A Matter of Choice

As earlier said, we are what we eat. So a fat person is fat because of what he has eaten throughout his life. He did not get fat overnight. Obesity develops from childhood days.

We Chinese are partial to plump babies. We love to cuddle them and feed them, so much so that we soon have miniature sumo wrestlers toddling around. Plump children soon become plump teenagers who in turn become fat adults if they did not slim down during their adolescence.

Many baby boomers have become obese, myself included. Mind you, an obese person need not be fat. She can be of average build yet be considered obese. It depends on your Body Mass Index and Body Fat ratio. If you have a lot of abdominal fat, chances are you have metabolic syndrome which puts you at risk of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, high cholesterol, etc., etc.

So we have become a vast market for those in the wellness business. We need to lose weight in order to reduce our health risks. There are many ways to lose weight. Many diets have been promoted, high protein, low fat, etc. The choice is great and we are free to choose whichever one we think will help us to lose the extra pounds that we carry on us. Don't you think that we are lucky to be able to choose from the many forms of help available?

There are detox programmes that will flush out the toxins and fat from our systems, exercise regimes to tone our bodies while we lose weight and the numerous low calorie shakes that promise to keep us feeling full even as we shed the pounds. Then there are the different pills that promise to melt the fat off us while we still eat the food we love. So it is up to us to choose how we want to lose weight. In fact many of us feel that the faster we lose weight, the better.

Whatever we choose we need to bear in mind that moderation is key. While we ingest pills or restrict our diets to lose weight, we must also exercise in order to succeed in keeping the pounds off. Many have lost weight only to gain it back because they did not have a consistent exercise regimen to go along with the weight loss. Exercise keeps us healthy and our body muscles toned. No, there's no need to pump iron or do torturous sit ups. Just a daily brisk walk of about 40 minutes is enough. Those who would like further information may like to check this out.
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