Regulation of Obesity and Weight Gain

July 29, 2014

Regulation of Obesity and Weight Gain – Exercise Can Help Control Weight

Regulation of Obesity and Weight Gain is possible by full engagement in physical activities. All ages must take part for success

Being physically active is one of the most used ways of controlling weight gain and the prevalence of obesity globally. The consequences of obesity are so daring that when proper measures are not taken timely then managing the problems associated with weight gain and obesity may not just be costly but also painful health wise. Generally obesity results from energy imbalance that is to say very little calories being burned. The burning of calories may be influenced by a number of factors including the body size, age and gene however the most noticeable and can also be easily modified is the quantity or amount of physical activity people need to get on a daily basis.

Being physically active helps people to stay at a healthy weight gain or lose and significantly reduces the risk of heart disease, diabetes, stroke, high blood pressure, osteoporosis, and certain cancers, as well as reduce stress and boost mood while living an inactive (sedentary) lifestyles do just the opposite. What is surprising is that even with this knowledge people are not keen in being physically active and this cuts across the globe. On a daily basis the levels of activities at work, homes are getting down because people are comfortable with things around them. It is estimated that about one in every three gets very little that is if any of the physical activity further increasing the level of decline. And it’s evident that this decline in physical activity is a major contributor to the global obesity epidemic, and in turn, the rising rates of chronic diseases everywhere. In this article I will be defining physical activity and explains how it is measured, reviews the trends, and discusses the role of physical activity in weight control in fighting obesity.

Definitions

The two terms associated with activities are often taken to have the same definition which is not really the case. I am talking about physical activities and exercise they are all used in reference of the same thing but have different meanings as follows:

Physical activity – refers to any body movement that burns calories, whether it’s for work or play, daily chores, or the daily commuting so long as some calories is burned as a result of that particular body movement.

Exercise -is a sub-category of physical activity referring to planned, structured, and repetitive activities aimed at improving physical fitness and health of an individual.

Moderate-intensity physical activity – these refers to those activities which are strenuous enough to burn three to six times as much energy per minute as an individual would burn when sitting quietly, or 3 to 6 METs. However Vigorous-intensity activities will burn more than 6 METs.

Measurement

Experts measure the intensity of physical activity in metabolic equivalents (METs). One MET is defined as the calories burned while an individual sits quietly for a minute. For the average adult, this is about one calorie per every 2.2 pounds of body weight per hour; someone who weighs 160 pounds would burn approximately 70 calories an hour while sitting or sleeping.

The quantity of Activities needed to Prevent Weight Gain

Because weight gain increases the risk of heart disease, diabetes and many other chronic conditions making effort to preventing it is very necessary because different studies have established that those who stay active reduces their degree of contacting chronic problems. Physical activities also helps keeping you younger and keeping your weight steady however the more sedentary the more likely you are to gain weight over time. But this is still a hypothesis and a matter of debate exactly how much activity people need to bring weight gain to control. The latest evidence suggests that the recommended two and a half hours a week may not be enough and so the search continues.

While studying a sample of women of middle-age to certain how much physical activity is needed to remain within 5 pounds of their weight at the beginning of the study it was established that women in the normal weight range at the start needed the equivalent of an hour a day of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity to maintain a steady weight and that vigorous activities seem to be more effective for weight control than slow walking.

How Much Activity Do People Need to Lose Weight?

We have just talked about prevention what of how to lose if you are already experiencing weight problem? Good exercise and proper calorie diet helps in weight loss. In a study where all study volunteers were asked to stick to their usual diets it was established that after six months, those assigned to the high-intensity regimen lost abdominal fat, whereas those assigned to the low- and medium-intensity exercise regimens had no change in abdominal fat signifying that exercise is very effective in weight loss.

Activity Prevents Obesity

Experts believe that physical activity prevents obesity in multiple ways for example:

Physical activity increases people’s total energy disbursement, which can help them stay in energy balance or even lose weight, as long as they don’t eat more to pay off for the extra calories they burn.
Physical activity reduces fat around the waist and total body fat, slackening the development of abdominal obesity.
Weight lifting, push-ups, and other muscle-strengthening activities build muscle mass, aggregating the energy that the body burns throughout the day even when it’s at rest and making it easier to control weight.
Physical activity reduces depression and anxiety, and this mood boost may motivate people to stick with their exercise regimens over time.

