Lose weight

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A Weight loss (losing weight) can be reached in two ways. Around Weight to lose a negative energy balance must be achieved.
This means that more calories are consumed than have to be taken in.
This can be achieved on the one hand through reduced energy consumption (the classic FdH) and on the other hand through increased consumption (see our topic for this Endurance sports and fat burning).

The more radical the strategy for losing weight, the faster the goal?

In no case does this apply to nutritional therapy with the aim of losing weight if you are overweight.
On the contrary, the more rigorous, one-sided and lower in calories the daily menu is, the greater the risk of not being able to maintain this form of nutrition for a longer period of time.
There is a high risk of insufficient intake of certain nutrients. In the context of one-sided diets, one maintains incorrect eating habits that have led to obesity. After the end of the diet, you will fall back into old behavior patterns and gain weight again quickly.

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Jojo effect

If the daily calorie intake is much too low, the so-called yo-yo effect is triggered.
The body reacts to reduced food intake by emptying its sugar deposits, the so-called glycogen stores. Next, the body breaks down protein and only then does the organism begin to attack its reserves, the body fat. This “reserve fat” on the stomach, hips and thighs is life insurance for times of need.
With extremely low-calorie diets, we pretend our bodies are in need. As a consequence, a savings program (losing weight) is set in motion. The basal metabolic rate drops and as a consequence, as soon as more is eaten again, the old weight is reached again very quickly and even more is gained.

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Slow to success

If you want to lose weight permanently, you have to take your time. It is ideal to lose half a kilo to a maximum of one kilo a week.
Half a kilo of fat is equivalent to 3500 calories. To do this, 500 fewer calories per day have to be taken in with food or burned through additional exercise. A combination of both is best (see also: Lose weight by burning fat).

Useful forms of nutrition are:

• moderately reduced in calories
• diversified
• needs-based
• suitable for everyday use (not too laborious to carry out, no complicated recipes)
• feasible in the long term
• contain tips and instructions for changing eating habits and eating habits and
• do not require you to completely forego certain foods and favorite dishes.

These nutritional programs are supplemented by an individual exercise therapy adapted to your own possibilities (preferably a suitable form of endurance sport).

Also read: Double chin exercises.

Beware of miracle drugs

No powder in the world melts excess pounds on its own, but mostly only makes the wallet slim.

Swallow one capsule every day and lose weight all by yourself without eating differently or less and without changing your eating habits. Such or similar offers appear again and again in magazines and newspapers and promise fantastic effects.
Also be on the internet dubious slimming products offered in abundance, mostly at high prices.
One thing is certain, however: Means that can be taken long-term and, above all, without risk and permanently lead to a slim line (permanent weight loss) have not yet been invented.

Beware of the following offers and promises

• Easy to lose weight without any effort
• To continue to be able to eat everything as before
• Unrealistically high weight loss (6 kilos in two weeks and sometimes more)
• Before / after pictures and statements from individuals
• Success guarantee and money-back guarantee
• Necessary additional purchases such as stud earrings, massage devices, etc.
• Sales only at advisory parties or information events
• Orders can only be ordered by telephone, via the Internet and via a letter or post office box address and are only available abroad.
• Mode of action of the means is not sufficiently explained.
• Feelings of guilt are created: "If you don't lose weight, it's your own fault"!

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Medication

Medication for the treatment of massive overweight are prescription only and are usually prescribed by doctors, albeit with other risk factors such as high blood pressure or diabetes available.
The active ingredients of this Medication reduce the absorption of fat in the intestines, increase the feeling of satiety or decrease the appetite. You can find detailed information on this under the topic "Almased'.
These therapies should be carried out under medical supervision and only make sense if the diet (nutritional therapy) is also changed and switched on individual exercise program (e.g. endurance sports) is carried out.