BMI-CALCULATOR: CALCULATE YOUR IDEAL WEIGHT

The IMC (or BMI, from the English Body Mass Index) indicates in which ratio your weight is relative to your height. Depending on the result of this calculation and in relation to age and gender, our IMC calculator is able to determine a value that tells you exactly if you have a normal weight or not. The BMI table on the side contains a classification of the different weight categories according to age and offers you an overview to understand if your value is at the limit with another weight category. For example, you may fall into the "normal weight" category while already tending to "overweight" or "underweight". Depending on your current constitution and your health, weight gain or loss may be necessary. Anyway, in case of extreme values, consult your doctor to identify any measures to be taken and minimize the risks to your health. More information on the individual weight categories can be found in the following paragraphs. By the way: highly trained people often have a very high body mass index. For this reason it is more suitable for them to carry out an analysis of body fat.

The term overweight can refer to three categories: overweight (in which the BMI is between 24 and 30 for women and between 25 and 30 for men), adiposity (i.e. obesity, with a BMI included between 30 and 40 for both men and women) and severe adiposity (with a BMI greater than 40 for both men and women). If you are overweight, you should in any case go to a doctor and consult a nutritionist as there is a risk of developing cardiovascular disease.

To get a more reliable overview of your overweight type, you should consult your doctor. Together with him you will analyze the composition of your body in terms of body fat percentage, muscle mass and water. From here you will start to define the goals that will not necessarily focus only on a decrease in body weight. A particularly popular tool for measuring your progress is the measuring tape. At the beginning of your new food program, measure the critical points: belly, waist and chest. At regular intervals, or when you notice that your clothes are slowly getting wider, measure them again. The advantage: any weight fluctuations due to water retention or to the menstrual cycle, which would appear on the scale as extra pounds, will not disturb your mood. On the meter you will finally see that you will continue t

Adiposity means pathological obesity that can affect men, women and children, without distinction of social class. In men and women there is talk of adiposity when the BMI is between 30 and 40 and of serious adiposity when the BMI is greater than 40. If you have such a value, we advise you to make an appointment with your family doctor to check health status, blood pressure and blood values. Cardiovascular disease is often associated with a high BMI. In this case, the distribution of body fat also plays a fundamental role. In people who have an "apple" build, most of the fat reserves are deposited in the abdominal region and therefore also around the internal organs. They are therefore more subject to the risk of future cardiovascular diseases. People with a pear shape, where fat pads typically accumulate on the hips and thighs, are less at risk.

If too much energy is introduced into the body, therefore more than it is able to consume, this turns into fat. Over time, therefore, some excess pounds accumulate. Further reasons for such a high weight gain also include metabolic diseases, such as hypothyroidism or diabetes, as well as hormonal changes in pregnancy or menopause.

If you suffer from severe adiposity / adiposity it is absolutely necessary that you reduce your body weight. In this way you will not only lighten your musculoskeletal system but, with every kilo less, you will decrease the risk of cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, gout, heart attack or stroke.

There are numerous reasons why we go on a diet to lose weight. And we often demand fast results for example losing 10 pounds in 2 weeks.

Diets usually do not give the best results since staying on a diet over time is really difficult.

After a week or two, we lose momentum and crave other unhealthy foods. We start eating chocolate, we allow ourselves a pizza with salami and, shortly after, the diet is already a distant memory and we return to our old eating habits.

The problem is that at that moment our body resorts to packing on the weight since we forced it to go ona diet. This is called the yo-yo effect.

During diets, all metabolic processes are set to a minimum, which is why our basal metabolic rate drops. This remains at low levels even after the diet. As soon as you start eating normally again, any excess calories are recorded on the scale.

The stomach rumbles so much that even the neighbors can hear it. It is the best time to go shopping. Mistaken! Don't make this mistake again if you want to lose weight healthily.

The reason? An empty stomach buys too much. When we are hungry we automatically tend to compulsively buy more products and less healthy foods.

Our suggestion is: if hunger is high, treat yourself to a small healthy snack first. Then prepare a shopping list and stick to it strictly. You will thus avoid impulse purchases.

This simple exercise is a way to train your buttocks:

• Stand up, stabilize your position by leaning on the back of an armchair or table and assume an upright position by pulling your stomach in.
• Bring your left hand to your side.
• Extend your left leg and lift it sideways until you feel the left gluteus pulling.
• Hold for a few seconds and lower your leg again.
• Do 10 - 16 reps and rest for 20 seconds.
• Then lift the same leg to the same position and contract the muscle in question 10 to 16 times.
• Rest 20 seconds and repeat the contraction.
• Switch legs and repeat the exercise.
• If you have the feeling that just lifting the leg is already enough effort, relax it and concentrate fully on lifting.
  
   

Elevator or stairs? Car or bicycle? On foot or by public transport? Take a walk or stay on the sofa?

Small daily decisions often affect our physical fitness.

Running or going to the gym are not the only activities that positively affect our balance. Every single movement counts! So seize every opportunity to move.