Thyroid dictates much of your metabolism, so any malfunction or disease afflicting this can make you have problems in metabolism making you have major problems with your weight, you can either gain weight, lose weight, or have a harder time at losing weight.
Most people that plan diets don't take into consideration how their thyroids and metabolism can affect their weight loss program. Many experts and even the media love to pitch in and suggest that the only way to lose weight is to take in less calories.
People with a condition called hyperthyroidism have an overactive thyroid causing one to have his or her metabolism increase big time. If this is the case, then you will be way more likely to lose weight fast. This is a great proposition for many people who are trying to lose weight. BUT, this is actually hazardous to the health.
Besides the medical difficulties this disease brings, you can also notice weight problems because of this. These people can have trouble keeping on weight and may notice weakness and have bulging of the eyes. The disease may need special treatment from doctors.
While hypothyroidism works completely differently, it slows metabolism down until the body gains weight at an incredible rate. Like hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism also causes a weakness in the body. It may also need special treatment and can cause major health problems if it's left unattended.
While cutting calories by its self may be very hard for many people, imagine, the people dealing with life and death struggles at the grocery store about whether or not to buy those extra boxes of sweets, while some have exactly the opposite problem. Instead of taking in too many calories, which is a problem in itself, they take in too little calories instead.
The problem with some people is that they think that since most of the experts say they need to cut calories, cutting calories down to an inordinate amount can reap much greater results. Unfortunately, it just doesn't work that way. Even though cutting calories helps diets, consuming too few calories will push the body into hoard mode, where the body's metabolism slow's down to adapt to the lesser amount of available energy.
If your body goes in to this mode, it will work at such a slow metabolism, that losing weight can become just about impossible. The goal here should be to take in less calories without the body slowing down its metabolism. Only then can losing weight become easier to accomplish.
Another problem that might occur from decreased metabolism is that when metabolism slows due to having a major reduction in metabolism, and then you suddenly eat a big calorie-filled meal, you end up gaining more weight due to the increased surplus of energy.
This is why eating an imbalanced meal is greatly discouraged among those that are trying to lose weight. The sudden loss and then increase of calories will just cause an imbalance in one's energy consumption, affecting fat deposit.
Here is a little computation for helping you get the right amount of calories you need per day so you get your nutrients in the right balance.
First, multiply your weight in kilograms by 30. Or if you just know your weight in pounds, divide it by 2.2 to get to the English equivalent. We divide the number by 30 because that's the number of calories you will need to maintain your weight per pound of weight.
For example, if you weigh 150 pounds, divide it by 2.2 which will give you 68.18. This is how much you weight in kilograms. Multiply this by 30 and you will have the amount of calories you need per day to stay at 150 lbs.
You can also meat with a nutritionist to help you lose weight. In the end it comes down to math. If you take in more that your body needs, it stores the extras as fat. Now is a great time to start studying the back of those grocery cartons.
It's good to keep your diet at a 40% protein, 25% fat, and 35% carbohydrate meals, and at 300 calories per meal. Spread out these meals in a day for the best results.
While it can be simple computation to get at numbers, don't forget the earlier mentioned fact that the body adapts to its condition. Expose it to extreme ones and you can find yourself getting results you never even wanted. Consult a nutritionist for more advice.