Weight Loss Journey – An inspiration of Lepacious Bose

Many people struggle with weight loss and they end up giving up on the journey, “never give up giving up”, with persistent efforts you can achieve your goal. Weight loss journey and management can be frustrating but with continuous effort and motivations, it can be possible.

Overweight and obesity may increase the risk of many health problems such as diabetes; heart disease, cancers and if you are pregnant, excess weight may lead to short and long-term health conditions for you and your child.

Obesity is a condition, whereby you carry excess body fat than normal. Obesity has become a major issue for many people in recent time especially among people in the urban area and with less or no physical activity. Shedding some pounds of the excess fat and maintaining a normal weight may help you stay healthier and enjoy your life, as you grow older.

Being overweight is rampant in the world today, and it seems like everyone has their own special tips and tricks for losing weight. Some indulge in medication; surgery and others follow the natural way to shed the excess pounds. There are slimming products in the market that claim to offer weight reduction without the need of exercising, however, all these are un-natural ways of weight reduction; such products lead to losing weight by starving the body, reducing the water level in the body and triggering catabolism.

There are two factors that can help you to understand your risk of obesity, these factors are:

Your body mass index (BMI): The BMI is one way to tell whether you are at a normal weight, overweight or have obesity. It measures your weight in relation to your height and provides a score to help you know the category where you belong.

Below are the categories of BMI:

Normal weight: BMI of 18.5 to 24.9

Overweight: BMI of 25 to 29.9

Obesity: BMI of 30 or higher.

Waist Size: The waist size is another important factor to know. Having too much fat around your waist may increase health risks more than fat in other part of the body.

Below are some numbers to aim and its calculated in inches

Target BMI: 18.5 – 24.9

Waist size (Men): less than 40inches

Waist size (women): less than 35inches

Blood pressure: 120/80 mm Hg or less

LDL:   Less than 100mg/dl

HDL: (Men) more than 40 mg/dl

HDL:(Women): more than 50 mg/dl

Triglycerides: Less than 150 mg/dl

Blood sugar: Less than 100mg/dl

While some people are opting for weight reduction through surgery (liposuction) or medication, there are many ways one can reduce weight naturally without going for surgery or medication, which cost a lot of money and with future side effects.  

Natural and cost effective ways of weight loss include exercise, yoga, diet control - inclusion of fruits and vegetables to your diet, switching from sugars to alternatives, along with avoiding meat intake, crash diets, and special diets. 

The following ways of weight loss have been proven effective and yield a great weight loss transformation results:

• Regular exercise: This is a very natural way of increasing body metabolism. Exercising and regular workout sessions form one of the best home remedies for quick weight loss. However, it is necessary to divide your work out session into rigorous and relaxing sessions, one followed by the other. It keeps away the risk of pushing the heart beyond limits. Nonetheless, Exercising is one of the best and quickest means to keep in shape.
• Honey and lemon:  Many people drink honey and lemon as a start to their day as a way of stimulating weight loss. By mixing one teaspoon of honey with the juice of two teaspoons of lemon juice in a glass of warm water early in the morning. Honey contains 22 amino acids, vitamins and minerals, which is good for body metabolism. The lemon juice in this mixture also contains vitamin-C, which increases liver function and fat metabolism, so combining honey and lemon makes a good home remedy for detoxification and weight loss.
• Cabbage Juice: Cabbage is packed with vitamins and fibers. However, lots of people don’t know that cabbage is one of the fastest weight reductions.  Cabbage contains vitamin A and vitamin C, which increases the body metabolism by causing the breakdown of carbohydrates, which makes it an effective weight loss formula.
• Water: Water helps the body to get rid of toxins, which hinder nutrient absorbing capability of the body and leads to poor metabolism. The more water you consume, the cleaner your system remains. It increases the oxygen level in the blood and reduces the toxic level of the body. Thus, it is one of the healthiest and safest home remedies for faster weight loss.
• Balanced diet: Every successful weight loss program, do have it in mind that having a good healthy eating habits and diet is also important in weight loss and weight management journey. Ensure you include fruits and vegetables in your diet, cut out sugar and limit your meat intake.

Lepacious Bose weight loss journey:

In the case of Lepacious Bose, a popular Nigerian stand-up comedienne who used to be a plus-sized lady, she revealed how she lost 70kg in weight within the space of one year and half without the aid of liposuction. According to her “Nothing motivated me to begin a weight loss programme. It was just time and I felt like doing something different. I like it when people speculate that I went for liposuction but the truth of the matter is that it took me a year and half to lose 70kg”

Lepacious Bose said 'If a liposuction can achieve that, then I should not pay that kind of doctor because a liposuction works faster. If it took me one and a half years to lose 70kg, then I wasted my money on the doctor.

She also went further to say 'It occurred to me to perform liposuction and I spoke to the doctors about it. They told me that at the end of the surgery, I would still have to do exercises, discipline myself and change my diet. So if at the end of the day I am still going to do all that, then why should I opt for liposuction? It is not always about money. 'I have heard that sometimes liposuction procedure could go wrong, sometimes some people are unlucky and I did not want to risk that. Changing a few habits helps to lose weight, it is not as difficult as people think it is. The most difficult part is to see the result. If you do not see results, you would not feel encouraged to continue. 'I advise anyone that when they start a diet, do not tell anybody because they would discourage you. When you do it at your pace and you are not under any pressure, you will be happy when you see the result. 'A lot of people did not know that I was losing weight until it began to yield results. I did not change my dressing, I was still wearing big clothes and that is the beauty of it. That is why some people think I went for surgery because in their eyes, the change was drastic but it took me one and a half years to lose 70kg. My close friends know that it is a change in my lifestyle,' she said.

This case of Lepacious Bose amazing weight loss journey and her transformation has been very impressive. She lost a massive 70kg in one and half years and she is now in the process of launching a consultancy service for women who are struggling to lose weight with minimal results.

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