In order to draw the line on your weight, it is important to understand what affects your body weight.
There are many factors that affect body weight, including:
- Our genetic make up
- The environment in which we live and
- Our lifestyle.
The good news is that we can make healthy lifestyle choices to help us achieve and maintain a healthy weight.
You can maintain your current weight by balancing the energy (kilojoules) coming into your body, through food and drinks, with the energy being used by your body through normal body functioning, daily activities and planned physical activity.
If the amount of energy (kilojoules) you take into your body through food and drinks is more than you are using up through normal body functioning, your daily activities and planned physical activity, then you will gain weight
To lose weight, the energy coming into your body must be less than what is being used up by your body. If you are looking to lose weight remember that changes you make to your lifestyle need to be for the long term. Make changes to your eating patterns and physical activity levels that you can keep up for the long term rather than looking for a ‘quick fix’.