I live in Central Wisconsin. I am married and we have two daughters. In 1997 I earned my degree in psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. In my spare time I study psychology and philosophy.
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I am over weight and i have tryed exercise and diets and im only 13 so i cant do anything like pills. But i seriosly need help im like 5 2 and 150lbs please please help! What do you think i should do?
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A diet is a short-term solution, a temporary fix with a tragic rebound effect. Do not go on any diet!!
What you need to do is focus on leading a healthy lifestyle, which includes eating healthy foods and exercising regularly. The importance of exercise is not in the burning of calories during the workout, but the resulting boost in your metabolism that makes you overall a more efficient burner of calories, even when you aren't working out.
Many books have been written on what constitutes healthy eating, but the one I recommend is actually addressed to people who suffer from PCOS (poly cystic ovarian syndrome). The book prescribes specific foods which keep the patient from developing diabetes.
...............I just searched the entire house and I can't find my wife's book, so I don't know the title. Sorry.
Diabetes is mostly caused, or triggered, by an unhealthy diet, which is why most diabetics are obese.
A while back I decided to start eating healthy foods because I had my cholesterol checked and the "bad" cholesteral was dangerously high. I gathered dietary information from many, many sources, and starting January of this year I've been following my new dietary lifestyle.
HEALTHY EATING IS NOT A DIET. HEALTHY EATING IS A LIFELONG COMMITMENT TO A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE. IT IS A PERMANENT CHANGE IN HOW YOU EAT.
There is a commercial on the radio here in Wisconsin from Aspiris Clinic in which a dietician tells the story of a woman who tried every diet and failed at each one because she always made losing weight the focus of her efforts. The dietician taught her to focus instead on her health, and that now losing weight is a "pleasant consequence of a healthy lifestyle". That is what I am recommending.
Stay away from high-fructose corn syrup, found in hundreds of products, notably soda pop. In your liver, high-fructose corn syrup is converted almost entirely in fatty-acid chains instead of useful energy (glucose). It gets stored in the tissue as fat. Every time you eat or drink something with high-fructose corn syrup, you get fatter. I'm not kidding. Look it up.
Stay the hell away from fast food. In fact, one of the fundamental principles of my dietary lifestyle is to eat very little processed food. Look for MINIMALLY PROCESSED FOOD. If it's packaged and ready to eat, and the label lists fifty ingredients, and it could last for months in its wrapper, don't eat it.
A brand of food I recommend is Kashi.
Eat lots of fiber-rich foods. Fiber is a key player in the digestive process.
Eat whole grains.
Eat sweets once in a while. Don't deprive yourself of anything. Just eat small portions. When they serve cake, have a small piece. If there's a lot of frosting, scrape some of it off. Don't deprive!
Two more secrets of success: Eat small portions, and never feel obligated to finish what's on your plate. If you're full, you're full. Simply stop and push your plate away.
Avoid sugar and other carbohydrates in the morning. If you just eat protein for breakfast, your body will burn fat to feed itself, and also, because insulin won't be released to process that sugar you didn't eat, you won't feel hungry all morning.
I could go on, but what if you don't like what I'm preaching? Then I'd just be wasting my time.
If you want to know more, then leave a message at my advice column. Make sure you identify yourself somehow so I know you are continuing our conversation.
Dr. Chad
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