1. Decrease Your Total Calorie Intake
The body needs a certain amount of calories to survive and perform its basic functions. As a general rule, excess calories will be stored as fat (adipose tissue). Those areas that store fat tend to be abdomen and hips. So, decrease your consumption of total daily calories. Read labels and keep a stat sheet of common foods to estimate caloric intake. Well, how many calories should I ingest? There are many factors that go into answering this question and this question should only be answered in consultation with your health care provider. A ballpark figure of average caloric intake should be about 2000 for women and 2500 for men. Illness, activity level, and stress are just a few factors that can increase or decrease this number. To figure out your caloric reduction to achieve your weight loss, use a metabolic calculator in consultation with your healthcare provider.
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2. Aerobic Exercise
Aerobic exercise should be accomplished at least 20 - 30 minutes three times per week. Check with your health care provider to make sure you can participate in such activity from a heart standpoint. If you can, not only will you lose weight but you can improve the health of your heart and lungs. Water aerobic is a great option for those individuals with arthritis to minimize stress on joints.
3. Limit Fat Calories.
Fat calories should not exceed more than 30% of your total caloric intake.
4. Walk
Walk instead of driving if possible. Park as far away from the door of the building you wish to access. Take the stairs. Walk one flight up or 2 flights down.
5. Don't follow Fad Diets
Don't follow fad diets. Stop eating only protein. Develop a lifestyle of healthy choices. Reach for a fruit rather than a candy bar. You should shop in the produce section more than in the processed food section. Eat whole foods when possible and limit polished or overly processed foods. For example, eat whole wheat bread not just wheat bread. Avoid white bread. Avoid refined sugar such as granulated sugar and corn syrup.
6. Drink Water
Rather than sweetened juices or drinks, substitute water to minimize intake of calories. Cool not cold water or any drink is better for the digestion. Cold beverages slow down digestion.
7. Avoid Saturated Fats
Avoid saturated fats in preparing foods or in foods that are pre-cooked or pre-packaged. This not only will decrease your caloric intake but will be more heart friendly.
8. Use Natural Weight Loss Products
Avoid products with ephedra. Ephedra can be a potent stimulant to the heart and can speed up the heart rate. If you have heart disease (especially coronary artery disease), stimulating the heart can be deadly.
9. Eat Regularly
Skipping meals can slow your metabolism and may actually lead to more weight gain. Never skip breakfast. This will definitely send the signal to the body to slow down its metabolism. Always break your fast (breakfast)!
10. Use Natural Supplements That Support the Body's Energy
Use natural health supplements or nutrition supplements that enhance or support the body's ability to make you feel energetic. If you feel energetic, you will be more physically active and in turn improve your body's metabolism. As a physician I use several supplements. One that I am especially pleased is Tunguska Blast. This is a dietary supplement made by a company called Cyberwize. I use it to support my immune and nervous systems. My favorite use of this supplement is to obtain the energy and stamina it imparts to me. I try not to refer to it as a juice because juice implies that the product is obtained by just juicing fruits. This is a nutrition supplement rich antioxidants and adaptogens. As you may remember from a previous article of mine, antioxidants are neutralizers of free radicals. Free radicals are charged particles your body generates in disease (e.g. high blood pressure, obesity, cancer, etc.) and stress states. Free radicals promote aging and tissue damage in blood vessels and organs.
Orville Campbell, MD is an internist and nephrologist. He is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine. His expertise include: health and wellness, hypertension, diabetes, vitamin D, and kidney diseases. Dr. Campbell is an entrepreneur. He has owned several businesses and medical practices since finishing Emory University in 1995. He serves on multiple medical advisory boards for several multi-million dollar companies. Dr. Campbell is currently pursuing an MBA degree. He gives back to the community through his church's health and youth ministries and his children and youth mentoring organization called Teaching Kids to Dream, Inc.
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