Fact. Your thyroid dictates much of your metabolism, any malfunction or disease afflicting this area may cause you to have problems in metabolism leading to a drastic problem with your weight – you may either gain weight or lose weight.
Accept. Popular diet plans do not take into consideration how an individual thyroids and metabolism affect their weight loss program.
Know. Hyperthyroidism afflicts people and they suffer from an overactive thyroid leading to one having his or her metabolism skyrocket. You will rapidly lose the weight which will lead to hazardous conditions. This is not a fantasy condition that anyone should wish for.
Learn. Hypothyroidism on the other hand works in the other direction – slowing metabolism until the body gains weight at an incredible rate which may cause serious health problems such as hypertension in the long run if left untreated.
Fact. If cancer still leads the line to the eternal world, welcome these two conditions which are often interchanged, misused and worse, misdiagnosed.
Know. If you suffer from either symptom, worry not as it is still treatable with the proper prescription, diet and yes, exercise. See your endocrinologist today.
Accept. For purposes of the topic on weight gain, this topic is centered on hypothyroidism.
While cutting calories in itself can be very hard for most people – imagine, the people involved in life and death struggles at the supermarket regarding whether to buy that extra box of sweets, some have exactly the opposite problem.
Time and again, stop counting on calories. While cutting calories helps diets, consuming too little calories pushed the body into a hoard mode, the body’s metabolism slow to adapt to the lesser amount of available energy.
If your body enters this mode, your body will work at such slow metabolism that losing weight becomes impossible. The technique here should be to reduce calories without the body slowing its metabolism. Only then can losing weight become easier.
Another problem that can arise from decreased metabolism is the level of intensity to keep up with the body’s natural pace, so when you suddenly eat a good, hearty, calorie-filled meal, you are bound to gain more weight owing to the increased surplus of energy.
Try to keep your diet at a 40% protein, 25% fat, and 35% carbohydrate meals at 300 calories per meal. Spread out these meals in a day for optimum results.
