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Fast Weight Loss That
MattersExcessive weight in a person could be the
result of heredity or genetic disorder (which is beyond the
person's control); it may have resulted from the person’s food
habits, life style, the nature of work and activities the
person routinely engages in, etc. Except in cases of genetic
disorders or heredity, generally you gain weight over a long
period of time and with reasonable awareness towards your
well-being there is generally no reason for you to look for
ways to achieve fast weight loss.
Excess weight condition matters; so weight loss also matters.
Why should fast weight loss matter? And for whom does the fast
rate matter?
There are two categories of people who look for fast weight
loss methods - those who are very obese and have recently
become conscious of danger to their health and those who are
taken in by those very “alluring but misleading” advertisements
showing that you could become super models by following the
slimming courses for two or three weeks.
Health experts agree that an average person can lose about 1 to
2 pounds of weight per week by correct eating habits and
reasonable exercises. This is a safe and healthy amount to
lose; you could achieve long lasting results in this way. By
adopting additional safe methods such as use of Proactol, a fat
binder OTC product, you may be able to lose safely about 2 to 3
pounds per week; that itself would be high weight loss rate.
I know many would be keen on losing weight at much higher rate
- something like 10 to 15 pounds a week. However take a moment
to think. Do you gain weight at anything like 10 to 15 pounds a
week steadily? You don't because your body cannot. And if your
body cannot add weight at that rate, it will not be able to
lose at that rate either without ill effects.
By going on a starvation diet to lose weight at an unrealistic
rate, all that you manage to lose is your muscles, body fluids
- water - , your sleep and money, of course! Achieving fast
weight loss is violating the natural rhythm of your body. Quite
often it is seen that such drastic results of weight loss
achieved are equally rapidly negated.
As I said earlier, there are those cases of extreme obesity
whose need for faster weight loss may be reasonable because of
health concerns. Bariatric surgery may be the answer to the
prayer of these obese patients. In these weight loss surgery
techniques, called gastric bypass and laparoscopic adjustable
gastric banding ("Lap Band"), the capacity of the stomach is
surgically reduced or limited. This limits the quantity of food
the patient is able to eat. This automatically restricts the
tendency of the body to have a craving for food and also
restricts weight gain. Most of the persons are able to return
to their normal work after a few weeks.
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