Dec 20, 2024
I am Dr. Mollie Cecil with UHC Medical Weight Management, and I am here today to provide you with ideas and tips concerning your healthy weight.
1). So, what is the best way to lose weight?
At first glance, losing weight should be easy. You just need to eat less than you are burning off with physical activity, and your body will burn excess fat tissue instead. However, people gain weight and develop obesity for a variety of reasons. These reasons include their genetics, their lifestyle, and more. Because of this, there is no one best way to lose weight and no one best way to achieve this “calorie deficit.” The most successful, “best” way to lose weight is the one that works for you. Good weight management plans work with your personal history and lifestyle to develop interventions for your body and your life.
Some people respond well to low-carb diets. Some people respond well to keto diets. Some people will need obesity surgery, and some people will respond well to medication changes. Receiving treatment for obesity from an obesity medicine specialist is the best way to find out which approach will work best for you.
2). What are the components of a successful weight loss program?
All successful weight loss programs have the following components in common:
- Nutrition intervention
- Physical activity intervention
- Behavioral modifications
- Medication (and surgery, if indicated)
These “Four Pillars” are used by obesity medicine specialists to work on the many different causes of obesity.
3). When it comes to monitoring your weight, what is the best approach?
In general, most people will succeed if they decrease their ultra-processed food intake (snack cakes, chips, crackers, etc.), cut out sweetened beverages such as pop and iced tea, and increase non-starchy vegetable intake. Most people also find that if they eat healthy fat in the morning at breakfast, they do not get as hungry later in the day.
This content was originally posted on the WDTV News website here.
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