There are many great benefits you gain by losing weight and shedding excesss body fat. Though I agree that losing weight is not always easy, you cannot argue that the long term positive health effects you gain by doing it gives tremendous relief to your body which has been STUGGLING for too long trying to keep you alive!
When you start on a weight loss program, you start feeling better almost immediately and simply by STICKING to a good diet and exercise plan you should actually come to ENJOY the body and person who is transforming from the old you into the NEW!!
The following are just 5 Fantastic Benefits you’ll recieve from losing that excess weight.
1) Weight loss can prevent high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke
That is a three in one benefit from losing weight. It is a fact that heart disease and stroke are one of the primary reasons for disability and death in both men and women in the western world.
People who are overweight are at a higher risk of having high levels of cholesterol in their blood stream as well as triglycerides (also known as blood fat).
Angina, one type of heart disease, could cause chest pains as well as a decrease in the oxygen pumped to the heart.
Sudden death also occurs from heart disease and stroke, and usually this strikes with very little warning, signs and symptoms.
It is a fact that by decreasing your weight by a mere five to ten percent, this could positively decrease the chances of you having or developing heart disease or a stroke. Plus, how your heart functions would also improve as well as your blood pressure, cholesterol and triglyceride count will decrease.
2) Weight loss can prevent type 2 diabetes
Diabetes puts in jeopardy one’s life as well as how one leads his or her life because of the complications that result from having it. Both types of diabetes, type one and type two are linked with being overweight.
To those who already have diabetes, regular exercise and losing weight could help in controlling your blood sugar levels as well as the medication you may be currently taking. You should increase your physical activity. Simply walk, jog or dance. Or take up a sport. It helps get those blood streams moving as well as lose those unnecessary (kilos) (pounds).
3) Weight loss can help reduce your risk of cancer
Being overweight is linked with a number of cancers. Specially for women, the common types of cancer that is associated with being overweight includes cancer of the uterus, gallbladder, ovary, breast, and colon.
This is not meant to scare you by the way, this is only to keep you informed. Men are at risk too from developing cancer if they are overweight. These include cancer of the colon, prostate and rectum. Extra weight, a diet high in fat and cholesterol should as much as possible be avoided. In fact “get rid of it!”
4) Weight loss can reduce sleep apnea
Or it could eliminate it all together. Sleep apnea is a condition wherein one could temporarily stop breathing for a brief period and then would continue to snore heavily. Sleep apnea could cause drowsiness or sleepiness during the day and – because of being overweight – could result in heart failure. Shedding those excess (kilos) (pounds) could help in eliminating this problem.
5) Weight loss can reduce the pain of osteoarthritis
When one weighs heavily, the joints of his or her knees, hips and lower back would have to exert double – if not triple – effort to carry him or her through out his / her waking, walking and moving life. This could cause tension and stress on these joints. Weight loss decreases the load these joints carry thus decreasing – if not eliminating – the pain of one who has osteoarthritis.
July 7, 2009
Health And Wellness