Can you lose 5 pounds quickly?
To permanently get rid of 5 kilos, it takes about a month and a half. “To lose weight properly while protecting yourself from a rebound effect, you can choose to be accompanied by a nutritionist” recalls Béatrice Benavent-Marco, dietitian nutritionist. Going solo in weight loss is often difficult and we often tend to deprive ourselves too much. This path full of pitfalls can quickly depress and let go. As a result, weight gain rather than a slimmer silhouette and the famous yoyo effect. “When you want to lose weight, you can experience it as stressful. The healthcare professional will help, support, reassure, support and above all protect the morale of patients ”.
Why did you gain weight?
The weight problem can have various origins: pregnancies, stress, poor diet, rhythm of life … But more often than not, it is an unsuitable diet or a conflicting relationship with food are often the cause.
The first step requires setting up a program adapted to each one. Man, woman, active or sedentary person, each patient has a solution adapted to his psychological profile and his lifestyle.
“Each program must be feasible and meet a specific demand. We do not rebalance the diet of an addicted person in the same way sweet and the one that cracks in front of the cheese, ”explains the expert. “We do not impose sports sessions on patients who are put off. Any source of discouragement is detrimental to weight loss ”.
Avoid restrictive diets
For a diet to be effective and sustainable, it is essential not to exclude any food group (carbohydrates or sugars, lipids or fats and proteins). The specialist must establish with his patient rules applicable throughout the duration of the diet and especially that they become good habits. The patient must re-educate himself according to the errors made during his treatment. Deprivation leads to failure which develops guilt and stress that makes you crack. A vicious circle.
“Accompanied by the nutritionist, the patient must become independent,” says Béatrice Benavent-Marco. On the other hand, if you have to eat everything, it is imperative to adapt the amounts of certain categories of food.
Get out of preconceived ideas
Bread makes you fat, water makes you lose weight … People who want to lose weight have very strong ideas about diet. “Food seems to be an area in which manystereotypes circulate and are conveyed, ”recalls the dietician. The first step is therefore to recall the importance ofbalanced diet, the role of each food group and the functions of food (nourishing your body, indulging yourself …).
Control the quantities, give the keys
In all cases, whatever the desired weight loss, it is necessary to rebalance the amounts absorbed daily.
We can eat starchy foods at noon and in the evening, but rather reduce the quantity and not hesitate to choose legumes (lentils, split peas) which contain more fibers and help regulate blood sugar.
It is necessary to control the vegetable fat and to prefer rapeseed and walnut oils rich in Omega 3 or olive oil.
It is important to limit animal fats (butter, sour cream, cheese) and to drink enough water during (unless you have gastroesophageal reflux) and between meals.
“The goal of this work is to provide the keys for the body to stabilize at its healthy weight, a weight that remains consistent with height and age and not with the front cover of a women’s magazine” , concludes Béatrice Benavent-Marco.
Our expert: Beatrice Benavent Marco
His website: www.maconsultationdietetique.fr
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