Womens Health

Womens health needs particular attention when you begin your diet program. It is entirely possible to slim down and at the same time, cause damage to your health.

Severe calorie control to the point of malnutrition will do this. This is very detrimental to your goal of losing fat and getting fit.

To effectively protect your health, consider the following health and fitness tips.

You have to shun any diet program that specifies an intake of less than 1000 calories per day. This is not enough fuel or nutrition for your body.

It is far better to have a regular weekly exercise program that strips your fat away than to be constantly dieting, lacking energy and endangering your short and long term health.

Women who obsess about the proportional size of particular areas of their body, often the thighs, are inviting health problems by fighting their natural body shape.

You can sculpt your body to some extent, leaning down your thighs and waist and building up your shoulders, for example, but your basic overall proportions have been set in concrete as a result of your genetics.

You have to Make the most of what you have, whether you are predominantly mesomorph, ectomorph or endomorph in shape rather than setting yourself up for failure in chasing the impossible dream.

Specifically for a womens diet program while in the weight loss phase, you need to calculate an intake of calories as follows. If you lead a mainly sedentary lifestyle, limit your intake to 1000-1200 calories per day.

If you are active (as you really should be if you want to lose fat and tone up, rather than just lose kilos) limit yourself to 1200-1500 calories per day. A very active woman wanting to lose 1/2-1kg per week should take in 1400-1800 calories per day.

Naturally, this is a general rule of thumb and it is affected by your current weight and the amount and intensity of the exercise you undertake.

You can be overweight and fit through exercise and therefore healthier than if you slim down without regard to an exercise program.

Fat that is distributed in the lower half of your body, making you pear shaped, is much less of a health risk than if your fat is clustered around your middle (apple shaped).

If a woman has a waist measurement of over 88cm (35 inches), that is the cue to slim down and get fit.

An 88cm waist has been proven to be the point of high risk of serious disease, like diabetes, hypertension, stroke and even some cancers. Failing to look after yourself can lead to preventable conditions such as yeast infections making exercise quite uncomfortable.

If you eat properly and exercise regularly but can't shift your excess weight, you should ensure there is no other more sinister reason for you being overweight, like an infestation of parasites in your stomach or bowel.

At the time of menopause, it is common for women to gain up to 3kgs of weight, even when you don't significantly change what or how much you eat.

The hormonal changes that occur at menopause tend to cause a redistribution of fat from lower to upper body areas, so your diet program in the latter half of your life needs close monitoring to avoid increased health risks.

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