HOW TO LOSE WEIGHT FAST

 

What is “fast” weight loss?

Health authorities typically recommend losing about 1 to 2 pounds (0.5 to 0.9 kilo) per week, and many people seem to lose weight at about this rate.

Therefore, losing any more than 2 pounds (0.9 kilo) per week is considered “fast” weight loss. Yet for many people, that may not sound quick.

While losing 10 pounds (4.5 kilos) in a week may technically be possible for some — especially those who carry a lot of excess weight — it isn’t realistic for most of us.

What about severe calorie restriction?

What if you eat only 500 or 600 calories a day? Although drastically cutting calories can cause rapid weight loss, consuming far less than your body needs can be counterproductive.

Severe calorie restriction can make you feel extremely hungry, deprived, and fatigued. What’s more, it often leads to loss of muscle, or lean mass.

Generally speaking, the more lean mass you have, the more calories your body burns at rest.

 Loss of muscle during very-low-calorie dieting can slow down metabolism, making future regain much more likely.

So fast weight loss via severe calorie restriction may not be a good idea for many people.

Fast, healthy, sustainable weight loss

Is it possible to lose weight both rapidly and permanently? Yes, indeed.

Recent research suggests that people who lose weight quickly are just as likely to keep pounds or kilos off as those who lose weight more gradually.

Moreover, preserving lean mass seems to decrease a person’s risk for regain, regardless of how long it takes them to lose the weight.

Therefore, for fast weight loss that’s also healthy and sustainable, aim to lose fat without losing muscle.

In addition, several factors influence how quickly you can lose weight. Women typically lose weight more slowly than men.

 And because metabolic rate tends to decline with age, older women may lose at a slower pace than younger men and women — despite putting in just as much effort, if not more.

Are you ready to start losing fat in a healthy way while enjoying delicious, nourishing food that prevents you from feeling hungry or deprived?

Below, you’ll find the simple steps to take to start losing weight quickly.

HOW TO GET RID OF A COUGH

 HOW TO GET RID OF A COUGH

Self-treatment: Self- care steps that may be helpful in some less- serious cases:

• Drink extra fluids to help thin secretions and make them easier to cough up
• Avoid exposure to allergens & irritants
• Avoid smoking
• Dry, tickling coughs can be relieved by sucking on cough lozenges or hard candy
• For nasal stuffiness, try saline nasal spray or a neti pot
• Increasing humidity in the air helps relieve a cough
• Practise vocal hygiene measures (e.g. adequate hydration, avoiding vocal strain, smoking cessation, reducing alcohol, reducing caffeine intake)

See a doctor if you notice:

• Cough lasts for more than three weeks
• Cough is particularly severe or is getting worse
• Unexplained weight loss, a persistent change in voice, or lumps or swellings in the neck
• Worsening leg swelling and shortness of breath, especially when lying flat
• It after being exposed to a patient with tuberculosis or whooping cough

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See a doctor immediately if you notice:

• Severe difficulty breathing
• Swollen face and hives
• Severe chest pain
• Blood in sputum
• Choking
• Inability to speak
• Difficulty in swallowing
• Persistent night sweats