Control Calorie Intake- The #1 Weight Loss Suggestion

      For those people who are overweight, or possibly grossly overweight, then most would know the primary cause of their condition is by eating junk food, in other words eating more than the body needs. Once a person realizes this, and the damaging effects of being obese has on a person's health, then that person will attempt to reverse the situation by finding a suitable diet program, or else having a talk with his/her doctor.
Once the health care professional has explained the importance of the need to ingest no more than a certain level of calories to experience optimum health, it will become apparent that there is a way to get rid of calories consumed over and above that needed for everyday activities.
However, to get a weight problem under control, a person needs to find out the number of calories needed just to keep alive. This number can be determined by a health care professional and takes into account a person's gender, age, and height, and what should be a normal weight level.
A person consumes calories by doing every day activities such as breathing, eating, moving the arms, walking around the house. A beating heart, blinking eye lids, functioning liver all consume calories. These figures are taken into account when determining a person's Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) - the professional name given to the number of calories needed to sustain life.
Any calories consumed in excess of the BMR will be stored in the body as fat, unless efforts are made to 'burn' this excess fat. This can be achieved by the person engaging in a level of physical activity that eliminates the build up of fat in the body.
To illustrate this further, take the example of a man of average weight, height and age. His Basal Metabolic Rate is 2500 calories a day. For a similar woman the BMR is 2000 calories a day. Let's assume at this stage that both eat the right food with an absence of 'junk' or unhealthy food, in reasonable quantities with a wide range of foods covering all the major food component groups. A quality diet program has as its basis healthy foods.
Now if our male example consumes 3000 calories a day i.e. 500 calories a day more than what is needed or 3500 calories a week in total, and then he will increase his weight by 1lb or approx. 500grams. The extra calories consumed will be converted into fat and stored in the body. So in order to maintain his weight at a constant level he needs to get rid of that 3500 calories a week and the quickest and simplest way is to eat less - consume fewer calories - and undertake a regular exercise program.
Now this exercise program can involve a {multitude|range|number of activities such as swimming, playing squash or tennis, or nothing more simpler than taking a daily walk. In fact walking or even jogging can be the best weight loss exercise of all. It involves no capital outlay; it can be done at any time particularly on the spur of the moment; and can still be done whilst away from home.
A brisk walk for an hour each day will get rid of 250 calories. A person desiring to lose weight or to maintain a low weight level could be imaginative in doing this. For example using the stairs at work instead of the elevator; parking at the extreme perimeter of the shopping center's car park; walking part of the way home from work.
The other 250 calories can be got rid of by moderating the person's diet. Perhaps by eating smaller quantities at meal times, eating leaner cuts of meat, eliminating high calorie foods - basically by eating a healthier diet in moderate quantities.
By using up 250 calories a day by exercising, and a further 250 calories a day by eating healthier food then the amount saved over a week is 3500 calories. This has the effect of loosing a pound in weight each week - an aim that's easily achieved and well worth attempting.
For easy, sustainable fat loss, knowledge of the number of calories needed to maintain life; knowing the number of calories a person is consuming; and therefore an understanding of the number of calories needed to be eliminated to maintain optimum weight, are essential to achieve optimum health.
Regular exercise and everyday calorie control together combine to give a top class weight loss program. However, some people may need to take a safe weight loss supplement such as a proven appetite suppressant and fat binder.

1. Prev:Lose Christmas Weight With Pilates
2. Next:Lose Stomach Fat In Your 50s - How Much Sugar Per Day Are You Drinking?