Weight loss and management

Weight loss

There are many reasons for trying to lose weight. For one and maybe the most important, having a lot of weight is harder on the heart. Too much flesh in the body makes it create more blood vessels and put more strains on the only pump we have. Having too much fat will hinder some internal organ and metabolic process as well.

Another very important one is self satisfaction. It might be more important for many people.

There's a lot of difficulties to trying to lose weight and one of the main is that the body itself doesn't cooperate. Losing weight too fast or starving oneself for example can send alarms and make the body create as much fat as possible and then keep more fat for the next starving period. Of course some bodies are already programmed to stay as big as possible, being part of the blueprint it came from the beginning.

The main strategy

The usual principle is that you want to burn more energy than what you absorb, so exercising more and eating less.

It's of course never as straightforward or easy as it appears. For some people, almost nothing will change with just that as a strategy. 

With Chinese Medicine, the way to do so is to speed the metabolism so you can burn your energy. Which gives you more energy so you can do more.

​Some people will need to have more energy in their digestive system, weirdly enough giving them more appetite, so they'll eat more and yet some weight loss will ensue.

A faster metabolism means the body requires a bit more energy, a bit more sugar and so it will burn some more fat already in the body.
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What prevent weight loss

Most of the time, a slow metabolism. 

Lack of movement : the whole body uses up less energy.

Low appetite, the digestive system itself uses up a lot of energy, and the more active it is, the more you can do other things. People having small appetite tends to have great difficulty losing weight as the body is used to keep stash of energy

Lack of planning. Most people can't get a way that's only from the outside for weight loss. There needs to be a method, different food sometimes and a plan. 

​Lack of joy. You can't just try with things that are joyless. Like crappy "healthy" food that don't feel good and don't make you feel satisfied. The brain and spirit is part of the process

Going back to what was making you gain weight. There needs to be some changes that stays. It can be some food added or some food taken away and replaced by something else. It can be the habit of exercising. Even a 5 minutes a day is good maintenance

Lacking energy. If you have sleep issues, no appetite or can barely spend a day without taking a nap  or needing coffee you might not be able to lose weight. It can't be a priority as it won't be one for the body.

Losing weight too fast : if you decide to starve yourself, you will lose water weight, muscle weight and some fat. The water and fat will come back fast when you start eating normally again, the muscles and your health not as fast.
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Weight loss and management

Basically we give a helping hand by speeding the metabolism a little bit, wherever it might be too slow. Be it digestion, in the muscles or with lack of energy.

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