Being thin: the right rules
Instead of weighing yourself on a classic scale, Doctor Elia emphasizes that it is necessary to calculate your real body mass and to know the exact nature of your pounds. The solution, the densitometry which is practiced at a doctor.
It should be understood that the goal is not to reach a dream weight, like that of a model, but to reach a healthy and fit weight. That every person has a personal well-being weight and that in no case should you copy the diet of your neighbor, nor that of your girlfriend.
Traps to avoid
It is essential to consult a specialist in weight loss and to vigorously refuse drug prescriptions which, under the guise of homeopathic capsules, offer products that are dangerous for your physical and mental health. The cocktail is almost always the same, often under different names: take a little thyroid extract, add some anti-anxiety drugs, alongside their “antidotes” in the form of amphetamines, some laxatives, diuretics. . Attention danger!
It is important to refuse “miracle formulas” and “minute” diets based on pineapple, lemon and fasting … which do not provide answers worthy of interest. Only the biological imbalance they cause can make you lose weight.
It is important to follow your doctor’s recommendations and not to set up your own diet.
The two strategies to lose weight
The protein diet: established by a doctor, it allows you to lose weight quickly (10% of body mass in a month) but it forces you to live like a Martian throughout the treatment. It is imperative not to self-feed on a protein diet.
The low-calorie diet: which requires you to reduce the number of calories per day which takes longer and which requires enormous motivation. It is the most common diet in France, because it still allows you to have a social life. It is however quite difficult to hold.
To lose weight, it is important at the first step to create a calorie imbalance and as with a bank account, to bring in fewer calories than you expend. But every calorie change needs to be made to suit each person. The diet is not a priori universal, it must be established according to each individual.
All other “slimming” inventions are not recommended and can be dangerous for your health.
Stabilization
Stabilization means finding a balanced diet in accordance with personal eating habits. For Doctor Elia, it is the most delicate: It takes many subtle negotiations to find without frustration, with pleasure foods, without hunger, the most subtle new diet to maintain your new weight.
The right food balance
It is a varied diet, which provides everything, and as many calories as necessary, neither too much nor not enough. The balance comes from the three major caloric sources of carbohydrates (or sugars), lipids (or fats) and proteins.
The sugar family includes fast sugars (honey, jam, lump sugar) and slow sugars: starchy foods (bread, pasta, potatoes), fruits and alcohol. Certain vegetables also contain more or less more sugar: carrots for example provide more sugar than asparagus, or beets a little more than leek.
For a woman, the ideal caloric value (balance between inputs and expenses) is on average around 1,300 to 1,400 calories per day, with variations depending on muscle mass, size, build, etc.
Half of the total calories should come from the carbohydrate family (50%), 25% from the fat family and 25% from the protein family.
However, many women avoid eating bread, potatoes, pasta and rice, thinking that these foods make you fat. It is a mistake, this food category must represent half of the intakes and it does not make you fat. On the other hand, it is the fats (butter, sauce) that are added to these foods that increase their caloric value, such as butter on bread, Parmesan on pasta, oil in potatoes, etc.
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