Weight loss, in the context of medicine of medicine, health or physical fitness, is a reduction of the total body mass, due to a mean loss of fluid, body fat or adipose tissue and/or lean mass, namely bones mineral deposits, muscle, tendon and other connective tissue. It can occur unintentionally due to an underlying disease or can arise from a conscious effort to improve an actual or perceived overweight or obese state.

 Carole Wright, 54, was unable to put on her own shoes because of her size two years ago. Her weight at 29st 10lb meant she was forced to sit on a brick wall at a barbecue two years ago over fears she could break a plastic garden chair.

 But since then, Carole, has turned her life around and shed two-thirds of her weight to tip the scales at 10st.

“The doctor said, ′If you don`t do something about your weight, you`re going to be dead in almost 30st was a huge shock and I burst into tears,” she said.

She realized she had to change her lifestyle when she joined a slimming club. “weighing almost 30st was a huge shock and I burst into tears,” she said. “All I ever did was watch television or sit on the computer. It got to the stage where I wasn`t only trapped inside the house, I was trapped in my own body too and I couldn`t see a way out.”

 Carole, who is a petite 5ft 3in, losts a stone in her first week of eating healthy home-cooked meals, and losts a stone every month for the next year.

Carole was named as Slimming World`s woman of the year 2011. “I can do all of the little things everyone else takes for granted like putting my own shoes on, painting my toe nails and walking up stairs-in fact, I run up them now,” she said. “the last time I weighed 10st was 10 years old. My only regret is that I didn`t do it 35 years ago, but to make up for lost time I plan to grow old disgracefully.”

“For the first time in my life I fell normal and it`s great feeling.”

為了消耗人體過多的脂肪，減輕體重，達到苗條美麗，越來越多的人用運動、節食、心理療法，甚至藥物的方法來達到這一目的。可是，你們的瘦身有成效嗎？現在有以為瘦身楷模來為我們做榜樣。這位54歲的英國大媽，兩年內從190公斤減到了60公斤，而且沒有使用抽脂等不夠天然的方法，兩年內減去125斤，她的確做到了。這會不會給想要瘦身的你一些鼓勵？

漫談瘦身策略

The least intrusive weight loss methods and those most often recommended, are adjustments to eating patterns and increased physical activity, generally in the form of exercise. Physicians will usually recommend that their overweight patients combine a reduction of processed foods and caloric content of the diet with an increase in Physical activity.

 An increase in fiber intake is also recommended for regulating bowel movements.

 Other methods of weight loss include use of drugs and supplements that decrease appetite, block fat absorption, or reduce stomach volume. Application of such medications, however, should only be performed under the strict supervision of food energy.

 Crash dieting crash diet refers to willful nutritional restriction ( except water ) for more than 12waking hours. The desired result is to have the body burn fat for energy with the goal of losing a significant amount of weight in a short time. There is a possibility of muscle loss, depending on the approach used. Crash dieting can be dangerous to health and this method of weight loss is not recommended by medical doctors.

 According to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, “If the diet or product sounds too good to be true, it probably is. There are no foods or pills that magically burn fat. No super foods will alter your genetic code. No products will miraculously melt fat while you watch TV or sleep. Some ingredients in supplements and herbal products can be dangerous or even deadly for some people” (2011). To feel healthier and live longer, the focus needs to be on making lifestyle change to how a person eats.

  人們追求苗條美麗本身無可厚非，然而我們在瘦身時一定要謹記：不要食用易使身體寒冷的食物；盡量多食用含維生素B族的食物；盡量多食用制造骨骼的鈣質！這樣才不至于得不償失。畢竟，和美麗相比，健康更重要。

Something about slimming 關于瘦身纖體的一些事

The simple truth is that you have to either eat successful in anything you do, especially in lose weight.

簡單的道理是：要減肥你就必須要么少攝入熱量,要么多消耗熱量。

Perseverance is the golden key to being successful in anything you do, especially in lose weight.

堅持不懈是成就任何事情的金鑰匙，特別是減肥。

There is no better way to weight than exercise.

沒有比運動更好的減肥方法了。

Walking a great way to lose body fat, though most people find they have to do it for at least an hour a day in order to lose weight.

走路是減掉脂肪的好辦法，不過大多數人要想加肥每天至少要走一小時。

Men and women who lose weight through caloric restriction, without exercise, also lose bone at the hip and spine, increasing their risk for the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis and fractures, a study shows.

通過熱量限制減肥的男女，如果不運動，會丟失髖骨和脊柱的骨質，增加骨質疏松和骨折的風險。

Among those with a desirable weight, 20% said they were too heavy and 45% were trying to lose weight.

在那些擁有令人滿意體重的年輕女子當中，20%的人確稱自己太重，而45%的人在努力減肥。

You must limit your caloric intake in order to lose weight. So understanding how to “balance” calorie intake through your day and help you avoid feelings of deprivation, hunger and despair.

為了減肥，你必須限制你的熱量攝入量。因此，如果了解了怎么“平衡”每天的熱量攝入量，可以幫助你遠離被剝奪、饑餓和絕望的感覺。

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