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Your Thyroid and Weight loss – The Connection is Real
Presented By Jimmy Oakley
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Your thyroid dictates much of your metabolism, any
malfunction or disease afflicting this area may cause you to
have problems in metabolism leading to a drastic problem with
your weight – you may either gain weight, lose weight, or may
find that losing weight is harder than usual.
Those that plan diets do not take into consideration how
their thyroids and metabolism may affect their weight loss
program. Most experts and even the media pitch in and recommend
that the best way to lose weight is cut calories.
Those with a condition called hyperthyroidism suffer from an
overactive thyroid leading to one having his or her metabolism
skyrocket. If this is the case, then you will probably lose
weight fast. This is a nice proposition for some who wish to
lose weight. However, this is actually hazardous to the
health.
Aside from the medical difficulties such a disease brings,
one will also notice weight problems as a result. These people
have trouble keeping on weight and may notice weakness and
bulging of the eyes. This disease may need special treatment
from doctors.
Hypothyroidism on the other hand works in the other
direction – slowing metabolism until the body gains weight at
an incredible rate. Like hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism causes
a general weakness in the body. It too may need special
treatment and may cause serious health problems if left
unattended.
While cutting calories in itself can be very hard for most
people – imagine, the people involved in life and death
struggles at the supermarket regarding whether to buy that
extra box of sweets, some have exactly the opposite
problem.
Instead of eating too much calories – which is a problem in
itself, they eat too little calories instead.
Problem? What Problem
The problem with some is that they believe that since the
experts say that they have to cut calories, cutting calories to
an inordinate amount will reap greater results. Unfortunately,
it doesn’t work that way. While cutting calories helps diets,
consuming too little calories pushed the body into a hoard
mode, the body’s metabolism slow to adapt to the lesser amount
of available energy.
If your body enters this mode, your body will work at such
slow metabolism that losing weight becomes impossible. The
technique here should be to reduce calories without the body
slowing its metabolism. Only then can losing weight become
easier.
Another problem that can arise from decreased metabolism is
that when your metabolism slows due to a drastic reduction in
metabolism, and then you suddenly eat a good, hearty,
calorie-filled meal, you are bound to gain more weight owing to
the increased surplus of energy.
This is why an imbalanced meal is highly discouraged among
those that seek to lose weight. The sudden loss and increase of
calories will cause an imbalance in one’s energy consumption
directly affecting fat deposit.
Here is a simple computation to help you get to the right
amount of calories you will need per day so that you get your
nutrients in the right balance.
First of all, multiply your weight in kilograms by 30. If
you only know your weight in pounds, divide it by 2.2 to get to
its English equivalent. We divide this number by 30 because
that is the number of calories you need to maintain your weight
per pound of weight.
For example if your weight in pounds is 150, divide it by
2.2. That will give you a figure of 68.18. This is your weight
in kilograms. Multiply this by 30 and you will arrive at the
amount of calories you will need per day to maintain 150
lbs.
You may consult a nutritionist to help you come lose weight.
In the end it all comes down to math. If you consume more that
your body needs, it stores it as fat. Now is probably a good
time to start studying the back of those grocery cartons.
Try to keep your diet at a 40% protein, 25% fat, and 35%
carbohydrate meals at 300 calories per meal. Spread out these
meals in a day for optimum results.
While it may be simple computation to get at numbers, do not
forget the earlier mentioned fact that the body adapts to its
condition. Expose it to extreme ones and you may find yourself
getting results you never wanted. Consult a nutritionist for
more advice.
Arthors Bio:
Jimmy Oakley is publisher of http://maybrockpublishing.com and
is also an accomplished arthor and writer.
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