories/day), perhaps each day you can try consuming 250 calories less and engage yourself on a half-hour cardiovascular exercise which can burn up an extra 250 calories. However, because a lot of obese individuals have cardiovascular risk factors, physical exercise should be introduced little by little and under medical supervision.
* The ideal body weight that you computed in Step 1 should serve as your guide. In attempting to get rid of excess weight, you may not necessarily obtain your ideal body weight, for as long as your new BMI will now slide between 19-25 kg/m², which is the normal BMI.
Though obesity is a persistent medical condition, there are good reasons to believe that it can be treated. Of course, the treatment and the entire course of action of reversing it condition is not simple at all, but with the individual's determination, self-discipline, patience, and very difficult work, there is no reason that it cannot be done.
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