Most people today, if asked what to do to avoid obesity would probably tell you that the key is to eat less. Well the question here is, eat less of what? If your answer to that is everything, then you’ve got it wrong and are putting your health and fitness goals at risk. There are many misconceptions about obesity and how to avoid it, so in this article we’ll show you all that you need to know about avoiding obesity. Read on to learn 5 simple tips that will help you avoid obesity:
1. Always keep yourself hydrated
Staying well hydrated is very essential for weight loss. Most times, when we feel we are hungry, it might just be thirst because thirst can feel like hunger sometimes. But then drinking a lot of water might lead to using the toilet more often, so to avoid this, add a pinch of celtic salt or real salt to your water before drinking.
What happens is that the electrolytes in the salt help to push water into the cells where they are needed, rather than letting the water get flushed out, causing you to visit the toilet more often. So in a nut shell, staying hydrated generally helps you fight cravings.
2. Reduce your grain carb consumption
You need to cut back on your consumption of carbohydrates, and especially grain carbs. This is because these types of foods have a tendency to be converted into sugar in the body, and when this happens insulin resistance is built. Insulin resistance has been fingered as a major culprit or contributory factor for an alarming number of diseases including diabetes, heart disease and cancer. And of course, obesity.
3. Avoid eating late at night
Always make sure not to eat after 8 pm or 2 hours before you sleep. Eating late at night is one very fast way of adding to your weight. The increase in your body weight is primarily caused by changes in the rate at which your metabolism functions during sleeping versus waking hours. When you eat during the day, you are relatively active, going up and down doing stuff, so your metabolism is functioning rapidly. In contrast, during sleep, your body’s metabolism slows down quite a bit and because of this, the food that you have recently eaten will be metabolized and digested at a much slower rate. This greatly contributes to weight gain and possible obesity. In fact, from recent research, it has been discovered that eating late at night is a habit that is common in people with obesity.
4. Exercise
The cardio- resistance training combo has been proven to be quite efficient when it comes to weight loss. Make sure your workout schedule includes these two types of exercises and watch yourself burn up calories as days turn into weeks and weeks into months.
5. Surround yourself with healthy-weight people
Like the saying goes, show me your friends and I’ll tell you who you are. This principle applies to almost everything in life including health and fitness. In fact, studies have found that the risk of becoming obese increases by over 50% if you have a friend who is obese. You can’t, and probably shouldn’t, abruptly stop hanging out with your friend(s) just because they are obese, but the fact is hanging out with fit people is going to aid in achieving your weight loss and fitness goals.
In conclusion…
You don’t have to wait till it seems like you’re adding more weight to begin fighting obesity, and it’s always important to eat and stay healthy regardless of whether or not you think you are at a risk of becoming obese or not. The time to start is now.
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