HOW TO LOSE WEIGHT SENSIBLY

Good day steemians. Today is another day to learn something about your health by your favourite untalented health enthusiast, @scarletmedia. Please read and share your thoughts in the comment section. Thanks.

Before we delve into the "how to", let's answer the question

"WHY ARE SOME FOLKS FAT?"

Now let us suppose you know you are about 30 pounds overweight. What should you do? First of all, try to find out why you weigh so much more than you should. Don't be shocked to learn that some people are overweight because they are worried and frustrated. To soothe themselves, they nibble a little here and there between meals. Munching adds weight rapidly.

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"But," someone once told me, "I don't eat as much as my sister. Just look how thin she is." Perhaps so. People vary a lot in how many calories they actually burn up. Perhaps the thyroid has something to do with this, at least in some cases.

Thyroid: The thyroid is a small, butterfly-shaped gland located at the base of your neck just below the Adam’s apple. See picture below;

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Regardless of all these, if a person is gaining weight, it means only one thing - he is taking in more calories than he is using. Let's put it this way, nature hates to waste good food. So instead of tossing out those extra calories, she stores them neatly away in the form of fat for future use.
How easy it is for most of us to put on a few pounds, but what a job to take them off again! An irony isn't it?
It all depends on how active we are. At 25 years of age we usually burn up our calories without any difficulty. At 35 the situation begins to change. We are now less active. We sit down more often, and perhaps use labour-saving devices to spare us further exertion.

HOW CAN WE CHANGE THE PICTURE?
Two ways. Either we must increase the output of work, or we must reduce our food intake. This means that we must gauge the amount of food according to the work we do.

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HOW TO LOSE WEIGHT SENSIBLY

Dieting is not new to most people who are overweight. They have all tried this many times before. Some are so incensed at what their friends are saying about them that they will go without food entirely for a short time, only to return again to their former habits of overeating. Going to extremes rarely does any permanent good. The only solution is a completely new pattern of living, such as these simple steps outlined here:

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1. Take smaller quantities of food. Continue with a balanced diet. Quality, not quantity, is the rule. Be sure to include reasonable amounts of potatoes and whole-grain cereals in your diet. Eating slowly also helps. Avoid all foods that are oily or high in fat.
2. Be careful about "left-overs". Many housewives today put on weight because they hate to see food wasted. In this case, it is better to prepare less food avoid the problem of left-overs.
3. Stop nibbling between meals. Train yourself to get along on less food. Soon you will enjoy living on a reduced diet, and you will be surprised at how well you feel.
4. Sensible exercise, taken everyday, will help to use up those extra calories thouhg for me, the best exercise is walking. Putting those large leg muscles to work will burn up unwanted calories.
5. Avoid rich desserts. All that excess sugar and fat is high in calories but low in food value. Your best " exercise" is to push yourself away from the table while you are still hungry! Stay clear of ice-cream, pastry, rich cakes, and sweets.

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6. Remember, regular eating is important. Your meals should be smaller than average, well-prepared, and attractively arranged on that table. There is no reason for you not to enjoy your meals, even though you are now taking less food than you once thought you needed.
7. Do not go hungry for long. Eating regularly but sparingly is the best way to lose weight
8. Be sure to have a good breakfast. This will carry you through the day, and you will be less tempted to nibble sweets and snacks between meals.
9. Use these foods freely - green leafy vegetables, tomatoes, and carrots. They are all low in calories, but high in vitamins and minerals and have real food value. Such foods can also e used to ward off hunger pains between meals, if you must have something.

REMEMBER, your health is your wealth!

Thanks for reading. Stay healthy...keep steeming!