Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Metabolism and weightloss


If we are all on a diet, then why the obesity is still the big problem among us? One out of every two people has a weight problem. Why so many diet programs only worked just for a few people and fail for the rest? Have I pushed my diet to the limit? Only allow calorie intake as few as possible, only for surviving. Or do the extremely diet such as dangerous starvation diet? The answer is no because I think I found the possible reason for that matter.

Our metabolism is the key. Each one of us is metabolically unique. One value-Fits-for all approach to weight loss completely will fail. Your rate will be different from other people. So there is no answer that will suit for everyone about how many calories is enough to help with their weight loss. The best way is visit a qualified nutritionist who will be able to count/tell you the most appropriate amount of calories. And the answer will be just for you.


Metabolism is the set of constant chemical reactions that occur in living organisms in order to maintain life and only ends when the organism dies. These processes allow organisms to grow and reproduce, maintain their structures, and respond to their environments


Identify your specific metabolic rate to boost your weight loss.



Metabolic rate


The metabolic rate is simply the rate at which you use up energy as in calories. The higher the metabolic rate the more calories you burn, the better the weight loss. The lower the rate the fewer you burn. This can depend on a number of different factors.


Metabolism rates can change, either going up or down. Such changes are the result of many factors including age, gender, weight, muscle and fat percentages, certain medical conditions as well as genetics.


I think exercise is the prime factor to increase the metabolic rate. Because the metabolic rate can be higher when exercising and so help to burn off those extra calories. Also with exercising you can gain more muscle that can help to burn more calories as it thought that muscle burns calories more quickly than fat. With those benefits you can make the body burn the calories more efficiently.


Eating a breakfast high in complex carbohydrates like whole grain cereal with skim milk and fruit will give you a long sustained energy source that keeps your metabolism at its optimum level until lunch. You can find more factors to increase the metabolic rate.


The most important thing to remember about doing exercise is always set up a safe exercises program and to not over. You can discuss it with your doctor if you need.

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