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to clarify some of these issues, it is imperative
to understand why people gain weight, with
the physiological, psychological and nutritional
factors involved. Future topics on weight
loss in this medium (Good Times Good People)
shall discuss the factors involved and suggest
practical solutions to win the war against
weight gains.
Weight gains not only
affect one’s ability to carry out
daily tasks efficiently, but can ultimately
threaten one’s life. In general,
people gain weight as a result of consuming
too much calories that their bodies are
unable to use. So, for instance, if your
daily caloric requirement is 2500 Kcals
and you were to consume 3000 Kcals per
day, you would have consumed 500 more
than your body required for that day.
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a result, your body is forced to convert
those excess calories into body fat, storing
these within fat cells already established
around the body. This means that, each week,
you would consume an excess of 3500 Kcals,
amounting to 1 pound (0.45 kilograms). Extrapolated
over 1 year it means that your weight shall
increase by 52 pounds (23.64 kilograms or
3 stones and 10 pounds). Now, imagine how
easy it is to gain body weight and become
fat!
Remember
that 500 Kcals is easily consumed. It
can represent the consumption of a couple
of small (380 ml) bottles of Lucozade,
2 wholemeal bread rolls (482 Kcals), a
bar of Mars bars (452 Kcals), 6 table
spoonfuls of Carnation condensed milk
(500
Kcals), 2 cans of 500 ml Stella Artois
lager (450 Kcals),
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