How can I lose weight fast?
March 11, 2009 by admin
Filed under Featured, weight loss help and tips
A lot of people many times wonder: “How can I lose weight fast?” This is one of the million dollar questions. Unfortunately there are no quick and easy ways for weight loss. The easy answer to the question of why we gain weight is because we eat a lot of food and we do not exercise. With the same thinking, in order to lose weight we should increase our physical activity and reduce the calories consumed daily by our food.
The classic definitions of weight gain and weight loss sound very nice and easy to follow. But if in fact it was so easy to lose weight, why obesity is increasing rapidly and tends to become a global epidemic? The World Health Organization warns that obesity is in both developed and developing countries, the main risk to public health. According to some statistics, more than 76% of adults over 25 have more weight than what would have been ideal. The percentage of people in the population considered obese because their body weight is 20% more than the ideal weight for their body is ranging from 30 to 55%.
What are the causes of obesity?
Of all the factors, two appear to be the main reasons for the current situation of the people regarding their weight: Their profession, the type and method of diet.
Nowadays, the number of people who have sedentary jobs have increased significantly and continue to grow. In the old times people had more manual work, dealing with agriculture and other productive work requiring physical activity.
Today, such jobs have declined substantially. Modern technology in all areas has reduced the requirements for human manual work. Now we need more work with the mind rather than with the muscles.
This of course is good for productivity and business. It is not good for our weight and our health. In old times, there was no need to plan and find some time for physical exercise because it was usually an integral part of professional activity. Now we have to devote hours after our normal work, to do exercise, to walk or run and do some sport.
If you do not plan these things and commit that you will not neglect the physical exercise, then the equation (eat less + exercise = weight loss) is no longer valid. You will end up in only gaining weight and not loosing.
We get more and more weight and obesity becomes an integral part of your life with all the serious and harmful effects.
A second social phenomenon that is becoming global also affecting our weight loss efforts is the change in our diet. Today’s dinner table has nothing in common with the old good times balanced family table with the well cooked healthy meals with more fresh fruits and vegetables. We now rely on quick and ready-made food that is found anywhere and we buy them in every opportunity as not to waste time cooking. The industries with well-known restaurant chains that provide any kind of quick food have flooded the cities of the world. From childhood the boxes of processed food are particularly popular and are now a key component in our table. Even at home, time is limited for good cooking and so the easy solution of fast food is preferred. This habit only helps in us gaining more weight and unnecessary calories.
