Most people make the same mistakes when it comes to counteracting the causes of overweight and obesity. That’s not really surprising because there is an overkill of useless information and humbug on the on hand, and a lack of helpful and fundamental information, on the other. In this article I have, thus, covered the 3 most common mistakes people make in order to lose weight. These major mistakes are concerning exercises, the frequency of eating and the ingredients of the food products. Additionally I will provide you with recommendations helping you to avoid these mistakes. If you act according to these recommendations you will be able to positively affect the causes of overweight and obesity.
They don’t perform exercises or engage in any kind of physical activityNot to perform any exercises or not to engage in any kind of physical activity are some of the major causes of overweight and obesity. There are two parameters which you can positively affect when it comes to weight loss on the one hand, the calories you ingest, on the other hand, the calories you are burning. By performing exercises or engaging in physical activities you can reach a positive effect on your burning of calories. Your metabolic rate plays a key role at this. Performing exercises increases your metabolic rate. For this reason it’s much easier to lose weight whilst performing exercises or engaging in less strenuous physical activities such as long walks.
They are eating 3 big portions instead of 5 smaller onesAnother widely known cause of overweight and obesity consists in the assumption that many overweight people just eat 3 or even just 2 portions a day. This eating habit keeps them from losing weight. Why is that? Every time you ingest food your metabolic rate is slightly boosted. By eating 5 smaller portions per day you are taking advantage of this effect. Besides, eating more often and on a regular basis will prevent you from ravenous hunger. Now that you know why you should eat 5 smaller portions a day, you will find it easy to understand the following mistake.
They eat too much high caloric foodThe ingestion of 3 big meals per day is correlated to the intake of high caloric food one of the main causes of overweight and obesity. High caloric food products almost always contain a lot of simple sugar and trans fatty acids. These two ingredients are the two main thickeners. Simple sugar can very quickly be metabolized into fat. Trans fatty acids contain twice as much calories as carbohydrates and protein per gram and are simply unhealthy. I recommend you to take on the habit of reading the list of ingredients of the food products you are buying. By eating healthy and low-caloric food products you are getting closer to your goal of burning fat.
Now that you know more about the major mistakes people make when it comes to counteract the causes of overweight and obesity, you will probably approach things by using a new method. Let’s resume! The main mistakes you should keep in mind are: performing no exercises or not engaging in any kind of physical activity, ingesting high caloric food and eating 3 big portions per day. You should also be aware of the fact that your metabolic rate plays a key role in this process. There is, of course, much more helpful information concerning overweight and obesity, e.g. information on
diets. By putting these information into practice, though, you will be able to positively affect the causes of overweight and
obesity and actually lose weight.
By Oliver Hetzel
