Weight loss...part 2!

Here we go.

 One of the pros of healthy side of weight loss is simply that a lot of risks are reduced to its minimal if not to non-existence. Risks associated with over-weight/obesity are:
Coronary heart disease

• Type 2 diabetes
• Cancers (endometrial, breast, and colon)
• Hypertension (high blood pressure)
• Dyslipidemia (for example, high total cholesterol or high levels of triglycerides)
• Stroke
• Liver and Gallbladder disease
• Sleep apnea and respiratory problems
• Osteoarthritis (a degeneration of cartilage and its underlying bone within a joint)
• Gynecological problems (abnormal menses, infertility)
• and the list is endless.

The long and short of it is that being over weight is a no no for anybody. Apart from the medical point of view, the religious side of it, easpecially Christianity (that I know of), gluttony is a sin and the consequences of gluttony is being over weight. We should also remember that the Holy Bible refers to the body as the temple of God and so we should take good care of it and you have stretched the beyond beyond....well, you get the picture, then just know that you have committed a sin and if you are still stretching it, then you are still sinning.

I can go on and on about the cons of being over weight, it can never be over-flogged, but, i guess people already know that. What we should focus on now, after identifying that being over weight is a problem, is the source of this problem. If we can successfully identify the source or sources of this problem, then we have passed the second phase of solving the problem (The first phase is admitting that being over weight is a problem). Some of these are the sources or contributory sources:

• Excessive eating
• Lack of Energy Balance
• An Inactive Lifestyle
• Environment
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  Genes and Family History
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  Health Conditions
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  Medicines
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  Emotional Factors
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  Smoking
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  Age
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  Pregnancy
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  Lack of Sleep
• This list is equally endless but for more details please visit: www.nhlbi.nih.gov

It is getting more interesting, even for me, cos I cannot wait to get to the good part, which is how to shed the g*d damned weight. But we are taking baby steps so that the whole processes would be understaood and that is the only way success can be yours and I mean long-term success.

Where were we...oh yes...so, we have seen some of the reasons why we should get up and get rid of those unwanted/extra kgs/pounds and the sources, now, there are sooooo many ways to achieving this goal of weight loss but the question is the best out of all these choices. Before i tell you the best way (and long term) and how to go about it, I want to share with you some of the dieting/weight loss techniques I stumbled across during the course of my researches (see if you are familiar with some of them).

• Blood diet -- Advocated by Peter D'Adamo
• Atkins diet
• Zone diet
• South Beach diet
• Vegetarian diet
• personality Type diet -- Advocated by Dr. Robert Kushner
• Hoodia diet
• and soooooooo many others. You can visit www.healthyweightforum.org

Guys, am sorry but I need to take a break here...when I come back, we have the part 3 of this, which means I will finally tell you the solution and how I achieved my own success. I hope you are enjoying the write up. Remember, your comments & questions are highly appreciated. Thanks...see ya