Some people maintain that they are
not in the least perturbed about
being fat.They enjoy their food, are happy
and content and feel fit enough to cope with life’s demands.
For others the thought of squeezing
into a pair of over-tight jeans, bulging at the hips in a swimsuit or wobbling on the
disco floor has no appeal and adds insult to injury.
If you wish to establish whether
you are overweight, there are two quick ways of doing so:
1. Pinch
an Inch
§ Stand
up straight & loosely get hold of the skin at the side of your body at
waist level.
§ Use
forefinger and thumb and pinch the skin.
§ Don’t
pinch the underlying flesh, only the skin. If this pinchful is an inch or more,
you are overweight and could do with some weight loss.
2. The
Mirror Test
§ Take
your clothes off and stand in front of a full length mirror.
§ Take
a good look at yourself.
§ Start
jumping gently up & down on the spot and observe yourself doing this.
§ If
there are wobbles which tend to do their own thing, wobbling and moving at
their own speed & direction , the loss of a few pounds is called for.
You can also determine if you are
overweight by using a height-weight chart.
Find where you are on the included
chart & determine whether you fall into the categories of underweight,
healthy, overweight or obese by finding your height on the chart. Follow the
height line from this point in a horizontal direction until it intersects the
line which indicates your weight. The point of intersection will fall into one
of the categories.
Any diet which effectively cuts
calories will cause fat in the body to disappear wherever it is.
There is a different
between men & women with regard to where fat accumulates in the body. In
men it tends to accumulate on the belly and in women on the thighs & hips.
Even after weight loss, people do
not automatically achieve perfect body shapes.However, body shape can be
improved by losing weight & by exercising which starts to tone up the
muscles.
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