Weight Control That Can Work For You

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Weight Control That Can Work For You Is weight
loss the same as weight control? When you are
not in control of something, you find it
difficult to maintain it where it is. When you
are not in control of your weight, you tend to
lose weight or gain weight. So when you are in
control of your weight, you would be able to
maintain your weight more or less steady or gain
or lose it as you will.
Unfortunately with over sixty-five percent of
U.S adults being either overweight or obese,
majority of the people confuse weight control
with weight loss. The confusion is worse
confounded because the considerations by which
you achieve weight control are the same as those
by which you achieve weight loss.
A healthy American woman of medium build and a
height of 5 4 would weigh about 125 lbs. If she
is doing a little or no exercise, she needs 1500
calories per day to maintain that weight. If she
were to follow some dietary restriction and
reduce her calorie intake by 500 calories per
day, she will lose weight at the rate of about 1
lb per week.
If the woman in our example above were to start
exercising for 3 days per week, she will be
burning off about 200 calories per day more and
to maintain the weight i.e. to control the weight
in spite of starting on the exercise regimen she
needs to eat 200 calories more per day.
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So as you see from the above, it is not difficult
to choose your lifestyle and maintain a healthy
weight gain or healthy weight loss. You choose
the weight you want to scale at that tells you
how long you need to adjust your lifestyle to
reach the target at the safe rate of 1-2 lbs.
per week (of course, keeping in mind general
health considerations). Next determine what is
your present calorie intake (there are so
many websites that can help you find your actual
intake if you feed in the details of your diet).
Knowing that one pound of body weight is
equivalent to about 3500 calories, you can
decide how much change you need to make in your
calorie intake. Choose any of the safe natural
diet plans to implement the changes in diet
required. Just remember less fat, less calories,
lose weight more fat, more calories, gain
weight!
If you are at a healthy comfortable weight you
can easily maintain the same weight even in face
of changes in your activity levels, etc. by
keeping in mind underlying concept. If you are
increasing your activities (including exercise
you may be doing) increase your calorie intake
correspondingly or vice versa. Remember the
effects of calorie intake or burn out are on a
cumulative basis for effective weight control
you dont have to strictly maintain a daily
balance sheet!
Last but not least, calories - knowing how to
find them, how to count them and how to cut them,
are key to lose weight on your own. By doing
simple mathematics and implementing your diet and
exercise plan accordingly, you can successfully
lose your weight and maintain it for long term.