User question: If I do not like sports, diet control is very good, you can lose weight?
Only dieting exercise can lose weight?
The answer is yes (off scale).
However, you can easily enter the painful state of fluctuating weight, professionally called 'periodic weight' or 'yo-yo effect'.
An associate professor of psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles, conducted a year-long follow-up of people who diet and lose weight, and found that only 41% of people who did not exercise dieted rebound.
What is the periodic weight?
Cyclical weight refers to the repeated weight loss and increase of body weight.Usually, the periodic weight is the result of diet to lose weight.A cyclical weight may be only small fluctuations in body weight (5 to 10 pounds), but also can be substantial Fluctuation (50 pounds or more).
Cyclical weight occurs as follows:
1. You start a diet without exercise, with the result that your body's metabolism slows down (because less calories have been 'processed' by the body now)
2. Thin down, you quickly stopped the diet.
3. Now you eat as much or more as you (because you feel 'deficit' at the time of your diet)
4. As a result, you gain weight again (because of your metabolic rate has slowed, can not handle the sudden increase in calories)
5. The desire to lose weight fell, so you start diet again.
So cycle ...
Why periodic weight will happen?
When we die, the body still needs a certain amount of fuel to run, and if we do not get the heat from the food, then our body breaks down its stored fat and muscle tissue to gain energy, and it breaks down muscle The rate of tissue is much faster than the breakdown of fat.At this time, you lose weight, but may not reduce the fat.After stopping the diet, the body has resumed a lot of heat absorption, but can not effectively break down excess calories, At this point, the weight rebounds again, therefore, diet without weight-loss program can easily lead to periodic weight, it is difficult to maintain weight.
When I regain fat, weight loss will become more difficult?
It is possible! If you repeatedly lose weight, body fat rate is getting higher and lower, less muscle, your metabolism will be getting lower and lower, so more and more difficult to 'thin'.
Of course, the periodic weight will only lead to temporary changes in the rate of metabolism, the increase of age is the main reason affecting metabolism.
Is periodic weight harmful to my health?
Some studies suggest that periodic body weight may cause some health problems, including high blood pressure, high cholesterol and gallbladder diseases, etc. Overexpression of the population should use the appropriate weight loss methods to avoid the impact of periodic body weight and health.
In addition, periodic weight can have a negative impact on mental health because you feel discouraged and frustrated after you gain weight again, even feeling yourself a 'loser.' Conversely, it can also be a long-term change for you Power to lose weight.
Will not losing weight be more healthy than cyclical weight?
Although cyclical weight does not trigger the disease has not yet been conclusive, but the health hazards of obesity already well known.Oil prone diseases include: hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, some cancers, arthritis and gallbladder diseases .
Of course, not every obese person has a risk of being ill, and your gender, obesity location, and family history have a decisive effect on your risk of illness and the consensus among experts is that within six months, The method of weight loss of 10 pounds or more can improve the health of an obese adult.
How to break the periodic weight
1. Give yourself the appropriate weight loss goals, a week is best not more than 2 pounds.
2. Regular walking, running, cycling, lifting iron (dumbbells) and other sports, especially to exercise large muscles, such as the buttocks and thighs. Remember that every pound of muscle around every day to help you 'solve' out 50 calories, a pound of muscle is a lot less than a pound of fat, and the weight you make is much better.
Eat less meals Every time you eat, the body's metabolism will speed up.In addition, Eat less meals will not let the body over hunger.
Important reminder
Lifestyle change is the most useful long-term weight loss plan.If you use diet as short-term 'hell' weight loss tools, after the results, and return to the original way of life.Once the diet was stopped, weight quickly 'Forget it.'