Weight Control

Finally to achieve this purpose in your mind that staying active is not purely an individual choice. The built environment buildings, neighborhoods, transportation systems, and other man-made elements of the landscape influences how active people may be. We are more prone to be active, for example, if we live near parks or playgrounds, in neighborhoods with sidewalks or bike paths, or close enough to work, school, or shopping to safely travel by bike or on foot. People are less likely to be active if they live in sprawling suburbs designed for driving or in neighborhoods without recreation opportunities. But in all these whether your surrounding is favorable for exercise or not you may want to consult the experts to help you in your weight condition. Seeking the services of doctor Akoury of AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center will be the best thing you can do for yourself because together with her team of experts, they will focus on Neuroendocrine Restoration (NER) to reinstate normality through realization of the oneness of Spirit, Mind, and Body, Unifying the threesome into ONE and your life will never be the same again.

Regulation of Obesity and Weight Gain – Exercise Can Help Control Weight

Obesity Sitting in Offices

July 28, 2014

Obesity Sitting in Offices – Modern Office Comfort

Obesity sitting in offices. the kind of comfort we have in our offices are influences obesity in our lives most office chairs are not fit for good health.

Everyday around the world people are busy making efforts to be as comfortable as possible in all sectors of life. Both the old and the young, rich and poor, illiterate and literate virtually everyone you included. The only things not know to us in the rush for comfort is that we are using the same speed in acquiring health complications. Take a look around you beginning with your home, office, your car, your church hall, cinema halls name them what kind of seats are you using? This is what I am talking about. I will not object to the fact that these seats are indeed comfortable but are they comfortable to your health?

What you may not know is that these comfortable seats as you call them are a great threat to good health and are associated with the problem of weight gain and obesity meaning as we buy comfort we are at the same time paying for health problems related to weight gain and obesity. Have you ever wondered why our ancestors were very healthy and were living longer than we are today? There are several reasons but I will only talk about how they used to sit and what they were sitting on

Tracing the kind of life our ancestors lived in relation to today’s life style weight gain was never a problem and to be honest there was under weight. They were using firm wooden furniture without the arm’s length and back rest which is very uncomfortable for us today, what surprises me is that there was no weight related problem and less incidences of certain types of diseases that to an epidemical proportion affects the industrialized world today. Let us discuss further about these olden day’s seats.

Obesity Sitting in Offices – The traditional seats

The body needs to be active and because of the nature of life today most of the while collar jobs we do are done while sitting down of these modern seats. Studies have established that sitting for a long time as we do in our offices on the modern seats brings adverse musculoskeletal changes which causes excessive weight gain. In most societies in the developing world for example the kinds of furniture used consisted of very simple three legged seats without the back or arm rest. These industrious seats like the sofa, couch, armchair, rocking chair or even the chairs fitted with backrest were a luxury that could only be associated with a small population of the rich who could afford them. The point is that the majority of the world’s populations were using chairs with a wooden seat and wooden benches, and in the last few decades huge changes have happened.

Obesity Sitting in Offices – Upholstered furniture

Not so long ago, even in the industrialized world, the upholstered furniture was affordable only to rich people. Nowadays, due to the advancement in technology, production and economic prosperity, it is available to a great percentage of the world’s population because of the drastic reduction of their cost. The economic prosperity has come with great changes and diversification of how we live. We have replaced the traditional sitting furniture with modern ones consisting of chairs with an upholstered seat surface, like sofa, arm chair, couch, etc. if you were to interrogate technology of producing today’s upholstered sitting furniture is vastly different from the manufacturing technology that was used just a few decades ago. As a matter of fact not long ago all upholstered sitting furniture were made using spring systems. The expensive sitting furniture was made using eight-way hand-tied springs that offer a firmer seat and a sitting position. The less expensive sitting furniture was made using sinuous springs that offers a softer seat.

