Losing Weight – Three Point Plan

Wonder why you’re eating the same food as you did 20 years ago, but the pounds just keep piling on? As a person ages, metabolism slows down. Thus all those calories taken in aren’t being burned up like they were 20 years ago, and the remainder just turn into fat.

Obviously if you burn up more calories than you take in you will then burn up some fat and thus lose weight. The three parts of a good weight loss plan include:

1. HRT. That is hormone replacement therapy. Replacing the dwindling supply of hormones made by the body can help to speed up metabolism.

2. Add more activity in the form of exercise.

3. Eating healthy foods that the body needs and supplying vitamins and minerals in sufficient quantities.

HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy) restores the hormones produced by the endocrine system to a level similar to what one had as a young adult. Hormones needed can vary from person to person, but basically, as a person ages, levels of thyroid hormone decrease, and that hormone directly affects metabolism.

It is also important to restore levels of estrogen and testosterone to a youthful level where those hormones are lacking. And Human Growth Hormone has been shown to affect metabolism. An important point of HRT is that the hormones used for replacement must be bioidentical hormones – that is to say, they must duplicate the hormones the body produces naturally, not synthetic. HRT is prescribed and administered by a medical doctor after tests are done to determine how much and which hormones are needed.

A sensible exercise program is absolutely necessary to any weight loss plan. Exercise not only increases metabolism, but also keeps the body in working order in other ways. As regards weight loss, exercise simply burns up more calories and helps take that fat off while building up muscle.

Proper diet makes up the third part of the plan. Eating anything just to assuage hunger most likely makes one hungrier, because the body isn’t getting good value for the food taken in. It may still be starved for various vitamins, minerals and/or protein. An expert nutritionist can recommend a good diet and determine what supplements might be needed.

A sensible program that includes these three points and made individually for each person’s needs by a medical doctor and nutritionist and exercise specialist would be the best approach. One could experience not only weight loss, but a vast improvement in other aspects of one’s life.