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When assessing weight problems, the medical profession refer to our Body Mass Index. A healthy index is anywhere between eighteen and a half and twenty five. If it's any higher, then we're too heavy for our height. Furthermore we're defined as obese and morbidly obese respectively if we rise above first thirty and then forty.It's very easy to determine what your BMI is: Using metric readings, take your current weight and height. Take your metric height and square it. Then divide the answer by how many kilos you weigh.To illustrate: you are 1.65m in height, so take 1.65 x 1.65 and you get 2.72. You weigh 82 kilos, so it's 82 / 2.72 which is 30.15. The above illustration plainly shows that with those stats you would be designated obese.If we persist with eating fatty and sugary calorie-laden food, we'll never get a grip on our weight management. We can lower our fat reserves (and therefore our weight) if we trim down our portion sizes and stick to more natural foodstuffs.Don't be tempted by miracle diets that promise massive weight loss in no time at all. This rules out anything that suggests you consume less than twelve hundred calories in 24 hours. Such 'instant remedies' may produce some results, but it's likely the weight will flood back on.Long-term weight reduction takes time. But if you just knocked 500 cals off your current daily intake, the results would start to show over time. So not the un-realistic promises fed to you from the instant remedy brigade, but a real solution to help you stay out of the danger zones.Foods which contain the most calories tend to have a high fat content. It makes sense therefore to drastically reduce that type of food. To avoid feeling desperately hungry eat more whole grains, and to balance your diet include plenty of fruit and veg. Making these changes will help to prevent any re-entry into the obesity category.It may seem like a good idea to skip a meal, but it isn't. Over the day as a whole, you're likely to consume more in snacks to compensate for your hunger. On the contrary, you should eat several small meals a day to prevent getting too hungry. On-going hunger essentially slows the weight loss process down. Regular, healthy eating allows your body to metabolise more efficiently, which makes weight loss much easier.(C) Scott Edwards. Try WeightLossDietWar.com for smart diet tips on weight slimming and weight management programs.