The current technology has tactfully eliminated the use of eight way hand tied spring and sinuous springs in a bid to cut on cost and has resorted in the cheap method of stuffing or padding with soft fuelling, mostly using polyurethane foam which are less costly. Even though a few furniture are still being made using springs these are very expensive and a preserved of the very rich leaving the majority with the upholstery of the cheap sitting furniture consists of high density polyurethane foams wrapped in fabrics that provides far softer seats compared with the sitting furniture that is made by using the spring system. The element of cost has drastically revolutionized the quality of seats in that it is less and less common for chairs to have a firm surface of the seat and most chairs have a soft upholstered seat.

This revolution has not only replaced the old sitting furniture with the less costly version of modern sitting furniture’s in households, but also in public places like schools, universities, restaurants etc. chairs with a firm seat surface are replaced with the less costly version of sitting furniture that have a soft upholstered seat. This has really increased the current generation vulnerability to weight gain and obesity and all other complications associated with the two.

Obesity Sitting in Offices – Overweight and Obesity

Funnily enough the changes that have taken place in the life style and food is not too much in relation to the ones that took place in the sitting furniture revolution. Let us get a bit of insight of this aspect even as we try to understand the implications of weight gain and obesity in the whole process. Just not long ago (a few decades) the greater population of people suffering from overweight and obesity came from the bracket of the rich and wealthy people while it is the rich who could afford the upholstered sitting furniture. Nonetheless obesity was rare and morbid obesity was inexistent the reason for this being, the seats of the upholstered sitting furniture were far less soft compared to today’s cheap version of upholstered sitting furniture. What a contrast that:

Today the expensive upholstered furniture is made by using the same technology that was used a few decades ago.
Today the prevalence of obesity among the poor population is not much different than what was the case a few decades ago.
The primary reasons for that is that they still use sitting furniture that is manufactured using the same system that was used a few decades ago.

Things have really changed and today in the developed world the most obese and particularly morbidly obese people are mostly found among the less affluent population. The primary reason for that is because they mostly use the less costly modern sitting furniture. During the time when sitting furniture was made mainly from wood without upholstering and mostly without back support, at the same time among the poor and the middle class population, obesity was unknown. During those times, the problem among the less poor population was mostly being underweight and not overweight, and severe obesity or morbid obesity was extremely rare.

In the developed world, modern less costly sitting furniture is the main factor that has caused the less poor population to be affected with overweightness and obesity to a far greater extent than the rich population. Modern upholstered sitting furniture, particularly cheap versions that includes upholstered chair, armchair, sofa and couch are the main contributing factors for the increased prevalence of overweight and obesity throughout the world.

Finally dear reader modernity has brought with it a lot of good and bad in almost equal measure and we are privileged to be leaving in this modern world. I want to advice you not to be confused with what is happening around you. Take time and consult the experts at AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center under Doctor Akoury’s care. At this facility you will get all that you need concerning weight gain and obesity and be able to live a life full of hope and comfort I am talking of healthy comfort. And if you are obese doctor Akoury together with her team of experts will help you get better while focusing on Neuroendocrine Restoration (NER) to reinstate normality through realization of the oneness of Spirit, Mind, and Body, Unifying the threesome into ONE.

Obesity Sitting in Offices – Modern Office Comfort

Sleep and Weight Gain

July 26, 2014

Sleep and Weight Gain – What you should do

Sleep and Weight Gain. Studies have indicated that sleep deprivation is related to weight gain. Sleep well and keep fit.

Could lack of sleep be causing you to gain weight? Do you have any idea how this is happening? Confusing indeed but in a moment I will be telling you how sleep is associated with weight gain and from the information you are just a bout to get you will be able to tell whether your weight problem is related you your sleeping patterns on not and depending on your findings you will make very informed decision going forward. Now let me ask you as we start the discussion how often do you sleep or dose at your workplace? Ponder about that for a while and if your answer is yes then what are you doing about it?

In order to fight that sleep a way probably you may have reached out for a cup of coffee or more and some doughnuts for an immediate shot of energy and before you know it you have just forgot your day’s schedule of exercising and on your way home you pick some junk food home for dinner because time for home cooking is not there. When all these are finally done you are back in bed too wound up to sleep. This then becomes consistent and ultimately the consistency of inadequacy of sleep sabotages your waistline and your health. Wait a minute you’re facing the challenges of weight gain. My dear reader it normally starts in unnoticeable ways like that. With the problem of sleep deprivation and low energy, you will repeatedly go for a portion of potato chips or other comfort foods.

