Weight Lost Tips (Part 1)

Posted by Kiki | February 2nd, 2010 in Weight Loss Tips | No Comments »

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To lose weight successfully, you must carry out a plan to balance calorie intake with exercising. The ideal is to eat a nutritionally balanced, low-calorie diet and increasing physical activity. Although many programs advertised to help people lose weight, the only proven long-term and safe is to burn more calories than you consume.

This is achieved by consuming less calories (eat less food or healthier food) or by increasing energy expenditure (exercise more). Often used behavior modification techniques like eating smaller portions to help control eating habits. Once weight is lost, these habits can be modified slightly for weight maintenance.

Unintentional weight loss may be a symptom of various medical or psychiatric disorders or may be due to increasing physical activity or decreasing food intake.

HEALTHY CALORIE INTAKE

The Committee on Recommended dietary allowances (Committee on DietaryAllowance) of the United States has published energy intakes (number of calories) that are recommended for different age groups and sex. These numbers also depend on activity level and medical conditions, including pregnancy.

WEIGHT LOSS TIPS

One pound (0.453 g) of fat contains approximately 3,500 calories, that is, to lose 1 pound a week, a person should consume approximately 3,500 fewer calories per week. This is achieved by reducing 500 calories of daily food intake (500 x 7 days will provide a deficit of 3,500 calories per week). Similarly, to lose 2 pounds (0.90 kg) per week requires a deficit of 1,000 calories.

If this seems impossible, we must remember that physical activity also contributes significantly. Physical activity combined with a reduction in daily intake can be achieved in a shortfall of 500 to 1,000 calories, so it is not necessary that the person is completely deprived of food. In women, the minimum recommended intake is 1,200 calories, unless under medical supervision in a very low-calorie regimen which may have a daily intake of 500 to 800 calories.

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