Your waist to hip ratio (WHR) is a simple and useful measure of fat distribution and is used as an indicator of your overall health risks when planning your healthy weight loss program.

The more weight you carry around your waist (apple shaped body) places you at greater risk of developing lifestyle related health problems such as heart disease, hypertension, and diabetes than those who carry more weight around their hips (pear shaped body).

To determine your WHR, divide your waist circumference (measured at the level of your belly button) by your hip circumference (taken at the widest part of the hip).

waist measurement ÷ hip measurement = WHR

If you are male and have a WHR greater than 1.0 - or a female with a WHR greater than 0.85 - your health risk is considered high.

If you are male and have a WHR between 0.96 and 1.0 - or a female with a WHR between 0.81 and 0.85 - your health risk is considered moderate.

If you are male and have a WHR less than 0.95 - or a female with a WHR less than 0.80 - your health risk is considered low.

Remember, your waist to hip ratio is just one assessment that is used in measuring weight-related health risks. Your total body fat percentage versus your lean body mass is still your best indicator of health and should be your number one goal in any healthy weight loss program.

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Managing stress is an important component of any healthy weight loss program. In today’s discussion, I’ll provide you with a couple of strategies that you may find helpful.

A very popular and effective way of managing stress is the Relaxation Response, developed by Dr. Herbert Benson. We encourage you to try the Relaxation Response, described in the Metamorphic Weight Loss program. The Relaxation Response will help you reduce anxiety and irritability, eliminate stressful thoughts that may play endlessly in your mind, and disconnects the link between feeling stressed and heading for the refrigerator or snack machine.

The second method of managing stress is employ the Triple A approach - Avoid, Alter, and Adapt.

Avoid: There’s plenty of stress that you can’t avoid, so take steps to avoid any stressors that you can, such as not taking on more work than is necessary, saying “no” to requests that place excessive demands upon you, avoiding someone who irritates you, or declining to discuss a particular topic.

Alter: Change the situation in some way to decrease its negative effects. For example, ask someone to change a particular behavior, communicate your feelings in an open way, change your environment, or manage your time better.

Adapt: Change the way you respond to stressors that you can’t avoid or alter. One adaptation is to change how you think, including looking at stress as an opportunity, thinking of the positive things in your life and asking yourself, “Is this worth getting upset over?” or “How much will this matter in a year?” You can also adapt to stressby slowing down, talking to someone about how you feel, seeking information and advice, or doing something you enjoy.

Examine your current stressors, and see how you can use the Relaxation Response and the Triple A’s to manage stress and improve your health.

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What is stress and how does it affect a healthy weight loss program?

Technically, stress is a state in which you perceive a threat or demand. Stressors can be positive: getting married, being promoted, or moving to a new area. More likely, they are negative: arguing with someone close to you or not having enough money to meet your financial obligations.

No matter what the stressor, your body responds the same way: a “flight or fight” response. This response prepares you to deal with the stressor and results in several physical changes, such as increased heart rate, sweating, more rapid breathing, and dilated pupils.

Repeated exposure to stress has harmful physical and psychological effects, among them, high blood pressure, sleep disturbance, depression, irritability and anxiety. Stress can also lead to overeating and excessive drinking.

How does stress affect you? The more negative its effects, the more important it is to learn ways to cope. Stress can keep you from achieving the results you want in your healthy weight loss program.

Managing stress doesn’t have to be difficult. Next, I’ll introduce a couple of simple stress reducing strategies that will help you better cope with stress when it does raise its ugly head.

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