The ultimate result

Unwanted pounds due to poor food choices together with lack of exercise set the stage for obesity and further sleep loss. To illustrate this further the debt of sleep is the replica of credit card debt where all accruing credit card debt you will settle with high interest rates and if you don’t, your account will be shut down until you pay it all off. Therefore accruing too much sleep debt only leads your body crash. You must ensure that you do not brag about your strength of staying up all night because it is not in fact it is a weakness because you do pay a price for staying up late and getting up early.

Understanding the Sleep-Diet Connection

Hardly will you find sleep-diet connection being addressed by most diet authors and probably you have even heard about the sleep diet, which suggests you can lose weight while you catch your ZZZs. Have you? It’s worth noting that not so much that if you sleep, you will lose weight however when you are sleep-deprived (i.e. meaning that you are not getting enough time of sleep or good quality sleep), your metabolism will not function properly. On average people need about 7.5 hours of quality sleep per night and if you are getting this already, a slight increase of say half hour will not help you lose 10 pounds, but on the other hand if you are used to sleeping for say five-hour and you increase this to seven hours a night, you will start shading off some weight.

How specifically will lack of sleep affects one’s ability to lose weight will have a lot to do with our nightly hormones. We have two hormones which are very instrumental in this process and they are ghrelin and leptin.

Ghrelin is the ‘go’ hormone that tells you when to eat, and when you are sleep-deprived, you have more ghrelin.

Leptin is the hormone that tells you to stop eating, and when you are sleep deprived, you have less leptin.

More ghrelin plus less leptin equals weight gain i.e. you are eating more, plus your metabolism is slower when you are sleep-deprived.

The Sleep-Weight Loss Solution

The big question here is, what can you do about sleep deprivation?

First, look at how much you sleep vs. how well you sleep – Some people such as new mothers may only get to sleep for a four-hour stretch. And there are some people who get 7.5 hours of sleep that is poor quality because of pain or an underlying sleep disorder, and this has the same effect as if they got less sleep.

Trouble-shoot both with improved sleep hygiene and for beginners avoid any caffeine in the afternoon because it will keep you in the lighter stages of sleep which are associated with poor sleep at night.

Exercise also helps improve sleep quality. How soon before bed should you exercise? It depends with the individuals because everyone is different. It’s more important that you exercise than it is when you exercise and to be safe avoid exercise right before going to bed even though some people exercise better before bed and it doesn’t affect their sleep.

Take interest on what you’re feeding on before bed time like for instance foods and drinks like pizza and beer before bedtime is not a good idea. It is also not recommended that you eat a big meal moments to bedtime instead eating a few healthy snacks and then having a light meal like a bowl of cereal if you’re running close to bedtime. Heavy, rich meals before bed can also increase risk of heartburn, which will certainly keep you up all night.

Finally I ask what if you are getting enough hours of sleep but wake up and feel sleepy the next day? Talk to your doctor about seeing a sleep specialist. After conducting a thorough evaluation and sleep study, in which you are monitored while sleeping, the sleep specialist can help identify any underlying problem. Together you can develop a treatment plan so that you get more high-quality sleep and maybe even slim down. But generally in all these doctor Dalal Akoury of AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center will be there for you for any obesity and weight related problems you may have. Together with her team of experts they will focus on Neuroendocrine Restoration (NER) to reinstate normality through realization of the oneness of Spirit, Mind, and Body, Unifying the threesome into ONE.

Sleep and Weight Gain – What you should do

Lose weight the healthy way

July 26, 2014

Lose weight the healthy way – It is possible and you can

Weight lose. Keeping your weight to check involves total life change. What you eat and your feeding habits also counts.

