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I feel overwait and I have a doctors appointment next week
And want to be healthy what should I do
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Seeing your doctor is the best first step you can take. Feeling overweight and being overweight are two different things. Ask the doctor what your best weight range should be for you age, height and frame size. Then ask the doctor is you need to gain or lose weight.
It is far better to be 10 pounds overweight then 10 pounds underweight, something your doctor can do a much better job of explaining than I can. Since you do I have an appointment to see the doctor I will leave that explanation to your doctor.
Now feeling overweight may mean all you need to do is some body toning through various exercise. Just remember one thing about trading fat for muscle which is what toning does. Muscle weighs more than fat and you will actually gain a few pounds doing so. Do not go on a diet to lose that weight. If you do and you do not have the fat reserves to draw upon the body will draw upon the muscle and you will be right back where you started.
The weight differential for your age, height and frame size will allow for gaining some weight or I should say should allow for gaining some weight from toning if you are not already at the high end of the scale.
Make a list of everything you want to talk to the doctor about so you are sure to cover everything during this visit. Write it down and take it with you and make sure you get answers to your all your questions so you can make an informed decision.
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You wll find any number of diet plans and the like on he net, in magazines etc. Doctors will only really get involved in special diets if you are waht they consider clinically obese and it isn't doing your health any favours. They will not really be all that concerned if you feel a little plump and fancy being in a slightly better shape. Now all these diet plans and weight-watching schemes are very nice and each may have its own fans and folk who swear by it. But in effect what they really come down to is that you eat a bit less and move about a bit more. Simple as that. A rugby player will take in masses of calories, and he will also burn masses of calories training and playing. It is about the balance between how much energy you take in and how much you use. The excess calories have nothing to do but turn to fat, broadly speaking. What we call junk foods contain lots of fats and sugar, healthier foods contain much less as a rule. You can eat more of them. Sweets and fizzy drinks (major offender!) are very nice, but cutting them down or out will have an immediate effect on your shape. And junky foods will tend to make you feel a bit sluggish. Exercise does not have to involve expensive gym or health club membership and complicated regimes worked out for you. Jogging is free, and lovely in the summer and spring months. We all tend to get a bit plumper in the winter, so don't worry about it. If there is a particular part of your body you want to tone (upper arms and shoulders, tummy, legs etc) then you will have to use a specific exercise. Rowing machines are very popular, they manage to improve arms and shoulders, thighs and tummy. All the important bits for a female, and guys too (a matter of degree...a guy might want a 'six-pack' of a tummy and exercise more vigorously, a girl might not want rippling muscles, just a trim and tight waist...shapely thighs, not bulging with muscles, and so on). To recap, it is all about that balance of energy in versus energy out. It is essential (but normally the opposite way round) to wild hunting animals for instance. If the energy they use hunting and catching their prey is repeatedly more than the nutritional value they get from eating it they will soon starve. But it might be worth remembering, all work-out without taking energy in will make you skinny and less healthy. Good luck. You do not have to go to 'my body is a temple' type extremes, but there is really no downside for a girl or guy staying fit and in good shape.
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Talk to your doctor about your concerns. Tell him what parts of your body you would like to improve and ask him if there is a weight loss plan specific for you.
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