Our weight management programs are led by professional experts including physicians and registered dietitians. We aim to provide tailored solutions for weight management based on your medical condition, cultural preferences, and baseline body weight.
Our programs are based on small, bite sized behavior changes that are guided by health professionals and are easy to fit into your current lifestyle.
Myth # 4 – You can lose weight with Exercise alone
it is a common misconception that we can burn out calories and lose weight with exercise.
When eating a very high calorie meal, people tend to say or think that they will go to the gym and burn the extra calories off.
While it is true that exercising helps spend energy and can help burn calories, it is the dietary intake that helps regulate body weight.
Several studies have shown that exercise alone does not result in weight loss.Exercise helps with maintenance of weight when combined with a healthy balanced diet.
To lose 1 lb of fat, we would have to walk or run approximately 4.5 miles/day ( for 1 week Reducing calories in our diet reduces resting energy expenditure (REE).
Increased physical activity compensates for decrease in REE. Physical Activity also helps reduce loss of fat free mass.
Regular exercise helps us be more successful in long term weight management.
Regular exercise also improves heart and lung capacity and increase lifespan by reducing mortality.
It’s important to choose a weight loss program that provides guidance on overall lifestyle and eating habits.
Check out Practical Diet’s Optifast Weight Loss Program , which is a medically supervised meal replacement weight loss program by a team of doctors and registered dietitian.
These were some of the weight loss myths that are BS and we all must stop believing right now. It’s important to note that our focus should not only be on shedding pounds, but on living a healthy and active lifestyle.
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