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I'll give you Control.
Janet Jackson style Control. (Now I'm all grown up)
Anyway, we have a few more areas to cover in the arena of "control" as far as our weight is concerned. You may be surprised ( or not ) about the areas studies that do effect metabolism, energy regulation, and therefore body weight.
Eating Schedule, or when you eat during the day, can also have an effect on weight loss, and it is something we can theoretically control.
From a January 2013 study in the International Journal of Obesity, timing of food intake had a notable effect on the effectiveness of weight loss. Surprisingly, energy intake, dietary composition, estimated energy expenditure, appetite hormones and sleep duration were similar between the 2 groups studied, yet the timing of macronutrient distribution did make a difference. Those participants that ate lunch later lost appreciably less weight, and had slower weight loss overall, than those that ate earlier in the day.
Bottom Line: More so an interesting finding from a recent study, rather than an earth-shaking breakthrough, but something to keep an eye on. It adds to the notion that weight loss and energy balance really is a complicated, multi-variable thing. How important this aspect is remains to be seen, and further studied.
"Physical Activity" is often a "P.C." way to say exercise without "offending" someone.
On one hand it does dilute the message that true exercise is what we are looking for to lose weight, maintain lean body mass after surgery, improve overall health and fitness, etc., but in reality (and especially for our generally minimally-mobile population) activity may be a more appropriate term for what is most benefiting to the population 'at large' (pun intended) anyway.
According to consensus information on the CDC website, 'activity' requirements can be as easy as 150 mins per week of moderate walking in order to start to achieve significant benefits. Trading a little over 20 mins per day (of less immobile screen time - phones, computers, videos, TV!) into this activity level will make a profound difference in a patient's health, as well as their weight.
Bottom Line: Activity of some type is almost always better than waiting until the universe aligns and patients hopefully at some time start to 'exercise' as we recommend. While all patients may not buy into it, working toward the goals of exercise takes time, salesmanship on our part, and is often made easier once the desire of weight loss and 'healthier living' takes over. As they see their efforts are making some significant gains, such as after weight loss surgery, they sense that momentum starts to get on their side, finally.
Only a few more to address in the next post, but this is a good start. Again, each one of these aspects of the patients environment have some impact on weight, and we can only control what we can control if we know these influences exist. Lastly, 2 more, and then one I thought was interesting, although definitely beyond our control.
You could blame your Mother, however, if you were that kind of a person....
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