HOW TO WEIGHT LOSS ?

HOW TO LOSE WEIGHT ?

This is a million-dollar question in the present era of artificial intelligence taking over, decrease in our daily physical activities with increased intake of fast, unhygienic, processed, canned, frozen and pre-packed food leading to increased weight with lots of unwanted calories getting accumulated in our body leading to a chain of various health problems. 

Let's get straight away to the point and discuss the real possibility of losing weight.

DO THE JOURNEY TO WEIGHT LOSS IS SAME FOR EVERYONE ?

The answer is a big No. Unfortunately, many of us who are obese, are following the wrong pathway to weight loss. Because, in order to decrease your weight, firstly one needs to choose the right path depending on- 

1. One's Body type  

2. Degree of Self-control

3. How Obese you are 

4. Any Underlying medical conditions

 1.DIFFERENT BODY TYPES AND THEIR PATHWAY TO WEIGHT LOSS 

People are born with an inherited body type with different skeletal frames and body composition. Most people are a unique combination of three body types namely ectomorph, endomorph, and mesomorph. The best answer to the weight loss journey is to eat and exercise accordingly as mentioned below for your respective body type.

1. ECTOMORPH- All people with less muscle mass with fat mostly around their waist. They need to concentrate more on their diet with low carbs than on exercise. 

2. ENDOMORPH-People with a wider build and tend to gain a lot of weight they need to do a lot of cardio sessions and avoid crash dieting as It will only make their body cling to its fat reserves. Instead, adjust your diet so you're eating more frequent, smaller meals. Try to eat slowly, and drink plenty of water.

3. MESOMORPH-Genetically lucky mesomorphs may have an easier time than most staying slim and fit, but "this can be a double-edged sword" . "They have a tendency to assume that they can handle an extra helping of dessert or a hiatus from the gym. 

2. DEGREE OF SELF CONTROL

The weight loss journey starts with one's degree of self-control both mentally and physically.

Talking about mentally, one needs to stop eating unwanted calories in the form of unhealthy fast food and all types of beverages containing a lot of carbohydrates and fats . Instead of it, one needs to adopt more proteinaceous as well as a fibrous diet.

Talking about physical effort, everybody type needs to do cardio for at least an hour and other weight training depending on one's body type.

3.HOW OBESE YOU ARE AND HOW TO WEIGHT LOSS 

Based on BMI, people can be divided into different categories, and every one based on that needed to have a different approach to weight loss. 

1. OVERWEIGHT -being overweight is the first step towards an unhealthy lifestyle and if you fall into this range, it is comparatively very easy for you to lose weight by simply skipping your dinner and trying intermittent fasting along with cardio of an hour daily.

2. OBESE-These people are on the verge of, or are, having a long list of medical problems like Back pain, Diabetes, Hypertension, Joint pains, High  Blood cholesterol, etc. They need to consult Doctor and have a full body checkup to rule out any disease. Here, one should follow rigorous lifestyle changes with a strict diet plan from a dietitian with restriction of fats along with carbonated drinks plus strict exercises plan including cardio and weight training exercises.

3. VERY OBESE-  These people need to have surgical procedures like liposuction or bariatric surgery procedures like gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy, adjustable gastric band, and biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch, to actually lose weight, along with the dieting and weight loss exercises.

4.MEDICAL CONDITIONS AND WEIGHT LOSS

When trying to work on the journey to weight loss one should always consult one's physician and try to rule out the following medical conditions that can actually prevent your weight loss instead of doing all that dieting stuff and rigorous exercises.

1. HYPOTHYROIDISM

2. CHRONIC STRESS AND DEPRESSION

3. SYNDROME X

4. POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME (PCOS)

5. OTHER HORMONAL CHANGES.

It is concluded that one can lose weight by following the proper weight-loss approach with the corrected mindset and firm determination to eat less as well as do exercise regularly and above all, ruling out any medical condition after consulting with a physician.