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THINGS YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT WEIGHT LOSS

Date Published: 29th September 2009
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A third of the American population is obese, which easily justifies the increasing popularity of natural weight loss products. Excess weight is usually attributable to eating habits and the level of physical activity in your daily routine. Most of obesity related problems would disappear, if these two issues are taken care. However, we have listed a number of things you may possibly ignore, when you are on a natural weight loss program.

• Your metabolism :

You may find it difficult to control your weight in spite of a adopting a natural weight loss program. The time, quantity, and foods you choose to eat depend much on your metabolic signals of your brain. You usually follow a pattern you eating which is difficult to notice except close observation. For example, few women experience hunger pangs during their regular cycles. Some women lose their appetite and some tend to over-eat. Moreover, you may also change your food in take according to your environment. Like in summers, you would eat less and in winters, you may eat more. The level of stress in your routine life also affects your appetite. Few persons over eat under stress and a few cut their food intake.

• Emotional variations:

You might try to control your diet by a natural weight loss program, but your brain has a stronger influence your diet. The signals of your brain do not include only chemical reactions, but emotions too. You need observe your emotional behavior or habits in order to understand this. For example, you tend to either over eat or suppress hunger if under depression. On the other hand, when you are very happy, like on family gatherings or weddings, you may experience the same. If you are able to maintain emotional stability over a period of time, your natural weight loss program may possibly be more effective.

• Hormones:

Not many people know that you are in control of your hormones in almost all the time. There are specific hormones that literally tell you what to eat, in what quantities, at which time and when to feel full. You may end up feeling hunger pangs or emotional stuffing in spite of your natural weight loss program. Hormones like Melatonin, Leptin, Cholecystokinin (CCK), Ghrelin, Thyroid hormone, stress hormones, and a variety of other hormones control your appetite largely. These hormones make you feel hungry and fee full too. The effects of hormones may be different on different persons at different times.

• Gender:

It might surprise you but your gender also affects your eating habits. Your gender in addition to everything else also decides the efficiency or inefficiency of a natural weight loss plan. For example, women going through a menopause or a peri-monopause phase are likely to weight gain without considering their dietary habits or physical activity.

The effect of a diet plan is different on men and women. Apple-shaped bodies are common in men while women usually have pear-shaped bodies. This is because men tend to deposit fat in their upper bodies and women in their lower bodies.

Few issues like these play an important role in structuring your diet plan or exercise schedule to control your weight and maintain a healthy lifestyle.


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