Losing weight is a process that requires a lot of time, effort and discipline. Master, Doctor Nguyen Thi Kim Tuyen, Tam Anh General Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, has advised on easily recognizable signs of successful weight loss, helping you maintain your motivation to lose weight, avoid discouragement and giving up halfway.
1. Body measurements decrease
When losing weight, it is necessary to measure many areas because the fat loss process often occurs throughout the body. If you only measure the waist, it may not be completely accurate, because the waist can be affected by the amount of food and water the body takes in each day.
2. Weight loss is slow and steady
When you lose weight, it doesn't mean that your weight will decrease steadily every day. You should monitor and record your weight regularly every day, compare it every week, every month to see how your weight changes.
When reducing fat effectively and safely, the body usually loses weight at a slow, steady rate.
3. Looser clothes
Looser clothes show that you have lost weight effectively without knowing specific parameters and weight.
4. Increase energy and endurance
Reducing body mass helps reduce the burden on the cardiovascular system, musculoskeletal system, respiratory system... helping the body move more easily and more durably.
5. Improve mood
Weight loss has been shown to improve mood, helping to reduce mental health risks such as depression, low self-esteem, shyness, etc.
6. Improved skin and overall health
When you lose weight, you may notice some positive changes such as less skin acanthosis nigricans, less acne, less sweating…
Weight loss effectively improves many skin problems such as sagging, sagging, and orange peel skin.
7. Gain muscle, lose fat
Feeling the muscles is a sign of successful weight loss. When fat is reduced, it means a higher muscle ratio, helping the body move more flexibly and healthily, especially for people who lose weight by exercising and playing sports.
8. No more excessive cravings
If you lose weight by changing your diet, adding more protein and fiber, your body will often feel full longer. When losing weight, eating in moderation and with control helps your body form the habit of eating less and helps reduce cravings.
9. Chronic pain improved
Losing weight helps reduce pressure on the musculoskeletal system, especially in areas such as the knees, ankles, hips, etc.
10. Health is improved through indicators
Weight loss can help improve many important health indicators such as blood pressure, body fat percentage, especially visceral fat, body mass index (BMI), blood lipids...
11. Sleep better and snore less
Overweight and obese people tend to snore more due to fat accumulation in the neck and chin, which compresses the upper respiratory tract and can affect people around them. In addition, being overweight also causes sleep apnea, causing the patient to wake up suddenly, causing insomnia and difficulty sleeping.
12. Feedback from people around
When your body shape changes so dramatically that people notice, it's a clear testament to the effectiveness of your weight loss journey.
