05
Feb
Gareth Black asked:

Weight control means the same as weight management. Both refer to the ability of a person to be able to achieve a desired weight level by a combination of eating the right food and engaging in a program of physical exercise.

Weight control is much more than weight loss; control means finding a desired weight level and keeping to it - it means increasing weight as well as reducing it; weight loss means only reducing weight.

It’s estimated that in the western world over 50% of adults are overweight; in some countries, the figure is well above that. Most of these people would not know the difference between weight control and weight loss, a situation that’s compounded by the fact that both are achieved by the same method.

Lets take the case of say a young woman who weighs say 57kgs ( 125 lbs ) She is a  housewife, spends the afternoon working on a PC at home and takes no extra exercise whatsoever. She watches what she eats and keeps an eye on her weight which has remained steady since she got married.

For her birthday, her husband bought her a small dog, and dogs need a regular daily walk.

So early in the afternoon she takes her new friend for an hours walk - every day. This would cause the loss of 250 calories a day from her body and unless she replaces this 250 calories she will start to lose weight - about 1lb a week at this rate. She therefore has to increase her calorie intake to compensate for the loss occurred on her daily walk. This may be achieved by having a small glass of milk, a small biscuit or cookie, and a small tub of yoghurt after each walk. By doing this her weight will remain constant.

What she is doing is practicing calorie control - she’s controlling the number of calories consumed and expended each day.

What our lady is in effect doing is managing her weight. She’s decided on her optimum weight, the weight that makes her look her best, the weight she feels happiest to be. And she wants to stick to it.

If she finds that the milk, biscuit and yoghurt after each walk is causing her weight to increase, then she should do without the biscuit and/or the yoghurt until her normal weight returns. What she is doing now is fine-tuning her diet to control her weight.

A lady such as this will never experience being overweight, and as long as her general health is good she’ll feel that she has the perfect life-style from the point of view of food she eats and exercise she takes.

This lady knows and understands the basic concept of effective weight management. If physical activity increases, then the intake of calories - food - has to increase. Should the amount of exercises be reduced, then she’ll have to reduce the amount of food eaten.

Weight control or weight management is easy to understand and should be practiced by all who desire to have the ideal weight.

21
Jan
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24
Dec
Chung Leong Yu asked:

If you are thinking about losing weight this year, consider a disturbing statistic. For every twenty people who successfully lose the weight they desire, only one will actually keep the weight off over the long term. The problem in maintaining a healthy weight comes before the first trip to the scale is ever made.

The mistake that so many dieters make is in selecting a program for weight loss that will bring the quickest results possible, instead of hunting for a diet for weight control. This is precisely why so many of the fad diets on the market today make astronomical sales figures and then disappear forever. While many of these plans will deliver on a little bit of quick weight loss, few have the substance to follow through in meeting your full weight loss goal, and most will offer little guidance on how to keep the weight off for good.

It is a simple fact of life that the most effective weight loss diet will also be the best weight control eating plan for you. Instead of thinking in terms of a nutritional plan that will greatly restrict and limit your variety of food choices, you must work to develop a program of healthy eating that will become the menu that you adopt for life.

While this may seem like a big bite to chew on, consider the fact that healthy eating brings a multitude of benefits to your body and mind that go well beyond weight loss and maintenance. Every system in your body will thank you for feeding it with a healthy diet by looking and feeling their absolute best.

Weight Control Diets that Work are Slow and Steady

When you make the decision that you are going to lose weight, the best method to choose is one that will bring a slow and steady weight loss that will eventually meet your goals. Diets that promise to knock off the pounds quickly will be impossible to stick with over the long term.

Many will leave you feeling hungry at times, and will force you to give up too many foods that you enjoy. If you select a weight control eating plan that is heavy in the fresh fruits and vegetable and light on the high fat, foods, you will find a plan that will be yours for life. It is not easy at first to learn to trade that muffin in the morning with an egg and whole wheat toast, or to trade that dish of ice cream with a bowl of fresh fruit, but in time it will become much easier to make the healthy choices.

Exercise Is No Exception

Here is another part of the weight loss program that will be most effective if it is done gradually. Instead of deciding that you will spend 90 minutes huffing and puffing at the gym every day, commit yourself to a 20 minute walk outdoors each day. Once you learn how enjoyable those 20 minutes can be, you will be much more inclined to increase the amount of your physical activity. However, if you start out by setting extreme and unrealistic fitness goals for yourself, your plan will fizzle before you take a whole lot of trips to the gym.

Weight control eating plans require a plan that is easy to implement and easier to follow. Relearn your food habits by incorporating more healthy choices into your daily menu, and a reduction of the bad foods will be a natural result. Start out with an exercise program that will be easy for you to stick with, and you will be much more likely to be enjoying the positive results a year or two later.

It is only partly about losing the pounds. The rest of the story is all about keeping that weight off with an effective weight control diet, so that you look and feel good for life. The tortoise knew what he was talking about; slow and steady wins the race.

05
Dec
Alexander Holt asked:

Taking diet pills for weight management has become a growing trend in our society today. These pills are very tempting, especially for people who have tried other diets with little or no success. The idea of a tablet that can cause weight loss is certainly attractive. Not to mention marketers who tend to make fantastic claims in order to make their products sell.

However, are all these pills really as effective and safe as they claim to be? Do they achieve the results that they claim are possible?

Today’s market is completely saturated with products that claim to make you lose weight in record time with no effort whatsoever. Such fantastic statements are off course nonsense, to put it mildly. There is no such thing as a magic pill. You can not expect to just pop a few pills and transform your body.

A pill that fixes everything sounds wonderful, no doubt about it, but people forget how did they get to the unhealthy state they are in. The fact is - every overweight person on the planet knows exactly how to lose weight. It’s a matter of willpower and discipline.

The bottom line is - diet pills alone can not help you, especially not in the long term.

But not everything is so negative. Although tablets are not the easy answer to losing weight they can still be very useful. They can be effective, if chosen wisely and used properly.

In conjunction with healthy diet and exercise they can definitely help. This is especially recommended for people who are not satisfied with the results of their ongoing weight loss efforts. The inclusion of diet pills can make the difference.

But with so many products out there it has become very difficult to determine which ones are actually effective.

Here is the thing to remember - when choosing a diet pill, always go for clinically proven. This is very important, so I will repeat it - clinically proven. Everything else is based on hype and can be useless, dangerous, or both.

Be advised that products which are not medically endorsed have a great potential for danger including side effects such as high blood pressure, heart palpitations, dizziness, blurred vision, nervousness, restlessness, headaches, insomnia, anxiety, depression, gas, diarrhea, uncontrollable bowel movements and so on.

If you are in the market for an effective weight loss solution, it’s important to learn the facts and be aware of possibly dangerous supplements that are touted all over the internet.

Do your research and you will find that safe and effective solutions are available.