Sprig
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There have been thousands of books written concerning various diets. But when it comes to weight loss diets they work until they don’t. Almost all dieters start a diet, lose weight but after a week, or month or year start changing back to old habits and often gain back all their lost weight and the diet goes out the window. You have to change your eating habits permanently to lose weight and keep the weight off. I will not recommend a specific diet but will say look into the Mediterranean diet. It is not so much a diet per se but a healthy way to eat. You will lose weight but that is not the point of the Mediterranean diet. It’s about healthy eating and all the benefits and health benefits of eating healthy. It’s interesting, look into it.
Before you modify your diet and start some kind of exercise routine you
need to have a physical that includes various blood testing. Your physician will order various tests that include metabolic panel, lipid panel, and cbc and possibly other tests.One test often overlooked is a testosterone test. As we age (men) often our testosterone levels decrease. This happens especially to men over 50 and 60. Low testosterone has many possible symptoms but one common one is weight gain and increased belly fat. That could be a major contributing factor in your weight gain. Low testosterone can cause insulin resistance which can play a major part in weight gain and other things.
So be sure you tell your doctor to order a testosterone test. Also be sure to do that particular test in the morning 9:30am or earlier. You don’t need to fast for that test but just do it early before 9:30.
Exercise is a whole separate topic which I won’t address here at this time.
Before you modify your diet and start some kind of exercise routine you
need to have a physical that includes various blood testing. Your physician will order various tests that include metabolic panel, lipid panel, and cbc and possibly other tests.One test often overlooked is a testosterone test. As we age (men) often our testosterone levels decrease. This happens especially to men over 50 and 60. Low testosterone has many possible symptoms but one common one is weight gain and increased belly fat. That could be a major contributing factor in your weight gain. Low testosterone can cause insulin resistance which can play a major part in weight gain and other things.
So be sure you tell your doctor to order a testosterone test. Also be sure to do that particular test in the morning 9:30am or earlier. You don’t need to fast for that test but just do it early before 9:30.
Exercise is a whole separate topic which I won’t address here at this time.
