Staying Healthy While Losing Weight

Staying healthy while losing weight is the primary

objective of any over weight, or worse obese people to

achieve a healthier state of well being. Also, the

dilemma of being able to balance the healthy state

without compromising the rate of weight loss and vice

versa is usually confused as to how it should be done.



Starvation Misconception



Chances are, some of weight losers become desperate

and try drastic changes for losing weight that they

expose themselves to a non nutritive state, leading to

malnutrition, and complications arising from skipping

meals such as ulcers and nausea. On the other hand, a

consciously focused individual on staying healthy may

forget that his primary goal is to shed the unwanted

fat and exercise vigorously and would find himself not

losing those pounds, all because of added muscle mass.

Such confusion may eventually cause the individual to

lose interest in maintaining and enduring the current

healthy practice and resort back to unhealthy

lifestyle with a less hassle maintenance.



Overworking The Body



Another misconception regarding staying healthy while

losing weight is that it can be done faster with more

exercise per day. Though this may hold true, our body

can only take as much work before we tire out.

Intensifying it abruptly, hoping that the added jolt

in workload would hasten the shedding process, may

trigger a rebound effect on the brain, for the brain

has a survival mechanism that triggers a slow down of

metabolism if the body is subjected to a high caloric

consumption. Furthermore, complications like muscle

injuries and joint sprains may occur as these are

subjected to a load without having them adapt to it

gradually.



Muscle Atrophy



In addition to the slow down of metabolism as a

rebound effect, there is also another detrimental

outcome for the body to preserve as much energy

reserves [read: fat deposits], that instead of burning

up the fatty deposits, muscle cells are rather used up

instead. This is because protein is easier to

synthesize into smaller components for energy sourcing

than fat. Also, fat has larger energy content per unit

than a protein, therefore allowing the body to

efficiently store energy at a greater ratio. Such

phenomenon is called muscle atrophy. With Muscle

atrophy, a person is then subject to double time in

gaining back the lost weight in muscles and at the

same time keeping t he fat deposit levels low.



Couple With Exercise



Staying healthy while losing weight requires both a

lessened caloric intake calculated and intended to the

desired body weight requirement and coupled with

adequate exercise. Usually, the first two weeks will

have no significant results as the body will still

have to adapt and change its metabolic paradigm with

the new stressor. After which, significant weight

drops would occur from the start of the third week of

consistent losing weight. After which, the rate at

which the mass sheds off gradually slows down until

the desired weight is achieved.



Staying healthy while losing weight takes time to

achieve. There are neither shortcuts nor easy way outs

for this two to work harmoniously together. For a

successful healthy status while losing weight, It is

important to understand that the two should be well

balanced so that not one of the aspects try to out

hunger the other and cause a failure in the desired