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It didn't take a month to gain it; be patient trying to lose it
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| Weigh in: Weighing in can be a battle mentally, making a person want to drop the pounds faster. But a healthy weight-loss plan will have a better result. (Thelma Grimes/photo.) |
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Nutrition experts say that when a person eats 100 calories more than their body needs a day, that can add up to an extra 10 pounds per year. Take those numbers over several years of unhealthy eating habits, and the pants size increases, health problems persist and finding a diet plan becomes a necessity.
But experts agree crash diets are is too good to be true. Patience and healthy decisions are keys to winning the battle of the bulge.
Keeping extra weight off requires effort and commitment, just as losing weight does. Weight loss goals are reached by changes in diet, eating habits, exercise and in extreme circumstances, surgery.
However, even after surgery, patients have to change eating habits to assure success.
Healthy weight loss can lower cholesterol and blood sugar levels, lower blood pressure, create less stress on bones and joints and create less work for the heart.
Dr. Carter Mayberry said a key to long-term success is to become educated, join a support group such as Weight Watchers, or TOPS (Take off pounds sensibly), find out how changing portion sizes, snacking on healthier foods like fruits and vegetables and exercising can tip the scale in the right direction.
Benson Hospital Clinical Dietitian Marilyn Hendricks said setting reachable goals is also essential to success. It takes time to lose weight, also starting off slow is not only good for your health, but also your mental state.
Start off by setting the goal to lose five percent of your current weight. Once that goal is reached, go up to 10 percent, and slowly increase your goals as you lose.
Hendricks said you are setting yourself up for failure if your first goal is to lose a large amount of weight. The process takes time, and mentally you have to stick with the ultimate goal.
Nutrition experts say that when a person eats 100 calories more than their body needs a day, that can add up to an extra 10 pounds per year. Take those numbers over several years of unhealthy eating habits, and the pants size increases, health problems persist and finding a diet plan becomes a necessity.
But experts agree crash diets are is too good to be true. Patience and healthy decisions are keys to winning the battle of the bulge.
Keeping extra weight off requires effort and commitment, just as losing weight does. Weight loss goals are reached by changes in diet, eating habits, exercise and in extreme circumstances, surgery.
However, even after surgery, patients have to change eating habits to assure success.
Healthy weight loss can lower cholesterol and blood sugar levels, lower blood pressure, create less stress on bones and joints and create less work for the heart.
Dr. Carter Mayberry said a key to long-term success is to become educated, join a support group such as Weight Watchers, or TOPS (Take off pounds sensibly), find out how changing portion sizes, snacking on healthier foods like fruits and vegetables and exercising can tip the scale in the right direction.
Benson Hospital Clinical Dietitian Marilyn Hendricks said setting reachable goals is also essential to success. It takes time to lose weight, also starting off slow is not only good for your health, but also your mental state.
Start off by setting the goal to lose five percent of your current weight. Once that goal is reached, go up to 10 percent, and slowly increase your goals as you lose.
Hendricks said you are setting yourself up for failure if your first goal is to lose a large amount of weight. The process takes time, and mentally you have to stick with the ultimate goal.
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