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What Causes Difficulty In Losing Weight?
Question: Hi
My Height is 5 ft and weighs 80 kg...I am a XXXXXXX Expecting XXXXXXX doctor to answer my question.. How to reduce weight in natural healthy way?
My regular eating habits are below.
Breakfast: 1/2 cup of skim milk with any one plate of solids (cereals/upma/idli-6/chapathi-2/Dosa-3 etc)
Lunch : Brown rice or white rice with any vegetable curry,sambar,curd.and one boiled egg.
evening: If hungry some snacks(very rare)
Dinner : wheat chapathi-3 with curry/upma/oats upma/ravva idli etc .. I avoided eating rice in the night.
sweets:Very rare..
Exercise : Very minimal but i will be doing all house hold work.. weekly 3-4 times i go for 1/2hr walk according to my leisure times..
From 1 year i am not gaining weight but not loosing single kg..I want to reduce my weight atleast 30 kg.
Now can you guide me,what else i need to avoid or add in my daily intake.
what type of XXXXXXX food i need to take daily..How much exercise is necessary..
All in all i am energetic when i start doing any work and but below health conditions are i am noticing these days.
1)If i do threadmil fast ,i am getting knee pain.. May i know the reason..
2)Also if i sit 1/2 hr in one position,my muscles become so tight.it is very difficulty to
become normal in 2-3 min and can not walk properly..but after some time i will be
walking and do things normally..
Any vitamin deficiancy? do i need to take multivitamins daily?
Thanks.. XXXXXXX
My Height is 5 ft and weighs 80 kg...I am a XXXXXXX Expecting XXXXXXX doctor to answer my question.. How to reduce weight in natural healthy way?
My regular eating habits are below.
Breakfast: 1/2 cup of skim milk with any one plate of solids (cereals/upma/idli-6/chapathi-2/Dosa-3 etc)
Lunch : Brown rice or white rice with any vegetable curry,sambar,curd.and one boiled egg.
evening: If hungry some snacks(very rare)
Dinner : wheat chapathi-3 with curry/upma/oats upma/ravva idli etc .. I avoided eating rice in the night.
sweets:Very rare..
Exercise : Very minimal but i will be doing all house hold work.. weekly 3-4 times i go for 1/2hr walk according to my leisure times..
From 1 year i am not gaining weight but not loosing single kg..I want to reduce my weight atleast 30 kg.
Now can you guide me,what else i need to avoid or add in my daily intake.
what type of XXXXXXX food i need to take daily..How much exercise is necessary..
All in all i am energetic when i start doing any work and but below health conditions are i am noticing these days.
1)If i do threadmil fast ,i am getting knee pain.. May i know the reason..
2)Also if i sit 1/2 hr in one position,my muscles become so tight.it is very difficulty to
become normal in 2-3 min and can not walk properly..but after some time i will be
walking and do things normally..
Any vitamin deficiancy? do i need to take multivitamins daily?
Thanks.. XXXXXXX
Brief Answer:
NO need of vitamins
Detailed Answer:
HI XXXXXXX
First of all we need to find the cause of weight gain or inability to lose weight. There are certain diseases that can cause weight gain like Diabetes , Thyroid Problems , Adrenal Problems or Ovarian problems .
So my advice is to get tested for these conditions. The tests you need to get are :
FBS, PPBS, Serum TSH, Serum Cortisol ( Morning and Evening sample) and USG Abdomen Pelvis.
Kindly revert back with the reports.
As of your diet is concerned it is quite good . I will not mention any quantity of food but what I advice is increase your intake of Vegetables in your diet. For example if you are eating 3 dosa and 25 grams of vegetables for breakfast , make it 2 dosa and 60-75g of vegetables. The same you do for your lunch and dinner . Reduce your rice intake and increase your vegetable intake.
Drink plenty of water and eat more of citrus fruits.
Regarding exercise, household work will not suffice. Atleast 5 minutes everyday do walking that is brisk/fast walking. But ideal exercise is 20-30 minutes per day, 6-7 days a week. Gradually with time you need to increase the intensity or duration of exercise or both.
Your Knee joint pain and muscle tightness are due to overweight as it puts strain on the joints and muscles. It will gradually improve with weight reduction. There is no need for any vitamins.
Hope this information was useful to you.
Any clarifications feel free to ask .
NO need of vitamins
Detailed Answer:
HI XXXXXXX
First of all we need to find the cause of weight gain or inability to lose weight. There are certain diseases that can cause weight gain like Diabetes , Thyroid Problems , Adrenal Problems or Ovarian problems .
So my advice is to get tested for these conditions. The tests you need to get are :
FBS, PPBS, Serum TSH, Serum Cortisol ( Morning and Evening sample) and USG Abdomen Pelvis.
Kindly revert back with the reports.
As of your diet is concerned it is quite good . I will not mention any quantity of food but what I advice is increase your intake of Vegetables in your diet. For example if you are eating 3 dosa and 25 grams of vegetables for breakfast , make it 2 dosa and 60-75g of vegetables. The same you do for your lunch and dinner . Reduce your rice intake and increase your vegetable intake.
Drink plenty of water and eat more of citrus fruits.
Regarding exercise, household work will not suffice. Atleast 5 minutes everyday do walking that is brisk/fast walking. But ideal exercise is 20-30 minutes per day, 6-7 days a week. Gradually with time you need to increase the intensity or duration of exercise or both.
Your Knee joint pain and muscle tightness are due to overweight as it puts strain on the joints and muscles. It will gradually improve with weight reduction. There is no need for any vitamins.
Hope this information was useful to you.
Any clarifications feel free to ask .
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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