When looking into health issues relating to weight, medics take note of our Body Mass Index. Our reading should come in somewhere in the region of top teens to mid-twenties. Anything above that figure indicates that we’re overweight. What’s more if we take that figure over thirty we’re defined as obese - over forty and the definition is morbidly obese.

To work out your own index - Use a metric rule to measure your height. Then record your weight in kilograms. Start with a multiplication sum - your height times itself. Then take that answer and divide it by how much you weigh.

For example if your height is 1.6 metres and your weight is 78 kilos, your BMI is 30.47 (1.6 x 1.6 = 2.56 then 78 / 2.56 = 30.47). As a BMI of more than thirty has been classified as obese, action would definitely be required in the above example.

We can’t lose weight if we continue to consume foods highly saturated in fats and sugars (save for the odd treat now and again!). We can lose weight by eating more healthily, and eating less. Then the fat that’s previously entered our system will be converted into energy.

Stay away from eating programs that sound too good to be true! They’re usually so restrictive and unsatisfactory that you can’t maintain them for long. Any slimming regime that only allows one and a half thousand calories a day is considered a crash diet. Quick-fix diets can be a vicious cycle of drastic weight loss followed by weight gain.

There are no short- cuts to long-term healthy weight loss. Losing up to two pounds a week can be achieved if you simply cut out five hundred calories or so a day. Clearly this isn’t going to make an impact this month, but you will be healthier by this time next year.

It’s well understood that foods saturated in fat contain the highest calories. So the easiest way to drop the calories is by cutting out fatty food. Instead, eat plenty of fruit and vegetables, and increase the amount of whole grains in your diet. It won’t take long before you notice you’re actually feeling better.

Avoid skipping meals - this really doesn’t help with calorie reduction. (Missed meals usually lead to high-calorie grazing). A number of lighter meals throughout the day is better in reality. It’s more difficult to get the weight off when you feel half-starved. The body metabolises more when it receives frequent healthy portions of food. This leads to an efficient system of weight loss.

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