Health problems linked to over weight:
- High blood pressure
- Heart disease
- Stroke
- Back pain
- Osteoarthritis
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Some types of cancer
- Joint pain
There is BMI index to find out. Usually a person's ideal weight is measured in terms of his BMI. Slightly will be close to the ideal BMI range, hence that is not an issue. Getting healthy has little to do with your weight. But obesity has it's own problems and diseases attached to it.
Besides minimizing these health issues, there are also plenty of little known benefits that comes with a trimmer figure. When you come up with strong motivation to lose weight, you lose more weight than those who are less motivated.
You know what we're talking about. Being over weight can put some serious strain on your joints especially your knees. Those who are over weight build up excess stress on these same joints and also contribute to trouble in smaller joints, such as your fingers.
You may want to lose weight for personal reasons or you may need to lose weight to improve your health. It can reduce your risk of certain conditions and it also can relieve symptoms and prevent injuries related to being over weight.
The most popular incentive scary disease statistics and fitness industry aren't very effective, useful or scientifically valid ways to promote weight loss. There are much better reasons to lose weight.
REASONS FOR LOSING WEIGHT
1. Your Knees and Elbows Will Thank You
Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease in which we lose cartilage and gradually destroy the bones of our joints.
In my experience,healthy people don't think much about osteoarthritis because it's common. Aging makes it more likely. Everyone's grandma has a twinge of arthritis. So, we think it's normal.
Osteoarthritis probably comes from a combination of excess joint loading plus the inflammatory chemical and hormonal environment that having too much body fat creates.
2. You'll Get A Good Night's Sleep
Sleep Apnea:
The upper airway collapses while you sleep, cutting off that oxygen tunnel. Just so you know, sleep apnea is more than a little snoring.
Sleep apnea means you stop breathing over and over as you sleep, which obviously is bad. More body fat means more potential for sleep apnea.
This comes from a few combined factors
- Fat in your airway narrows the space available. This makes your airway more prone to collapsing
- Fat in your upper body puts weight on your lungs and reduces the space available to them. You need more oxygen but you can't get it as well.
Sleep is a major regulator of our metabolism. If our sleep is bad, so is your metabolic health. Better sleep help regulate metabolism, hormone systems and more. It helps you feel, think and live better right away.
3. You'll Actually Start To Taste Your Food
This may sound weird, but it seems that people who struggle with their weight don't taste food as well. It is like excess body fat changes your tastes or whether tastes change your appetite and cause weight gain. If we can't taste well, we eat more food to compensate.
What this could mean?
- Many people with excess body fat also have altered flavor perception
- The flavor perception could be caused by gaining fat or both.
This means that losing fat, getting fit and consistently building healthy habits can actually change how we perceive flavors in a good way.
More importantly, when you truly enjoy food, we often eat less and also feel much more satisfied. By losing weight you'll end up craving less high sugar and high fat food. You might even enjoy an extra veggie or two.
4. Your Immune System Will Work Properly Again
Body fat is a place where we deposit or withdraw energy. Fat is an active endocrine organ which means it secretes hormones. Hormones have effects throughout the body. They talk to one another chemically. If we have a healthy amount of fat our hormones work properly. If we have too much, things go wrong.
Increased BMI and more body fat is associated with greater risk for several kinds of infections including:
- Gum infections
- Nose and sinus infections
- Stomach infections
Losing body fat can mean a healthier, more responsive, more robust immune system. And that means fewer colds, fewer infections and healthier daily life.
Let's focus on how awesome life can get when your body is as functional, mobile and metabolically healthy as it can possibly be.
Losing weight isn't magical. Your life is still your life. regardless. Yet, with a healthy amount of body fat your life often becomes a little bit easier and better.
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