Weight Control Hidden belly fat poses silent health threats. When your waistline gets bigger, you need to buy larger pants and belts. Too large of a waist can also increase your risk for many diseases. These include some types of cancers, type-2 diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, and stroke. It’s not the fat under […]
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Weight Control Keep a daily food and activity diary. How many calories have you consumed today? Your best guess is likely 10 to 25 percent less than you think. To find out how many calories you do have, keep a daily food diary. And, while you are at it, record your physical activity, too. Burning
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Weight Control Healthy Body Weight Find your weight on the bottom of the graph. Go straight up from that point until you come to the line that matches your height. Then find your Body Mass Index (BMI). You can also find out about your BMI from:www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi. A BMI above the normal weight range is less
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Weight Control Repeated weight loss and weight gain slows the body’s metabolic rate. In general, a healthy weight for adults falls within a Body Mass Index (BMI) between 18.5 and 24.9. A BMI between 25 and 29.9 = overweight. A BMI of 30 & higher = obese. Avoid crash dieting. This makes your body slow
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Weight Control Make being active a priority every day. Try not to focus on the number on the scale. Instead, focus on healthy food choices, watching portion sizes, and getting regular physical activity. Muscle burns more calories than fat. To build muscle, do strengthening exercises. Use weights, a stretch band, etc. Walking just 2 flights
Weight Control The average American consumes about 37 percent of calories from fat. That’s about 10 percent too much. Fat is the most concentrated source of calories. One level tablespoon of oil or shortening, for example, has 120 calories! Yet less than half the fat in most foods is actually visible. So it’s a good
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Weight Control * Waist measurements of more than 40 inches for men and more than 35 inches for women increase the risk for diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure. Exercise more and eat less to trim your waist. Limit high calorie foods. * Cut calories and car exhaust at the same time – walk
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Weight Control Walk off extra weight and improve health problems. Walking is a gentle, low-impact exercise that can ease you into a higher level of fitness and health. Walking also has many health benefits. It can help lower blood pressure, reduce the risk of or manage type 2 diabetes, control weight, improve mood, and increase
Weight Control Avoid liquids that fill you up and out. That grande (16 oz.) peppermint chocolate mocha you grabbed before work might have perked you up, but it added 400 calories to your diet. With another 250 calories from the 20 oz. cola you drank with lunch, and the 300 calories from the two 12
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Weight Control When a behavior is followed by a reward, the behavior is more likely to be repeated. So the more you are rewarded for your weight-loss efforts, the more likely you’ll continue to succeed. But you don’t have to wait until you lose weight to reward yourself Rewards should begin the very first day
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