If you are one of those unlucky people that can't eat anything you want without putting on weight. You probably are looking for ways to take off a few pounds. Many people are trying to take off weight, but to take off weight first we need to know how we gained the weight. Below you will find 3 reasons why we put on weight.
1.DIET
That's right diet, are you surprised? Let me explain exactly what you are doing to your body when you are on a diet. Don't try and lose weight, what you want to lose is fat, the first 5 or 10 pounds you lose could be nothing more than water. What may be worst than that is you could be losing muscle instead of fat. Your body tries to store fat, because your body is programmed that way, if you are taking in less food your body is programmed to store what little food you are taking in and hold on to the fat you have because your body senses a danger to you. Your metabolism is also slowed down so you don't burn as may calories as you normally would. Research has been done that suggest it is impossible to lose more than 2 pounds of fat in a week, so if you are losing more than 2 pounds a week all of that is not fat.
2. PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
Experts have estimated there could be around 50 prescription drugs can cause you to gain weight. In some cases the drug itself doesn't cause the weight gain, but in the case of an antidepressant drug, a person may start feeling so much better they begin to eat more and start to gain weight. I don't recommend you stop taking a drug if you suspect it is causing weight gain, but you can ask your physician if the drug you are taking will cause weight gain. In most cases your physician can offer you another drug that will work just as well, but not cause the weight gain. Never stop taking any drug without talking to your physician. Here are a few prescription drugs that could possibly cause weight gain. Steroids such as prednisone, antidepressants Paxil and Zoloft, anti seizure medication Depakote, diabetes drugs like Diabeta and Diabinese, high blood pressure drugs Cardura and Inderal, Heartburn drugs like Nexium and Prevacid. There are cases where one drug causes one person to gain weight and another person may lose a few pounds using the same drug so always talk to your physician instead of deciding what you think a drug is doing. Even though many people believe the drugs I have listed here do cause weight gain, we all have different bodies and one persons body can react entirely different to a drug than the reaction another person may have.
3. STRESS
There are studies that attribute weight gain to stress, I don't disagree with the studies, because I think I eat more when I feel stressed, but at the same time, I believe there are some people that get so stressed out they don't feel like eating or doing anything else for that matter. One of the reasons stress causes weight gain is it may be hard to get to sleep if you are stressful. If you haven't had enough sleep then you are going to be tired. The first thing you think of doing is increasing your energy level. To increase your energy level you begin to eat, and many times the food you chose to eat will contain a lot of sugar, because you know that will give you a quick injection of energy. I know when I am stressed out I don't feel like doing any exercise, but when you feel stressed one of the best things you can do is exercise, it will not only help you lose weight, it will also help you to feel less stressful. It's kind of hard to eat while you are exercising also.
I said I would give you three reasons we gain weight, I won't go over these, but here are a few other things that contribute to weight gain. Boredom, Medical Problems, Holidays, Quitting A Habit Such As Smoking (I added 20 pounds when I did it.) and Genetics. I hope you enjoyed this article, and it will be of some help to you.
Good Luck!
The family is all abuzz. Jun will be home this summer, his first summer as a college man. My parents were so excited that they have already forgotten the visit they made to Jun's dorm a month ago. Well, that's the way parents are. Anyways, when Jun opened our front door and stepped into the house, everyone was on him almost immediately.
But amidst all those chatter, the smiles, the welcome home remarks, there was one comment that rang through the whole house. It was my niece saying "boy, have you gotten fat". Jun, fortunately, just brushed it off. However, to some people, college weight gain cannot be brushed off quite easily.
Studies have been undertaken which on the issue of gaining weight during college. Although, the truth of the matter has been confirmed quite a number of times, the actual reason behind the phenomena is not as conclusive as other people might like.
It is said that the first year of one's stay in college can easily result to a 10 or even a 20-pound increase in body weight. A number of reasons have been cited as the causes of getting a bigger butt while you're in college. Actually, some of the clues that explain this phenomenon are really quite obvious, when you look at them closely.
One of the possible reasons is that they might over do this concept of being free. Some students or most students see their first year in college as their chance to be free from their parents. Although, some might handle this quite well adapting to the school and his/her peers. They loose control and eat and drink whatever they want and whenever they want.
They don't concern themselves with their diet. Compared to when their mom's were in control of what they eat, these first year college folks drown themselves with sodas and fill their bellies with junk foods. The school cafeteria is also an easy place to stuff more fat since the food there is often times complete.With appetizers, main course, and most especially desserts, college folks are more likely to overeat there than in any other place in campus.
One interesting thing is that according to recent studies, college males are more likely to gain considerable weight after the first year of their stay in college than their female counterparts. So guys, beware. If you continue on your current lifestyle, you might end up four times or even six times your body weight before you leave college.
Another reason that kept getting the blame for this college fat phenomenon is the fact that most college folks live a more or less sedentary life. If eating the right food is the least of their concern, believe me, exercising is further off their grid. They have homework, study groups, library work, experiments, and not to mention parties to go to, events to crash, and so on.
Speaking of parties, the various gathering you go to in college serve mostly fat laden finger foods, sodas and the like. Imagine the fat you will gain the next day. In the attempt to socialize with their peers, college freshmen are eating more than enough fills of fats, salt, and other junk.
Stopping college weight gain is a conscious effort. College folks need to get their diet in order and need to get their butt off their bunks. This is an action that they themselves need to initiate. Complaining won't do them any good. They need to fight this with sheer will power and utter determination.
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