What are Recommentdations to an obese patient?

Answer 1

According to the Centers for Disease Control in 2005-06, the percentage of noninstitutionalized adults age 20 years who were obese (meaning a BMI over 30) accounted for 67% of the American population. With easy availability of fast foods and processed foods, the world's developed nations face increased risks of obesity.

Dietitians say that people should reduce the intake of fat, sugar, and white flour/carbohydrate products. But for many people this is hard. First, most people don't understand all the names that mean "sugar is in here" even if they read labels. On labels "sugar" is listed as dextrose, fructose, and other "-tose" words. So be aware of the chemical names that mean "sugar". Also, "white flour" is in so many products. Carbohydrates fill the usual American's plate at all 3 meals.

I'd suggest to first keep track of every item you eat and drink for 1-week. You can't be aware of your eating habits until you really see it, in black and white. List amounts, and the types of foods. Leave room on the side to list what the packages have for the daily amounts of proteins, fats, carbohydrates, and calories. At the end of a day, look at those percents. Did you exceed the "recommended daily allowance"? Most of us do.

After you do a food diary, pick just one thing to change for each day of the week. Let's say you usually eat cereal but you add 4-heaping teaspoons of pure white sugar onto your cereal. Can you cut that sugar in half just one day a week? Could you afford to buy strawberries or blueberries and pop those onto your cereal bowl instead of so much sugar? Or, let's say you regularly eat at a fast food chain 4 days a week for lunch with a hamburger, french fries, and a drink. Could you choose a better meal (not fast food) just one day a week? The more you can revise or replace of bad habits, the more you can devise good habits.

Lastly, exercise. Every person who is overweight has added stress on bones, joints, and the heart. Most overweight people sweat more with activity. Or maybe the heart feels like it is pounding. Each overweight person has to live through a time of discomfort when they first start exercising. Some overweight people hate being seen outside of the house. Some hate being seen exercising. But it doesn't matter where or how you exercise, the point is to get moving. Look at your clock and set a goal of 3 to 5 minutes. Walk through every room of your house/apartment until the 5 minutes is up. If you like the outdoors, set a time goal and walk. Walking is one of the best, non-jarring exercises that any of us can do.

And there's one other thing you can do to help yourself to lose weight. Look at your diary again and circle any of the times you ate in front of the TV, or when you felt rushed, or when you ate because you felt lonely / sad / angry /frustrated / happy / or felt empty (emotionally). Be aware of those times. We all do it. But work on being aware of the emotions before you eat and try to do something different. One friend of mine decided that when she wanted to eat because of being "mad", she'd instead take a bubble bath to "treat" herself. She didn't eat to "eat" the anger. Eating in front of the TV means that people are not mindful of what they are putting into their mouths. So, as a mind-trick, make a deal with yourself that you'll only munch during one set of commercials during each hour of TV you watch. (A set of commercials usually lasts about 2-3 minutes, so your snack should be small, for example, a handful of chips or half a sandwich.) Also eating fast when in a hurry doesn't allow the brain to register "fullness". So don't eat full meals "on the run".

Answer 2

watch calorie intake, move around as much as you can, carefully wash all the fold in the skin.

Answer 3

Weight loss may also be a goal with obese cardiac patients.