17 Signs your weight loss is destroying your health
A healthy and successful weight loss plan requires a lot of knowledge, planning, and effort to create and execute. Those who have succeeded in losing weight and keeping it off know that.
Recognizing or developing the perfect weight loss plan that suits your lifestyle, needs, health, etc. is crucial if you want to become lose those pounds the right way that makes your body healthier not sicker.
We might not know this but when we use or follow the wrong weight loss plan for our body, it can result in some serious health consequences
Usually, these plans are fad diets, rapid weight loss plans, single-food weight loss plans, etc. All of these are not tried and known weight loss methods that are backed by science or well employes by the general population
Check out this post on how the criteria to select the right weight loss plan for you. As for the health consequences of a poor weight loss plan, they are;
- Anemia
- Menstrual problems e.g. increased menstrual pain, irregularities, etc.
- Memory problems e.g difficulty recurring events
- Low energy – e.g fatigue that lasts for weeks despite all efforts to improve ypur energy levels
- Insomnia
- Changes in taste buds – Foods start to taste differently that they used
- Hair loss
- Leg cramps – Especially in the morning after waking up
- Loss of appetite
- Weak bones
- Osteoporosis – e.g when you start to experience flares
- Shortness of breath – Easily getting out of breath after doing little activity more than usual
- Reduced body immunity
- Moodyness e.g irritability, crying often, etc.
- Depression or suddenly falling back into depression after maing some progress
- Bowel disorders such as stomach flu, gastritis, ulcer
- Slowed metabolism
These are some of the many dangers of a wrong weight loss plan that is not backed by science or created by a quack. These signs show that it is doing more harm than good to your body.
If you begin to notice more than 2 of these symptoms happening to your body, you need to stop your weight loss plan and see a doctor immediately
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