Everyone has heard that eating too little puts your body into ‘starvation mode’. As a natural response to long-term calorie restriction, your body reduces your resting metabolic rate, which is also known as metabolic adaptation.
Have you ever come across the term ‘skinny fat’? The health risks of excess body fat aren’t reserved for those who are classified as overweight and obese. Some people are within a healthy weight range but still have a higher body fat percentage.
Two of the biggest health issues facing society today are overweight/obesity and type 2 diabetes. Despite therapeutic advances, prevalence of both conditions continue to soar. This suggests more effective treatment strategies are required to reverse the trend.
Obesity is one of the most significant health concerns of older adults, but weight loss can lead to bone and muscle loss. One way to prevent bone and muscle loss is exercise.
When it comes time to beginning your weight loss or health and fitness journey I feel from experience and what I have seen in my clients it is great to share what you are doing with someone. This is firstly for motivation which keeps you accountable to someone and secondly, when you tell someone you are mentally ready to make a change.
There are a variety of factors that are believed to feed into a person’s chance of successfully losing weight. But one factor that is often overlooked is planning meals and exercise.
Most people know that exercise improves your body and helps with weigh loss in some form. But exercise also improves your mental health by way of your mood, stress relief, a form of meditation and improves your sleep. A great way it also helps is if you suffer from depression or anxiety. It does not always have to be about improving muscle mass or weight loss.
When it comes time to losing weight reducing your carbohydrates is a great way to get rapid weight loss happing. I have seen people and personally myself how by doing this it works.
When it come to weight loss, the focus is often on what we eat. Sometimes, it may even explore how we eat. But what is less often discussed is when we eat.
Most people know that exercise improves your body and helps with weigh loss in some form. But exercise also improves your mental health by way of your mood, stress relief, a form of meditation and improves your sleep. A great way it also helps is if you suffer from depression or anxiety. It does not always have to be about improving muscle mass or weight loss.