However, obesity is not just a consequence of a set of bad habits. It is a disease, and a serious one, provoking the development of many other ailments. By the way, its cause is not always just overeating. Doctors distinguish between three types of obesity: alimentary, endocrine and hypothalamic. The first is characteristic of gluttons. For those who eat more than he objectively needs, and digest what they have eaten prefers on the couch. Endocrine - often accompanies diseases such as diabetes, hypothyroidism, here we are talking about failures in the endocrine system. The third type develops when the defeat of the brain, called the hypothalamus, as a result of trauma, infections or neuro-diseases that affect the central nervous system. This type of obesity is the hardest to treat. Fortunately, it is also the least common.
Why are doctors so adamant about recommending weight loss? Excess weight is a heavy burden on the musculoskeletal system, the cardiovascular system. Almost no fatty without flat feet, arthritis, shortness of breath, tachycardia. Over time, hypertension almost certainly develops. As a result, obese people are affected by heart attacks and strokes 4-5 times more often. Obese - a special concern and neuropsychologists. The widespread belief that the skinny are unkind, full of good-natured categorically refuted by medical practice. Just the fat people are more envious and vindictive, often suspecting those around them that they are plotting against them bad. To restore normal weight, you must first undergo a comprehensive medical examination. If the doctor determines that your fullness is a consequence of inability to close your mouth in time, he can prescribe a treatment to reduce appetite. If it turns out that the cause of your obesity is a disease, all efforts will be directed toward fighting the underlying cause.
How do you start a new life? As clichéd as it sounds, exercise. Of course, if you can't tie the laces of your own shoes properly, then it's hard to talk about a full-fledged exercise program. Start with walking, increasing the length of your walks every day and speeding up their pace. Do not try to run - it is simply harmful to obese people. Swim if you can, buy dumbbells and slowly start doing a few muscle-pumping exercises in the morning.
Your doctor will choose a specific diet for you. If you really need to lose weight without consequences, use the help of nature. For example, you can deceive the feeling of hunger with the infusion of figs and prunes. Take 250 grams of the both, pour three liters of water and let cool. Do not add sugar and drink this infusion half a glass half an hour before the meal. If you are not embarrassed by a characteristic garlic smell, you can crush 3-4 cloves of garlic and pour a glass of cooled boiling water over them. Allow a day to infuse and drink a tablespoon at night.
What prevents weight loss? Perhaps you want to lose weight, but you do not have the strength to sit down on a diet or stick to your chosen diet for a long time, that is, there is no strong motivation. And no, because its emergence is hampered by internal reasons. Awareness and overcoming them - the second stage of work with motivation - will help to establish the process of losing weight.
The scary word "diet" What do you associate losing weight with? With the constant overcoming itself? With the rejection of favorite foods? Gloomy picture. Deciding to go on a diet, you, in fact, find yourself between two fires: a rational desire to lose weight and emotional - not to do it. What to do? Do not exaggerate the colors before time: an individually designed diet involves the elimination of only a few products, and no one makes you immediately move from gluttony to ascetic lifestyle - give up food gradually.
People like me don't lose weight. "I'll certainly try, but I'm not likely to succeed!" - This is the reasoning of those who give up without a fight. If you refuse to win immediately, then you can not really try: to make night forays to the refrigerator and "console" themselves with mom's pancakes - regardless slimness is not to your liking. Everyone can lose weight, there is nothing more to add.
The diet does not work. Beginning to lose weight, you have an approximate idea of the time frame and the results to be obtained. If the pounds are not gone after a week or two, then the faith in the effectiveness of this and any other diet is lost. Diets affect different people differently: if a tangible weight loss is promised after a week, do not think that exactly one week in a second you will lose weight.
What helps weight loss. Eating behavior is built from a person's specific actions that address local goals. For example, a general motivation - to impress others with your newfound beauty, a specific goal - to fit into a dress or pants smaller size that looks good, action - rejection of fatty potatoes, pork dishes, sweet pastries made by your favorite mother. If motivation is absent or not strong enough, local goals can be used to create and fuel it.