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Have you been spending time worrying about reaching an ideal weight? So let's take a look at the myth of ideal weight...

🤔The idea that you are maximally healthy if you are at an ideal weight came from actuarial tables. Yes, the ones the insurance companies use the predict how likely you are to die!

😯Except, people who take out insurance policies are more likely to be male, white, and upper class. This skews the idea of ideal weight.

😕The ideal weight is viewed to be a BMI of 20-25. This means that at least 50% of the United States is considered to be overweight. The ideal weight is much closer to a BMI of 25-30.

😳Males are more likely to be impacted by a higher BMI than females. This has to do with where they store their fat.



🤯Females need to have a BMI over 30 to have significant health impacts in morbidity and mortality.

Does this resonate with you? Let's chat about how shifting behavior patterns can bring about the changes you are seeking.



From the mess,



Renee

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Did you know your body is built to want to hold onto the weight you have? This is a survival mechanism built in, and why most people gain their lost weight back...

• After 24 hours your body has a heightened perception of food. It will smell more aromatic, as well as look and taste more appealing.
• After 3 days your basal metabolic rate will decrease, reducing the pace at which your body burns food for energy.
• After 1 week you will begin to develop food obsessions- talking and dreaming about food.
• After 1 month eating induces eating. When you start eating you will not want to stop.
• After 3 months of dieting 30% of dieters are clinically depressed.



Rapid dieting doesn't work. Look to make slow sustainable life changes over time.

The scale can be your friend...

Want to block weight gain? One of the most effective methods to avoid weight gain is to weigh yourself regularly, under the same conditions (First thing in the morning, no clothes and after you have urinated with you scale on a level solid surface), preferably each day.

Record and graph your weight changes over time. Watch for trends over time. It is far easier to make small changes when you see your weight changing by a pound or two, than it is to make large changes as you panic over the 10 or 20 pounds that seem to have crept on without warning.

Curious about the science that backs this up...Check out one of these articles by clicking on it to open:

Weighing everyday matters: Daily weighing improves weight loss and adoption of weight control behaviors

Daily weighing may be key to losing weight