Endocrinologist examines a real case from practice
Recently, I had two patients with similar problems, who approached my recommendations in different ways. And the result was the opposite for both.
First andstory
Patient Two: Three Easy Steps to Health
A pretty 50-year-old woman also complained of being overweight. Unlike the first patient, she had no obesity, only a slight excess of body weight. Therefore, she is not shown any drugs specifically for weight loss, only an adjustment in her lifestyle and nutrition.
Bioimpedance analysis of body composition showed that there was still a lot of excess fat - as much as 7 kg. The proportion of fat mass exceeded the permissible values - 34.8, while the norm was up to 31%.
She went to a sports club, and began to study under the supervision of a coach.
Changed food - increased the percentage of protein foods, excluded frying.
I began to drink water plenty.
The patient gained weight - but that's good!
As a result, she gained 1.3 kg total weight in 36 days. Anyone would be frightened and demotivated by such a result.
Actually, that's why she came to the appointment ahead of time - what is she doing wrong? Why is weight increasing? True, the trousers have become too loose, but maybe it only seems to her?
Bioimpedance was performed again. And a lot became clear.
In two months, the woman gained as much as 2.4 kg of muscle mass. This is very good and a lot, especially at 50 and in the absence of testosterone replacement therapy.
At the same time, the volume of total fluid in the body increased (very good!) And the specific basal metabolic rate increased, that is, the number of calories consumed at rest increased.
In other words, without even moving, this patient now stores less calories in adipose tissue and spends more energy, burning fat.
And of course she lost as much as 2 kg of adipose tissue during this month.
This is a very good result and an example of how the implementation of all the recommendations in the complex helps to get not just weight loss, but the correct body composition.
Part 1 The main mistake in losing weight: making it, you lose health, not fat
