Obesity is a major health issue in the United States and Americans spend heavily battling excess weight. If left uncontrolled, the extra body weight begins to invite other health problems. Hence, people try all types of things to control their weights: some prefer a personal trainer, others choose from a variety of fat loss programs and dietary pills or supplements, and some go for surgical procedures.
Body mass index (BMI) is the standard parameter that describes a person in terms of his weight: people with their BMI in the range 25 – 30 are considered overweight and those above are obese. For highly overweight people (BMI above 40), their obesity is seen as a serious health hazard. They are likely to invite health problems such as diabetes, arthritis, hypertension, obstructive sleep apnea, etc.
The good news is that people in general are aware of the risks their increasing extra weight is likely to pose. Hiring a personal trainer is probably the most efficient way to shed excess fat and keep it off permanently. While most weight loss programs and diet supplements are designed on general principles – a one-size-shoe-fits-all type of approach – a professional trainer provides a tailor made solution that is optimized to your individual needs.
The general weight loss programs often fail to give a permanent solution because they miss out something critical or don’t address it properly. The crucial component is you – your personal preferences, life long eating habits, lack of sufficient self-discipline, etc. A personal trainer knows that these are the basic issues that led you to put on extra weight at the first place. Hence, he not only offers you a workable meal plan and routine of exercises, but also helps you fight your emotional weaknesses and bad habits responsible for your extra weight.
Most people appear considerably ill informed about surgical weight loss procedures. They often think that if nothing works they can ultimately go for some weight loss surgery – and be happy thereafter. Nothing is far from the truth. Life after surgery also demands controlled diet and regular exercising – you may still need a personal trainer after surgery!
Besides, you will always be at risk of some side effects such the “dumping syndrome” – a complicated feeling involving chest and abdominal cramps, nausea, sweating, and diarrhea – chronic abdominal pain, malabsorption, vitamin deficiency, etc. Quite frequently, you end up with another problem – loose and sagging skin on your belly. This “pouch of loose skin” often invites skin infection, sexual dysfunction, back pain, and other problems. Removing it is another surgical procedure called panniculectomy that is likely to leave permanent scars on your lower abdomen.
The cost of a personal trainer is nothing compared to what you would pay for any type of weight loss surgery. Informed people only suggest surgery when dietary plans and exercises fail to work – that is, as a last resort option. Weight loss surgeries can involve some surgical procedure around the stomach so that the person feels less hungry and gets satisfied with small amount of food. A popular example is lap banding – putting a band around the upper part of the stomach that can be tightened or loosened to decrease or increase the food intake. People prefer it because it is reversible.
Other forms of surgeries involve decreasing the length of the small intestine so that there is less absorption of nutrients and calories. The basic aim of these surgeries is to reduce the risk of death associated with obesity. So, why allow yourself to go to the extreme end of obesity and invite expensive surgeries. The vast knowledge and personal attention of a personal trainer can safely bring you body back to the normal weight levels and eliminate the need for weight loss surgeries altogether.
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