When losing weight, don’t just focus on weight. Weight can sometimes be deceiving. During weight loss, weight decreases in a fluctuating manner. Therefore, don’t let weight affect your mood.
So, if we don’t look at weight when losing weight, what should we look at? How can we know if our weight loss is making progress? In fact, when your figure is getting slimmer, your body will send out some signals. See how many of these you have.
1. The excess flesh on the stomach becomes soft. During the weight loss process, the body’s metabolic mechanism will improve, and the rate of fat burning will accelerate. Those once tightly packed fat cells begin to decompose, making the excess flesh less firm.
When you find that the excess flesh on your stomach gradually becomes soft from a hard state, this is the body telling us that efforts are having an effect and the goal of slimming is getting closer step by step.
2. Sweat output becomes normal. Previously, obese people would sweat profusely with just a little activity, or even after a lot of exercise, it was difficult to sweat. The body’s sweating mechanism became disordered.
Now, sweating has become normal. Whether in moderate exercise or in daily activities, sweat can be excreted more naturally. This means that the body’s temperature regulation and metabolic functions are gradually returning to balance. The body becomes healthy, metabolism becomes normal, and the figure becomes more effectively slimmed down.
3. Sleep quality improves. When obese, many people will have problems such as snoring and sleep apnea syndrome, which seriously affect sleep quality and are easy to wake up in the middle of the night due to suffocation.
After a period of weight loss, when the body starts to slim down, the pressure of fat on the body’s organs and viscera decreases. The snoring problem will also improve, and breathing will become smoother. This helps us enter deep sleep more easily. When we wake up the next day, we will feel refreshed.
4. Appetite becomes lighter. Before losing weight, you couldn’t resist big fish and meat and high-calorie snacks. You overate without realizing it. Now your appetite has become lighter. You no longer have a strong desire for high-calorie and high-fat foods. Instead, you are more inclined to choose fresh vegetables, fruits, and a light diet.
This is not your mouth being temperamental. Instead, the body is consciously pursuing healthier nutritional intake. This means that calorie intake is also controlled. This is a manifestation of a slimming figure.
5. Food intake decreases. A person’s food intake will affect calorie intake. If you used to need three bowls of rice to be full, after a period of weight loss, you find that your stomach has become smaller and you may be full with two bowls of rice. The decrease in food intake means that calorie intake will be effectively controlled. This is also a manifestation of a slimming figure. You must persevere.
6. Exercise ability improves. An obese body will increase the body’s oxygen consumption, making you feel exhausted no matter what you do. Before losing weight, you might start panting after running one or two kilometers and feel powerless. Your body is as heavy as a stone.
But now, you can clearly feel that your exercise ability has significantly improved. You can run 3-5 kilometers continuously. This means that your physical endurance has greatly increased and the body’s fat burning efficiency has also increased. As long as you persevere, you can achieve the ideal weight loss goal.