If you ever wanted to lose weight then you must be ready to ready to accommodate high degree of tolerance and patience because the body adapts to slow and gradual changers in terms of food and exercise. It is never healthy to burst to physical activities or crash diet thinking that this will make you lose quickly. For instance if you have not been into physical activities for a long time you must not start very aggressively like running several miles in a day no you will be struggling and develop the feeling of dishearten and demotivated besides this you may get injured along the way giving your fitness schedule a setback. Likewise starving yourself all over sudden diets that severely restrict calories or the types of food ‘allowed’ can lead you to be deficient in the nutrients and vitamins that your body needs. Therefore for you to lose the healthy way you must embrace the following:

Energy needs and weight loss

The body require energy to function well and any energy in excess of what the body needs is stored as fat denoting that when you eat more food beyond what the body can accommodate for its daily activities and cell maintenance then you are likely to gain weight and for you to lose this excess, you must engage the body into doing so by reducing the amount of calories you eat and increasing your level of activities and that is why experts talk about weight loss in terms of diet and exercise.

Introduce changes gradually

The small things you do can make a big difference like an extra peace biscuit a week may make you gain 5lb a year this may look insignificant but it is not because if you remove that biscuit out of your diet you’ll lose the same amount.

You should think of weight loss in terms of permanently changing your eating habits. Even though weight-loss goals are usually set in term of weeks, the end game is to tolerate these changes over months and years, i.e. lifestyle change for life.

Increase your activity levels

People who increase the amount of their physical activities while maintaining the same diet and calorie intake will certainly lose weight. It may not matter your dislike for gym, remember even that small and short 10 or so minutes of walk is beneficial when done consistently. Every single time you exercise more than usual you will be burning calories and fat. Therefore choose from the many ways of increasing like team sports, racket sports, aerobics classes, running, walking, swimming and cycling will all improve your fitness levels.

Reduce your calorie intake

If you’re overweight, you can’t continue with your current eating habits if you really want to lose weight.

It’s not possible to reduce body fat while eating lots of food, cakes and sweets. This doesn’t mean you can never have any treats, but you need to learn how to limit these foods to small quantities and for weight-loss, you can get your body to use up existing stores of fat by eating less and making healthier choices.

Remember there are no shortcuts to losing weight in a healthy and reasonable way. Consider the following ways to reduce calorie intake without having to alter your diet significantly.

Replace fizzy drinks and fruit cordials with water.
Swap whole milk for semi-skimmed, or semi-skimmed for skimmed.
Eat less lunch than usual. For example, make your own sandwich and limit the use of margarine or butter and full-fat mayonnaise (store-bought sandwiches often contain both).
Stop taking sugar in tea and coffee.
Have smaller portions of the food you enjoy.
Avoid having a second helping at dinner.
Cut out unhealthy treats – such as confectionary, sugary biscuits and crisps between meals.
Cut down on alcohol intake.

All these things will influence your health in a positive way.

Finally, don’t be tempted to skip breakfast – or any meal to lose weight. While skipping a meal will reduce your calorie intake for that hour, it will leave you much hungrier later on and because of this you will not overeat to compensate, but you’ll often make bad choices to fill the gap: a cereal bar is not as healthy as a bowl of cereal or as filling, leading you to ‘need’ something extra for lunch.

Be patient and persevere

It might take a week or two before you notice any changes, but they will steadily appear. After the first month you’ll be able to see the results and measure them in terms of looser fitting clothes.

Keeping your motivation up is one of the most difficult aspects of dieting. There will be days when healthy eating goes out the window, and there will be weeks where you may not lose any weight – or put a little back on.

This is normal for everyone – dieters or not – so don’t let it undo your plans for a slimmer you. You’re not doing anything ‘wrong’, but you may need to look at your plan. Do you need to increase your activity levels? Make a few more changes to your diet? Put more effort into sticking to your current plan?

The other side of this is to make sure you celebrate your goals. While there’s joy enough in stepping on the scales and seeing them dip lower, be sure to mark long-term progress with a reward – such as new clothes or time off from domestic chores.

Health benefits

Studies show that overweight women who lose between 10lb and 20lb reduce their risk of developing diabetes. For men, the risk of heart problems reduces considerably.

It may seem like these are problems to worry about in the future, but time flies by and each passing minute counts work closely with the experts like doctor Dalal Akoury who is the founder of AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center. She will help you in many ways including focusing on Neuroendocrine Restoration (NER) to reinstate normality through realization of the oneness of Spirit, Mind, and Body, Unifying the threesome into ONE so that your weight is adequately put to check

Lose weight the healthy way – It is possible and you can

Easy way to losing weight

July 25, 2014

Easy way to losing weight – Make it Painless

Easy way to losing weight. It all begins with you being positive that you can make it weight problem will not be a problem.

