If you're not happy with your progress on your weight loss goals for 2009, this article is especially for you.
"I'm working hard. Why aren't I there yet"? is a comment I sometimes hear from people frustrated that, despite all their best efforts, the weight isn't budging. It’s the most disheartening when you feel like you're eating virtually nothing, and yet the weight just sticks to you like glue. So what's going wrong? Here are some possibilities: Maybe….
Maybe you're not exercising (enough). Exercise is by far the most effective way to reduce your weight, improve your shape, and keep it that way. That's because when you exercise you increase the proportion of muscle tissue in your body. Your metabolism then speeds up because muscle cells use up energy just being alive, and they make you look toned. Fat cells use hardly any energy, and they make you look flabby.
I'm often asked "how much exercise should I do"? There's an easy answer: If you're happy with your current results, you're probably doing enough. If not, well, its time to review your training. Hiring a personal trainer is the fastest way to find out what exercise you really need to do to get results, safely.
Maybe you've been dieting too much. A vicious cycle can develop if you do one intensive crash diet after another. This will leave you with even less muscle than when you started, therefore a slower metabolism (and a flabbier body). Now the weight will pile on even faster when you return to 'normal' eating, and it becomes even harder to lose the excess weight next time. This is why using a long term sensible approach and good fitness will get you the best results.
Maybe you're eating the wrong combination of foods. There's been a lot of debate about the best way to lose weight – low carb? high protein?… the debate is still raging in the scientific community. A consultation can show you where your diet needs adjustment. Functional pathology testing can reveal underlying conditions that are interfering with your weight loss program.
Now you've got some ideas, its time to take action. Good luck with those weight loss goals!
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A functional pathology test is a way of finding out what's happening in your body (just like a pathology test the doctor orders). The difference is that we're looking for how your body is functioning, not whether its diseased or not. What's actually going on in there, not whether something's broken.
Complementary medicine practitioners (like me) use functional pathology testing to investigate functional, biochemical, nutritional, metabolic and hormonal status.
For example, its frequently used in measuring the status of your hormones and how much they could be interfering with your weight loss program. The nice thing is that most functional pathology tests are non-invasive, using saliva, urine or stool samples. Painless AND informative!
Your sample is sent off to a laboratory and the results presented in an easy-to-understand report.
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