Are you concerned by obesity and seriously interested in tackling the causes for obesity? The bad news is that this article is not about how to get the right attitude towards losing weight. However, it might help you a little. The good news is, if you have a positive attitude this article will provide you with the most important points that will help you to actually burn fat on a permanent basis.

I have written this guide especially for obese people, because I want you to succeed. Therefore it is my obligation to warn you of programs and strategies that does not work at all. Have you ever tried a diet for a fixed period of time? If yes, I bet you have increased weight after you came back to your usual eating habits. Why is that? Because your body readjusts to your actual eating habits. The status of your body's overall fat percentage indicates your recent and current behaviour. It's really vital for you to understand this point, because you will ultimately have to change your eating habits on a permanent basis in order to cure obesity. Now that you know why diets set just for a certain period of time do not work, I will help you further by showing you some examples of useless information and scam.

In our 21st century information age we are faced with a huge amount of useless information and scam. In order to control the causes for obesity you have to stay away from expensive pre-packaged food diets, magic diet pills, Hollywood diets or Secret ab or thigh equipment. The producers of these products do not want you to succeed, they almost always only want your money. Therefore, as I have mentioned in the introduction, you just need to strengthen your will and to act pursuant to the most important points discussed in the following paragraphs. Let us get started with some details on your eating habits.

Amongst the most plausible causes for obesity are your eating habits. Firstly, you have absolutely refrain from consuming any kind of high caloric food. High caloric food is like poison for your mission to cure obesity. It contains a lot of simple sugar (monosaccharide) and fat (trans fatty acids) and immediately fills your fat storage. Here are some examples of high caloric food and drinks: crackers, candies, snack food, fried food, baked goods, cookies, sweets and biscuits, jam, cakes, pastries, puddings, ice cream, salad dressings, many kinds of processed food, fizzy drinks and juice drinks. I highly recommend you to get used to the habit of reading the list of ingredients on food products and drinks before buying them. Once you know what kind of food to avoid, it will help you with healthy food products and the frequency of eating.

Instead of high caloric food and drinks you should eat healthy low fat products with just a small amount of simple sugar. Here are some examples: vegetables, salad with a low calorie dressing, low fat quark, low fat meat, potatoes, noodles, oat flakes or protein shakes. Drink tea, low fat milk, zero sugar lemonades and a lot of water. Split your meals into 5 to 6 small portions per day. This is a vital point if you want to burn fat. Every time you ingest food your metabolic arte is slightly boosted. Taking advantage of this effect allows you to burn some extra calories every day. Additionally you should decrease the intake of carbohydrates in the evening - at least when you have your last meal of the day. Having discussed the eating habits as a cause for obesity, let us review the aspect of physical activity.

Another main cause for obesity consists in too little energy expenditure. Work out several times per week is a key factor when it comes to losing weight. The reason for this is your metabolic rate. Performing an exercise increases your metabolic rate for several hours. Here are some great options to work out: Swimming, Rollerblading, Cycling, Jogging, jumping on a Mini-Trampoline, Power Walking, Incline Walking, using the Climbing Machine or doing Circuit Training with weights. Performing 30 minutes at a stretch will be enough to sufficiently stimulate your metabolic rate. 3 workouts per week will give you a good start. Try to gradually increase the number of your workouts to 5 per week.

Now that you have learned the most important factors in terms of controlling the causes for obesity, you will probably approach it from a new perspective. The key factors are: Avoid any kind of high caloric food, eat 5 to 6 small and healthy meals per day and perform several workouts a week. There is, of course, much more useful information concerning obesity, e.g. information on nutrition. But by putting these information into practice you will be able to tackle the main causes for obesity and lose weight.

Copyright (c) 2008 Oliver Hetzel