It the concern of many obese people and those suffering from weight related complications of how best they can effectively deal with weight issues and in the most friendly way to all. This concern is a rising because weight loss has been associated with vigorous physical activities and healthy feeding habits which to many is an uphill task due to the nature of their work and schedule. Many obese people find it difficult preparing their healthy meals straight from the groceries and participating in physical activities due to unavailability of time. This is necessitated by tight work schedule where they leave for work very early and toile into late night and by the time they are done leaving for home they are tired and worn out. At this time what they can do is to walk in to the nearest fast food restaurant and have a quick bite of junk food for breakfast lunch and dinner. I believe you are aware of the consequences of this kind of feeding habit (weight gain, obesity and poor management of weight related problems).

As if this is not enough these people are having very minimal indulgence into physical activities further complicating their situations. The problem could be compounded if they are taking alcohol and smoking cigarettes substances which are addictive and has negative effects to human life. The insufficiency of physical activities is as a result of not being able to go the gym, walk and jog around the park and spending most of their working time in unhealthy office seats. Because of these fundamentals it will be very important that we look into ways of bridging the gap so that even those with such busy and tight schedules are also enjoying life without the scare of obesity. This therefore forms the basis and motivation of this article and so if you are that person then you may want to consider the following to help you bring your weight to manageable levels.

Addition and Subtraction

You may not need to follow diet denial instead add to your diet all those healthy food stuff you prefer like deep-red cherries, juicy grapes, or crunchy snow peas including those preferred fruits into your lunch and breakfast cereal menu and finally add the veggies into soups, stews, and sauces.

Adding in really works and taking away never does, while adding you must be careful keeping an eye on the overall calories. By the way don’t forget to add in something physical too, whether it’s doing a few dance moves before dinner or taking a quick stroll. Having appreciated how busy you are I will tell you how you can be physically active even in your situation of busyness.

Forget About Working Out

There are several things you can do that would help you replace working out like for instance you can be burning calories and stimulate muscles by doing things like washing your car instead of paying the car wash dealer to do it for you, riding your bike within your compound, chasing your dog around the back yard, delight in great sex these are very simple activities you can do without having to go to the gym or taking a work in your local park

Go Walking

In your busy schedule you can still get time to walk around for some few minutes and by the way few minutes can even be 5minutes. Walking in a nice weather condition is very healthy way of keeping fit and you may choose any of the following steps to help you be active the easiest way and without much sweating.

Engage and trade your power mower for a push version while clearing your compound.
When at your work station desire parking your car at the back of the lot to give you some little time walking to and from the office.
Instead of using your car when going to a meeting in the next street walk out of the office building and enjoy walking the meetings venue.
Sweep the drive or rake the leaves instead of using a leaf-blower.
Get off the bus a few stops earlier and walk the remaining distance.
Hike the mall, being sure to hit all the levels.
Take the stairs every chance you get and be consistent in doing so.
Sign up and participate in organized charity walks.
Turn on the music and get your heart rate up the next time you mop or vacuum.

These little movement put together go a long way in motivating your physical activities. If you walk twice a day for 10 minutes and try a few of these tips, you may find yourself with a low-impact, 30-minute workout easily tucked under your belt.

Sleep well

There are several possible ways that sleep deprivation could increase the chances of becoming obese. For instance:

Sleep-deprived people may be too tired to exercise, decreasing the “calories burned” side of the weight-change equation.
People who don’t get enough sleep may take in more calories than those who do, simply because they are awake longer and have more opportunities to eat;
Lack of sleep also disrupts the balance of key hormones that control appetite, so sleep-deprived people may be hungrier than those who get enough rest each night.

Finally by being unable to normally practice weight loss obligations for reason discussed it will be very important for you to seek the help of professionals who will guide you on matters of obesity and weight related problems. Dr. Dalal Akoury, who founded AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center, is a medical professional offering her exclusive NER Recovery Treatment to everyone globally and to other physicians and health care professionals through training, clinical apprenticeships, webinars and seminars. Your situation will be very safe with doctor Akoury and progressively you will not only learn from and with the experts but get your life back to the fullest.

Easy way to losing weight – Make it Painless

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