| Having a big waist and belly is not just a cosmetic | | | | possible. |
| issue but also a health threat. Medical studies show | | | | People who want to lose weight spend enormous |
| that having waistlines above 35 inches for women and | | | | amounts of time and effort on the gym. Often doing a |
| 40 inches for men may increase the risk of developing | | | | lot of cardiovascular exercises and other kinds of |
| several health ailments. These ailments may include | | | | workouts, thinking that it will speed up there weight-loss |
| heart disease, diabetes, stroke, and certain cancers. A | | | | program. Over-training is not an effective way to lose |
| bulkier waistline may double or quadruple the possibility | | | | weight because it may cause injuries due to too much |
| of developing these risks, compared to those with | | | | volume of intensity or too much intensity. Because of |
| slimmer waistlines. | | | | these factors, the body is unable to cope with the |
| A study published by the American Journal of | | | | stress of the training load that may lead to over-use |
| Epidemiology further reinforced these findings. Their | | | | type injuries. These injuries may include Achilles |
| research showed that men with with the largest | | | | tendinitis, shin splints, and anterior knee pain. To avoid |
| waistlines were found to be 42 percent more likely to | | | | these injuries medical experts advise individuals to give |
| develop heart disease while 44 percent of women | | | | importance to rest and recovery because periods of |
| may develop this disease. Because of this discovery, | | | | heavy training need to be followed by rest to allow the |
| many individuals are in a hurry to lose unwanted | | | | body to develop and lessen the development of injury. |
| weight. However, these individuals tend to overdo | | | | There are a growing number of individuals that are |
| things or take unnecessary measures just to lose | | | | turning to weight loss pills for weight loss. It is because |
| weight. People who want to trim down tend to | | | | they believe that this saves them from all the rigorous |
| exercise too much, starve themselves, and take | | | | activities just to lose weight. Although there are many |
| unnecessary medication. Partaking in such activities | | | | weight loss pills that can help in weight loss, there are |
| may do more harm than good. | | | | many medications designed for weight loss that would |
| Starving is one of the things that many individuals do to | | | | do more harm than good. However, once the dosage |
| lose weight believing they will lose significant weight in | | | | is stopped, there is a possibility to gain back the lost |
| no time . This belief in inaccurate, and instead achieving | | | | weight. The use of these pills may also bring side |
| weight-loss, individuals who starve themselves may | | | | effects like diarrhea, elevated blood pressure, |
| gain more weight. This happens because the body's | | | | nervousness, tremor, heart palpitations, or even heart |
| metabolic rate drops when people starve themselves, | | | | failure. |
| thus promoting more caloric intake that leads to fat | | | | People who want to lose weight should bear in mind |
| production. Metabolism is the chemical reactions that | | | | that there are no short cuts to weight-loss. Nutritionists |
| takes place in the human body's cells that converts the | | | | and doctors agree that individuals who want to lose |
| consumed food into energy. Starving may lead to | | | | weight must ask for doctor's supervision and combine |
| weight-gain because when the body is not receiving | | | | it exercise and a healthy diet. |
| the nutrients it needs, the body stores as much fat as | | | | |