Yes, if you have less calories coming in, you should be able to lose weight. One way to eat right, and still lose weight, is to eat more protein, and less carbohydrates. Eating low fat types of protein, including meat, chicken, fish, milk (milk products have protein and carbs, perfect if your blood sugar is low), will make you feel full longer, and you will feel less hungry.
Carbs = sugar. Soda with sugar, that candy bar to tide you over till the next meal, fruit juice, donuts for breakfast, potatoes - all equal sugar. When you eat all these carbs, the extra carbs turn into fat. Extra protein turns into muscle.
Read the labels on stuff you buy at the store. You'd be amazed at how much stuff has sugar in it. Stick with more protein, it really works. A person can do this without buying one of those diet books, or paying to join an online weight loss group.
Yes, exercise is important. If you can walk places, park further away, take the stairs, this all helps. Doing stretches helps with muscle tone too.
Our way of life now, compared to 20 or 30 years ago, is much more convenient. Getting food delivered. Driving two blocks to pick something up, shopping online. No need to leave the house anymore, except to go to work, unless you work from home.
Yes, it's up to the person. Looking at the population now, looks like almost everyone could stand to lose a few pounds. But, what is the ideal? Is that a subjective view?
If indeed the swine flu is giving obese people a harder time, now is the time, before the flu season starts, to do something about it.
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Yes, if you have less calories coming in, you should be able to lose weight. One way to eat right, and still lose weight, is to eat more protein, and less carbohydrates. Eating low fat types of protein, including meat, chicken, fish, milk (milk products have protein and carbs, perfect if your blood sugar is low), will make you feel full longer, and you will feel less hungry. Carbs = sugar. Soda with sugar, that candy bar to tide you over till the next meal, fruit juice, donuts for breakfast, potatoes - all equal sugar. When you eat all these carbs, the extra carbs turn into fat. Extra protein turns into muscle. Read the labels on stuff you buy at the store. You'd be amazed at how much stuff has sugar in it. Stick with more protein, it really works. A person can do this without buying one of those diet books, or paying to join an online weight loss group. Yes, exercise is important. If you can walk places, park further away, take the stairs, this all helps. Doing stretches helps with muscle tone too. Our way of life now, compared to 20 or 30 years ago, is much more convenient. Getting food delivered. Driving two blocks to pick something up, shopping online. No need to leave the house anymore, except to go to work, unless you work from home. Yes, it's up to the person. Looking at the population now, looks like almost everyone could stand to lose a few pounds. But, what is the ideal? Is that a subjective view? If indeed the swine flu is giving obese people a harder time, now is the time, before the flu season starts, to do something about it.