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WHY IT IS HARDER FOR WOMEN TO LOSE WEIGHT??

 There are alot of diet plans or slim belts and other fancy equipments claiming weight loss in a matter of days, but is it really that simple?

Lets understand the process of weight loss in women, so that you will get to know how it works and how you can work it out.

There is alot of confusion between weight loss and fat loss, remember in weight loss you will lose body weight, muscle and fats but in fat loss it is specifically focused on losing fat  percentage of overall body.


Women have more fats and less muscle as compared to men and that affects the metabolism rate.Men even burn calories while resting but its not same for women. Most of the women go for a diet which includes limited food which cause you to lose muscle and you end up looking skinny instead of slim fit.

Let us dig deeper into the science to understand.

When we eat starchy food or sugars our body break it down into glucose which is used as energy. But when you consume excess sugar or starchy foods it coverts the excess glucose into fatty acids and it is stored in adipose tissue, which increase the fat percentage.

Insulin plays a major role in this case, when you consume excess sugar, insulin is released and it tells the fat cells to hold on and tells the muscle or other tissue to absorb or burn glucose first.

Thats how weight as well as fat percentage of body increases.

So when you consume low sugar and less starchy food the insulin level drops so that our body utilizes stored fats for energy and thats how you burn fats and lose weight. The main key comes down to the diet and calorie intake.


What are the factors that makes harder for women to lose weight?

1)  Metabolism rate: Women have more fat than muscle in the body so that makes the metabolism slow, and thus it results in gaining excess fat and weight.

2) Pregnancy: When woman gets pregnant she put on extra pounds and after that stage it gets harder to lose those extra pounds because of less sleep and busy schedule.

3) Menopause: Women gain excess fats on the belly because of low metabolism rate and also due to loss of hormones.

4) PCOS: Polycystic ovary syndrome is a condition in which there is hormonal imbalance and also cause menstrual irregularity.


What is the solution?

1) Calorie intake: There is a height weight chart where you can look for your height and the weight which is appropriate for your height or else you can decide your weight loss goal and work on it by counting daily calorie intake. There is an app HealthifyMe which will help you achieve your goal and you can also count calories by simply adding what food you ate.

2) Cut off sugars: There is no magic trick you have to cut off sugary foods such as pastries, chocolate and other high in sugar foods. This foods slows your metabolism rate.

3) Eat healthy: Consume protein rich foods and good fats which will help you lose weight but also it will make you feel good and healthy.

4) Include physical activiy: Include some physical activity in the daily routine like going for a walk, going for stairs instead of lift, such small efforts do count.

And atlast if possible do some workout it will help boost the process and it will also boost the metabolism rate.

Once you get a hold of eating good you will end up having a good lifestyle, All the best !!

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