How to Lose Extreme Amounts of Weight

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has labeled American society obesogenic. This new medical term describes a culture that inherently promotes over-eating, unhealthy foods and physical inactivity. More than a third of American adults and 17 percent of children are overweight or obese and, as national figures continue to rise, the quest to find successful ways of losing weight remains high on the health agenda.

Instructions

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  Get a medical assessment. Work with your healthcare provider to decide a goal and clarify any preexisting or potential health problems that may play a part in your weight-loss program. Keep a food journal that gives a frank account of your actual eating habits and work out together how much you need to lose and in what space of time. This is a proven way of facing up to what you eat and helps make you more food-aware which in turn can help you stop over-eating. Anyone severely overweight or obese is likely to have related health problems and so it's crucial to involve your doctor and other healthcare providers from the start.

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  Consider Bariatric surgery. Discuss this option with your doctor or nutritionist and get further information from the American Society of Bariatric Physicians who can give you the details of surgeons in your area. The term bariatric comes from the Greek word for weight and refers to surgical operations that can lead to weight loss . The two main types are gastric banding and gastric bypass, and both are becoming increasingly popular due to the relatively high success rates: typically 40 to 60 percent for gastric band operations and 45 to 75 percent for gastric bypasses

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  Choose a weight-loss program. 2010 studies on weight-loss revealed nothing new about losing weight and served mainly to confirm the findings of earlier research - that most mainstream diets all work more or less as well as each other. The difficult part is sticking to a diet, and because of this researchers have concluded that as long as you can find a weight-loss program that you can maintain over time, you can successfully shed the pounds. Go to consumersearch.com for a comprehensive review of the ten top diet plans available in the U.S. in 2011. This report summarizes that weight-loss is the result of two universal truths: firstly that exercise plus diet equals weight-loss, and secondly that face-to-face support significantly increases a dieter's success. So pick a plan that suits your lifestyle, stick to it and you have every chance of reaching your weight-loss goals.