Health expert Good figure instead of ideal weight can work

Instead of ideal weight: how to get a good figure?
Especially in the summer, many people are not satisfied with their figure. On the beach or in the pool, extra pounds sting quickly into the eye. Often when losing weight is then thought of the so-called ideal weight. Helps this guide but really to come to a good figure?

For a good figure you do not have to weigh less
Summertime is bath time. Some people who think they are too fat will want to lose extra pounds as quickly as possible. Frequently, a calculated ideal weight serves as a guideline. The question is, is this size really helpful in getting a well-formed body? Over the topic "ideal weight" is discussed again and again heated. Although the scale tells us how heavy we are, it does not reveal much about looks and health. In a message from the dpa news agency, Daniel Kaptain from the German University for Prevention and Health Management / BSA Academy in Saarbrücken: "It would make more sense to value body fat and muscle mass." The expert continued: "Exactly questioning most of them is about having a good figure. "However, that does not mean that you have to weigh less.

A good figure without stress. Image: artmim - fotolia

Drastic diets often do not take off
Basically, you should weigh only once a week when losing weight, because the weight varies from day to day and from morning to evening. The consumer center of North Rhine-Westphalia had pointed this out recently. However, if you only have weight control in mind when losing weight, this often leads to the so-called yo-yo effect. Many nutrition experts warn against losing weight, because drastic diets usually do not reach their goal. In addition to the body water is lost especially valuable muscle mass. "However, this is crucial for the metabolism and metabolic rate. The more muscles, the more calories are burned, "explained Prof. Kaptain.

Exercising is part of a diet
This metabolic motor disappears in diets without fitness training. "For many, this may mean that you weigh less on the scales after a diet, but the body fat percentage is unchanged," warned the fitness expert, adding, "If you eat normally again after a diet, the calories will go down Basal metabolism is not completely consumed and migrate into the body's fat deposits. "In addition to a careful diet, you should always try to maintain or build muscle through movement. But it would be wrong to think that physical exercise alone is enough to lose weight. Only recently, scientists in the journal "British Journal of Sports Medicine" claimed: Sport does not help against overweight. Rather, it is wrong diet that leads to fat. Finally, the dpa message asks whether it is the weight on the scale or the body circumference, what counts? For many, it is more likely to be optimal "body composition" with firm tissue and low fat desirable. (Ad)