Weight Loss Tips | Weight Loss Methods

To put in simple terms Obesity occurs when your calorie intake is more than your body needs. These extra calories accumulate over time in the form of fat and causes obesity.

While Obesity can also occur for genetic reasons, still large percentages of people are overweight for other reasons like inactive daily routine and eating junk food or overeating.

Genetic Factor

Research has shown that in many cases a significant cause of obesity is genetic. Various studies have shown that your genes play an important role in your tendency to gain excess weight.

Just as some genes determine color of our eyes or our height, others affect our appetite, our ability to feel full or satisfied, our metabolism, our fat-storing ability, and even our natural activity levels.

Lifestyle and Environment

Inactive lifestyles, eating junk food, no exercise are some of the factors that lead to obesity. Today's urban life style has made us inactive that is one common cause of getting obese. Some kinds of drugs like steroids, oral contraceptives and insulin also trigger obesity.

First some hard facts. Loosing weight is not as easy as it seems for some people.

Before you start your weight loosing routine, there are some things that need to be answered.

* Are you willing to do it with strong resolve in heart?
* For what reasons your last attempt to loose weight (if any) failed?
* Do you have history of severe obesity in family?

One of the reasons why people fail to loose weight is not going for it with strong resolve. Sometimes people make unrealistic goals while following weight loss sessions. Be honest to yourself, as you know your limitations.

Don't start alone, as you will need some emotional and mental support during the period. Involve your friends and family members, as they will provide the vital emotional and mental support, which you will need during your weight loss sessions.

If you have history of severe obesity in family you should consult your doctor before starting any weight loss routine. Some people tend to eat more when they are sad or angry, so there are many psychological factors associated with obesity.

Weight Loss Diet Plan

Each individual have different metabolism and different activity routine which decides the diet plan for the individual. Diet for weight loss needs alternatives of existing weight gaining substance. The goal is to cut the calories and burn more than you intake, as well as keeping your diet quantity almost same as before.

To achieve this goal specific changes need to be done in the menu.

* Use skimmed milk in place of full cream milk
* In dinner take a bowl of salad
* In place of red meat use tuna
* Use brown rice and whole grain wheat bread to cut high starch content
* Drink lots of water and stress more on fruits
* Take vegetable soup in breakfast
* In early morning take one lime juice in one glass lukewarm water and take it empty stomach.

Making these important changes in your diet plan will help you in loosing weight much easier.

After loosing weight, managing it is a crucial part. Generally people put serious efforts in loosing weight but once they manage to shed the weight they forget that maintaining weight is also the part of loosing weight.

Weight Management Strategies

Weight management requires the same amount of efforts as loosing weight.

* Maintain healthy life style
* Take low fat fiber rich diet
* Eat small quantities 4-5 times/day
* Take healthy snacks like popcorn
* Quit smoking and alcohol
* Stop watching TV for long hours
* Exercise daily for at least 1/2hour
* Some people tend to eat more during stress, avoid it
* Take family support in weight management
* Reward yourself when you meet the goals

Managing weight is a bigger task than loosing it.

For long term weight management a person has to change his life style completely. There is no short cut.

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