What Is Your Weight Destiny?
Pages in this Story:
- Your Genes and Obesity
- Dodge Metabolism Meltdown
- Why Big Gains Are a Bad Idea
- How to Keep the Weight Off
How to Keep the Weight Off
Lessons from LosersWhat are the secrets of those who have lost at least 30 pounds and managed to keep it off? We tapped the National Weight Control Registry to find out.
Freshen up your motivation. "What inspired them to start losing the weight may not be the same as what helps them keep it off," says Hill, who cofounded the registry. A health scare might have prompted the initial loss, for example, but wearing clothes they like might later be the reason.
Tone your muscles. While there isn't much data on this, Hill says, it stands to reason that the weight training these maintainers do is a factor in their ability to stay at their lower weight. "It helps build muscle and prevent the loss of muscle mass, and, of course, muscle burns calories," he says.
Exercise daily. The workouts of successful slimmers "range from 30 minutes a day to 90, but the average is about 60," Hill says.
Tie exercise to something else that's meaningful to you. "One woman said she makes time for spirituality every day, and during that special time, she walks and meditates," Hill says. Many long-term maintainers, he adds, even change careers and become dietitians or trainers.
Weigh yourself regularly. Maintainers weigh themselves daily or every few days and cut back immediately when they eat too much. This is what Hill suggests people at a healthy weight should do simply not to gain. "If you're paying attention now, you won't let your weight creep up," he says.
Originally published in FITNESS magazine, September 2012.
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9/24/2012 01:21:24 PM Report AbuseA person with PCOS, diabetes, may not be overweight because they eat a lot of junk (which I don't) or because they do not exercise (which I do). Some people can try to do everything right and still end up in the overweight category. In addition, not everyone responds to the medication the same. One person may be able to lose weight while the other can't even though they are given the same medication to treat the same condition. The science of some of these diseases still needs to be worked out.
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8/25/2012 04:00:13 AM Report AbusePoorly supported article. Sounds like the author is trying to make overweight people feel better/resigned about their plight. She seems to talk constantly about metabolism, but in an article by Mayo Clinic(http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/metabolism/WT00006), they write that metabolism doesn't make you fat, excess food & little/no exercise do. We are not fat because of genetics - We are fat because we have no discipline to control what we put in our mouths or to change our way of thinking.
8/23/2012 11:52:03 AM Report Abuse