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Dieting
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Dieting is the practice of eating food in a regulated fashion to decrease, maintain, or increase body weight. Dieting is often used in combination with physical exercise to lose weight in those who are overweight or obese. Some people, however, follow a diet to gain weight (usually in the form of muscle). Diets can also be used to maintain a stable body weight.
Dieting
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Vocabulary
Expend : Spend or use up (a resource such as money or energy)
Prolonged : Continuing for a long time or longer than usual
Fatigue : Extreme tiredness resulting from mental or physical exertion or illness
Atrophy : Gradually decline in effectiveness due to underuse or neglect
Acidosis : An excessively acid condition of the body fluids or tissues
Bloodshot eyes : A term commonly used to describe red eyes
Metabolism : The chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life.
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TYPES OF DIETING
Depending on the type of food they use for dieting, it has following types:
1. Low-fat diets (includes foods that have less
fats in them)
2. Low-carbohydrate diets (foods having less
carbohydrates)
3. Low-calorie diets (foods contain less amount
of calories)
4. Very low-calorie diets (same as third
but with lesser calories)
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GETTING STARTED WITH HEALTHY WEIGHT LOSS
While there is no “one size fits all” solution to permanent healthy weight loss, the following guidelines are a great place to start:
Think lifestyle change, not short-term diet
Find a cheering section
Slow and steady wins the race
Set goals to keep you motivated
Use tools that help you track your progress
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ADVANTAGES OF DIETING
The science of weight loss is simple we need to expend more calories than we consume daily. The following are the advantages of dieting :
1. It restricts calories in order for us to lose
weight at a faster rate.
2. Improves our self control.
3. Reduces blood sugar levels
4. Reduces blood pressure
5. Reduces cholesterol
6. Reduces our stress and improve our mood
7. Increase in energy
8. Reduction in fats
Dieting
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DISADVANTAGES OF DIETING
Dieting may cause the following disadvantages :
1. Prolonged hunger
2. Depression
3. Reduced sex drive
4. Fatigue
5. Irritability
6. Fainting
7. Muscle atrophy
8. Acidosis
9. Bloodshot eyes
10. Constipation, due to lack of food-intake
11. Dehydration, due to lack of fluid-intake
12. Lowered metabolism
13. Subsequent weight re-gain
Dieting
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Questions
1) How much weight do you want to lose?
2) How easily can you lose weight?
3)How do you feel about exercise?
4) Why do you want to lose weight?
5) How much does your weight bother you?
6) How much do you struggle with sweets or starchy foods such as bread or pasta?
7) How many times have you tried to lose weight in the past?