Podium Talk

Are you losing weight for likes and comments on the transformation post that you would upload on your social media, only to regress a few weeks later? Do you want to just let it be; or quit the weight loss program? Of course not. Nobody will agree to either of these. Although reality paints a different picture about the adherence and dropout rates, despite fully knowing the risks and dangers of obesity. Adherence and compliance are crucial in successful obesity management. It refers to the behavior of an individual relative to the medical and professional advice including diet and lifestyle modifications, and physical activity participation. Many individuals don’t end up completing their journey. It’s not an easy process as it is, and a few additional factors make it worse. You might be wondering why are we talking about the negatives at all, but trust me. Knowing about the reasons will help you relate and understand that you’re not alone here. Mental stress, anxiety, body shape concer...

The world is tired of hearing doctors’ advice for weight management, even if it is true. Many know of its seriousness from within. Moments before stepping on the scale, the majority of us feel nervous, anxious, and even terrified to see the number it would display. We start recalling all the instances where we picked up an extra serving, didn’t plan our meals, and ordered takeout. Here is some tough love coming your way. It has been known for decades that being obese or overweight increases the risk of other diseases like diabetes, cancer, and coronary heart disease. It also alters biomechanics and increases the load on joints while even performing daily activities like walking and stair climbing, which in turn increases the chances of injuries like ligament sprains. It can even cause you to suffer from early osteoarthritis. Not surprising that patients with this degenerative joint disease are medically advised to manage their weight. It also takes a toll on respiration, by causing exe...

Long before Christiano Ronaldo refused to promote Coke and claimed the superiority of water to the world in front of the press at the Euro 2020, we knew about the calorie-dense nature of sweetened beverages. Despite providing no nutritional value to our diets whatsoever, sodas and soft drinks continue to be in high demand almost everywhere. Most of its credit goes to shrewd marketing and obviously to global sugar addiction. A can of coke contains roughly 130 calories, whereas water has none. To expend just one can’s worth of energy, one would have to run for 15 minutes. That will help only if you don’t make poor diet choices again on the same day. It should be obvious that avoiding the consumption of sweetened beverages would help you lose some weight, and you might have already been advised to do so on numerous occasions. It’s a no-brainer that replacing these beverages with just water would reduce the total energy consumption in a day and thus help you to put yourself in a calorie de...