Cutting out carbs? Eating salad? Avoid these 10 pitfalls when losing weight after the Chinese New Year!

Dumplings, glutinous rice balls, sweet and sour pork, stewed chicken with mushrooms, goose stewed in an iron pot... How much weight have you gained this Spring Festival? Have you become two people in the middle of the month?

The Spring Festival holiday is over, and many friends should have entered a new round of weight loss.

However, you can't lose weight just by eating one bite at a time. Isn't this just like you who want to lose weight?

It is really dangerous to want to lose weight without exercising. The wrong method may not only fail to reduce weight, but also harm your body!

This time, the thoughtful Dad Review will talk about the pitfalls on the road to weight loss, so that everyone can lose weight scientifically and easily!

Slimming tea, enzymes, meal replacement powder, which one have you tried?

To be honest, most of these weight loss products claiming to be "natural", "safe" and "without side effects" are useless.

If it does work, it would be even more worrying. They may have secretly added banned drugs, such as sibutramine, fluoxetine, fenfluramine, etc., which can suppress appetite.

There are also those weight loss products that claim to be able to "detoxify" or "eliminate old stool". They may contain diuretic or laxative ingredients, which will make you dehydrated and cause you to lose weight.

You may have also heard of a weight loss drug called Oselita. This is the only approved OTC (over-the-counter) weight loss drug in China. However, its scope of application is limited to obese patients with a body mass index (BMI) ≥ 24, which many friends who are anxious about their weight do not even reach.

In addition, orlistat has the risk of causing "anus oil to ooze" and other adverse reactions, so don't try it lightly.

If you can’t move your legs, just keep your mouth shut?

Fasting, not eating after noon, and not eating dinner are all considered dieting to lose weight.

In a short period of time, the weight will indeed drop, but it will rebound quickly after returning to a normal diet, and it is easy to overeat. At night, I was so hungry that I felt dizzy and couldn't help but order barbecue, fried chicken, crayfish...

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If you diet for a long time, your muscles, vitamins and minerals will be lost, and your internal organs may even be damaged.

So, how much should we eat every day? You can refer to the following table according to your own situation:

Many people may find it troublesome to calculate calories.

The thoughtful food researcher has specially prepared a simpler measurement method for everyone.

It is very dangerous to lose weight by eating only fruits and vegetables or drinking only fruit and vegetable juice for a long time. The intake of protein, carbohydrates and fats to maintain normal functioning of the human body is insufficient.

Long-term protein deficiency can lead to sagging skin, hair loss, edema, decreased immunity, etc.

Carbohydrates are the only type of substance that can provide nutrients to the brain. Long-term deficiency can lead to memory loss, decreased brain thinking ability and other problems.

In addition, eating only fruits and vegetables for a long time without eating other foods can also lead to a deficiency of fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E, K, and minerals such as calcium and iron.

In short, eating a single food for a long time will put the body in a state of nutritional deficiency, which is very harmful to health.

No staple food, just meat to fill you up. No need to feel dizzy from hunger, no need to drool over the delicious food, how can it not make you excited?

This weight loss method is the once popular "ketogenic diet", which was originally used to treat epilepsy patients because they would suffer from epilepsy as soon as they ate carbohydrates.

Later it was applied to weight loss. Although it will have a certain weight loss effect in the short term, the risks are uncertain.

For example, a long-term high-protein, high-fat diet will increase the burden on the kidneys and liver, causing calcium loss in the body; due to the relatively low intake of carbohydrates, it may also cause hypoglycemia.

Therefore, there are many doubts about using the ketogenic diet to lose weight, so you should choose this method with caution.

"I want to lose fat!"

Fat is the lifelong enemy of many people who want to lose weight. In order to lose weight, they don't eat meat or oil.

In fact, fat is also one of the essential nutrients for the human body. It is also the solvent for fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E, and K. Insufficient intake may lead to a deficiency of fat-soluble vitamins.

Even during weight loss, you should eat some fat in moderation. It is very undesirable to lose weight by extreme means of not eating meat and oil.

I thought salad was nutritionally balanced, delicious and healthy.

The real takeout salads are either full of calories or not filling at all.

In order to serve food quickly, some takeout restaurants will fry or deep-fry the meat and then serve it with sauce. The meat is very high in energy and will only make you fatter if you eat it. Some of the food is very low in energy and has an unbalanced nutritional combination, so it is not suitable to replace regular meals. Eating it for a long time is tantamount to dieting to lose weight.

Compared with the light salads and sandwiches on the market, light Chinese food is more appealing to the Chinese stomach and is healthier and easier to stick to.

If you can't control your mouth but can move your legs, you will most likely become a healthy and strong fat person.

The principle of weight loss is to consume less energy than you expend.

The energy consumed by exercise is relatively limited. Its significance is to make people healthy by growing muscles and increasing endurance.

If you only exercise but don't control your diet and continue to eat fried chicken and French fries, your energy intake will be greater than your expenditure, and you will still gain weight.

If you exercise frantically in order to consume more energy, you may get injured due to the high intensity of the exercise.

To lose weight, you still need to combine diet and exercise.

The aerobic and anaerobic areas in the gym are often clearly divided. Some people are sweating on the treadmill, while others are doing barbell presses.

Some friends think that if you want to lose weight, you should run more, and if you want to build muscle and shape your body, you need to do anaerobic exercise.

In fact, anaerobic exercise can not only help you lose weight, but the fat burning effect can last for more than 48 hours.

The fat consumption by aerobic exercise is very limited. Relatively speaking, anaerobic exercise is more effective in weight loss.

Of course, the best way to exercise is to combine aerobic and anaerobic exercise.

Steaming, wearing sweat-inducing clothes, wrapping the belly with plastic wrap... Many people mistakenly believe that sweating means losing weight!

When the temperature is high, people will sweat a lot and enter a state of dehydration. Their weight will indeed decrease, but the fat will not be consumed much. After replenishing water, their weight will inevitably rebound.

Even people living in hot areas will still gain weight if they do not control their diet and pay attention to exercise.

Liposuction, injections, and medication, it seems that as long as you pay money, you can easily lose weight.

However, the risks of medical beauty weight loss are higher, so you should choose carefully! Improper liposuction weight loss operation may cause serious consequences!

There is no shortcut to losing weight. No matter what method you use, the end point is to control your mouth and move your legs.

The New Year holiday is over, let's lose weight and become healthier (whisper, Dad Wei also needs to lose some belly fat

Friends who want to lose weight, please "read" this gathering. You will not be alone on your journey to lose weight.

Editor | Tang Tang

Design | Damao

References:

1. Chen Wei. Complete Implementation Manual of Peking Union Medical College Experts' Medical Weight Loss Prescriptions[M]. Haikou: Hainan Publishing House, 2019.

2. Chen Wei. Lose weight without starving[M]. Beijing: China Light Industry Press, 2021.

Source: Dad Review