Magic Secrets and Tips for Weight Control
Dr. Chin Lin is a urologist practicing in Ann Arbor, MI. Dr. Lin specializes in diseases of the urinary tract and the male reproductive system. This includes areas of the bladder, urethra, kidneys, penis, and prostate. Urology is a surgical specialty and requires knowledge in other areas of expertise such as gynecology... more
Background - Social impact and Controversy
Over the last few decades, going from overweight to obese has gradually emerged as an important issue of personal and social health for the majority of Americans. Such a pressing health issue for weight control has forged a number of commercial opportunities. Therefore, many regimens have been designed and developed to meet this need. However, almost all available regimens have failed to meet the test of time for long-term effectiveness.
On paper and presentation, all regimens appear impressive and attractive, especially for the lay public. In reality, practicing the instructions from weight loss programs would become a full-time job, which makes them impractical for average people. Furthermore, the public just does not have sufficient resources to carry out the proposed program realistically except they are rich and have nothing to do in life. On top of these drawbacks, all the programs almost always have one thing in common, that is, to sell you something.
Please remember that authors of various weight loss programs are smart people who received extensive professional and commercial training. They all understand how to present their "wonderful" ideas in a very attractive, commercial format, but impractical.
Recommendation
To overcome the challenge in transforming the ideas into actions to curb being overweight and obese, the following regimen is designed with an emphasis on its simplicity and easiness to follow. The key points of this regimen are:
1. Gear up your determination with a sense of burning the bridge to do something for yourself by yourself with decreasing oral consumption and increasing physical activities constantly and persistently.
2. Understand that no magic pill is available. Your determination and action are the best possible magic pills you can have.
3. Take the following actions:
3.1 From the next meal, cut down oral intake by one quarter (1/4). Within one to two months, gradually, cut down oral intake by one-third (1/3). Finally, within 3-4 months, cut down oral intake by one-half (1/2) and stay at that level.
3.2 Consume a wide variety of foods as many as you can get but decrease their amount proportionally, cooperate with and follow your doctor’s specific instruction to adjust your needed medications if you have special concerns for cardiovascular, hepatic, or renal health, please follow the instructions from your specialist of the field.
3.3 Minimize the consumption of carbohydrate-containing simple sugar.
3.4 Resist the temptation to eat snacks between meals.
3.5 Gradually, increase your physical activities as tolerable and as much as possible.
3.6 Weigh yourself twice a week under the same condition at the same time of the day and keep a serial record of bodyweight.
In general, you will decrease your weight by one quarter (1/4) or one half (1/2) and even to one (1) pound a week.
Please keep it simple. You will lose weight and regain better control of life.
