MOSCOW (Realist English). One always wants to lose some weight, especially before the New Year’s Eve and a trip to the sea. Ads for fitness clubs and slimness marathons beckon with photos of embossed female bodies, and then you are already running to part with kilograms (and money). And here it seems like I have to support you by telling you about 100500 low-calorie foods. But I have another task — to preserve your health while fighting extra pounds. Therefore, this article is about the mistakes of losing weight.
Mistake #1. You ignore the beneficial properties of fat.
The topic of getting rid of excess fat is always relevant. Especially now in the era of rejuvenation of oncology, Alzheimer’s disease and neurodegeneration. In this situation, adipose tissue acts as a source of toxins, but at the same time it should be evaluated as a lifeline that the body synthesizes to eliminate deficiencies. It can be:
– deficiency of sex steroids;
– dishormonal disorders;
– hypoxia;
– sleep disorder;
– deficiency of trace elements that trigger insulin resistance.
Therefore, there is no need to rush to dump everything that was acquired by backbreaking work.
Mistake #2. You forget to visit the doctor.
Before you fight with adipose tissue in the gym and bring your body to a dry structural “beauty”, you should ask permission from your body. Is it even ready for such feats now? To assess the body, it is optimal to pass a check-up and consult an integrative doctor.
According to the statistics of my female patients, I can say that 8 out of 10 women oming to me who lost weight for a long time with the help of marathons, diets and abnormal exercise load, according to the results of biochemical studies were in a state of poor health. As a result, after such a “healthy lifestyle” they faced the following negative consequences:
– violation of the cycle (heavy menstruation or lack thereof);
– difficulties with concentration of attention;
– emotional instability;
– mood swings;
– sleep disturbance.
Mistake #3. You’re getting too carried away.
Aggressive fight against adipose tissue without taking into account the needs and capabilities of the body leads to an even greater increase in adipose tissue after the cancellation of the diet, the end of the subscription and the closing of the marathon. Adipose tissue begins to accumulate even more actively, because the fight against it took place in a non-resource condition.
Mistake #4. You are fighting the consequences, not the cause.
Often, fat comes to the aid of the body. Therefore, when you thoughtlessly begin to fight it, it’s as if you are taking off a lifeline in the midst of a storm. First you need to find and eliminate the cause of obesity, and only then go to the gym. Otherwise, the kilograms will come back with a vengeance.
Getting rid of excess weight at any cost during the younger oncology and Alzheimer’s is dangerous. Therefore, it’s time to forget the “lose weight or die” psychological attitudes. Otherwise, “or” will turn into “and”. However, then you won’t have to lose weight altogether…
Olga Polyanina is a gynecologist and an endocrinologist, an expert in the field of preventive medicine, special to the Realist News Agency
