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© The Ultimate Weight Loss Guide, 2009. All Rights Reserved
© The Ultimate Weight Loss Guide, 2009. All Rights Reserved
 
Introduction
How often do you look yourself in themirror, and promise to yourself that youare going to lose weight this month, thisyear, until the next special occasion?Are you one of the millions peopleworldwide, who want more than anythingin the world to lose weight, however, there is always somethingthat prevents them from this aim?Obesity has become an epidemic of our time. There aremillions of people across the world, who are obese. The weightloss industry is developing faster and faster in its attempts tocope with this problem. However this is not an easy task tosolve, because weight gain is all around us – in our lifestyle, inour unhealthy eating habits, in the lack of physical activity dueto our busy lives.In this book, we would show you some of the most often factorsfor weight gain, and as well for making the weight loss processso hard. We are going to explain some of the points you haveto concentrate on, in order to lose weight, we are going toshow you, that if you really, really, really want to lose weight,there is nothing impossible, and that only some small changescan influence immensely on your health and weight.
Why is it important to lose weight?
Although the general reason for weight loss isthe appearance, there are further moreimportant reasons, which should be also apriority to start losing weight. The extrapounds can harm our health in various ways.Obese people tend to have many morehealth problems, than people with normal
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weight. This is not only due to the weight itself. The reason liesmuch deeper, and namely in the way of life, of the unhealthyhabits and in the lack of proper physical activity.Among the most dangerous diseases, overweight people tendto have risks for, are diabetes, coronary heart disease, differenttypes of cancer. You may wonder why. As already mentioned,the risks are hidden not only in weight itself, but in the way ofunhealthy lifestyle, that leads not only to overweight, but also toincreased levels of blood sugar - main cause for coronary heartdisease, kidney problems, stroke, also increased blood pressure- leading as well to coronary heart disease and stroke, andabnormal growth of cells, that leads to developing differenttypes of cancer. Among these dangerous diseases, there arefurther more, that are also caused by overweight, such as sleepapnea, osteoarthritis, even complications during pregnancy.As you already notice, it is not just the way you look, that youshould change by losing weight, but also you would decreasethe risks of the above diseases and many more.
How to define whether you are overweight?
BMI Calculation
There are several ways to define, whether you are overweight.The most common amongst them is calculating your BMI. BMIstands for Body Mass Index, and it represents the ratio betweenthe weight and height. A BMI of 18.5 to 24.9 is consideredhealthy; a BMI of 25 to 29.9 is considered overweight; and a BMIof 30 or more is considered obese.
Calculate your BMI here
Calculating BMI has however some tricks. The major problem is,that there are people, who are very muscular, and it is veryprobably, that they fit in the “overweight” category, although
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