Weight Loss and Energy

Good morning...When you ask most people why they want to lose weight, the "politically correct" answer is to improve their overall health. Obviously, wanting to look younger, enhance the aesthetic look, etc. is a major motivation as well.

The lack of feeling good energy levels is a very consistent symptom that our patients describe when they enter our program. There are probably multiple reasons for this, but certainly one of them involves having to move around many excessive pounds doing routine tasks such as climbing stairs, getting in and out of cars, walking around etc. I encourage my patients, after they have lost 30 or more pounds, to go to a Home Depot and pick up a 30 pound bag of mulch and try walking around the store for awhile carrying this bag around. Usually after a feww minutes, the person gets very fatigued and has to drop the bag. When that 30 or more pounds is on the person every second of every day, they cannot "drop the bag" and are forced to move this excessive weight around all the time. This can lead of course to chronic fatigue.

Sleep apnea caused by excessive soft tissue around the neck area (obstructive sleep apnea) is also a contributing part to the lack of global energy. When people lose weight, they often will sleep better causing a global increase in energy.

Please constantly assess your energy levels and if you feel that you do not have the "get up and go" continue to work diligently on your weight loss efforts and this will pay off for you with the energy increase you seek.