There are countless benefits to dropping pounds if you are overweight or obese. You have more energy. You'll look and feel better in clothes. To reduce your risk of developing diabetes, depression, sleep apnea, impotence, back pain, cardiovascular disease and certain cancers.
But from time to time, to lose a large amount of weight comes with strange side effects, too, "said Tricia Leahey, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
While the pros outweigh the cons, to lose weight, the following four possible consequences to your progress or worse, discourage delaying your goal of achieving.
Read on to prepare you so that you can stay on track.
Sadness
You should feel elated with every pound lost, so why you are feeling so miserable? Drop weight can increase the risk of depression, according to a study by the University College London.
The researchers observed nearly 2,000 overweight adults for four years. The subjects who were lost at least 5 percent of their body weight, 78 percent more than those who moved the needle on the scale is not to report on depression itself.
"Often we have really high hopes for weight loss," said Alexis Conason, Psy.D., a clinical psychologist in New York. "When we lose weight, but we are always struggling with the same problems, we're frustrated and discouraged."
Moving: Sleep eat sufficient and healthy food when hungry, to reduce the risk of depression, Conason said. As well fed and rested will give you the strength to ask in relation to the challenges.
If you are totally preoccupied with weight loss, such as the renunciation of plans with friends, the gym or obsessively count calories at each meal, to go for help to a psychologist.
Ditto if you experience signs of depression: Sad pervasively, isolate themselves from others, and loss of interest in things that you usually enjoy, Conason said.
Sagging skin
Unfortunately melting fat does not automatically close taught coming abs. If you lose a lot of weight, you may end up with sagging folds of excess skin.
"Skin extends over time to accommodate the extra body mass," Adonis Maiquez, MD, director of wellness and regenerative medicine says the Institute for Age Management and Intervention Miami.
If the fat is gone, can make your skin enough elasticity to shrink the shape of the current body is not, says Dr. Maiquez.
The amount of loose skin you end up with depends on how old you are, how fast to drop weight, and how many times you have lost and gained weight in the past, he said.
Moving: If extreme weight loss, plastic surgery the only way to get rid of your extra skin can, says Holly Wyatt, MD, professor of medicine at the University of Colorado.
But if you only have a little relaxation, build muscle to make your skin firmer, suggests Dr. Wyatt. (Carve your entire body with eight avantgarde routines in the training DVD Anarchy. All you need is a pair of dumbbells and 30 minutes, three times a week.)
Lost Love
Team with your significant other to lose weight can increase your chances of success. But if it's not on the map, you can suffer your relationship, according to a recent study by the State University of North Carolina.
Researchers interviewed couples in which one partner had lost weight. The unilateral change of lifestyle often leads to arguments and hard feelings between partners, says study author Lynsey Kluever Romo, Ph.D. Note that weight loss you may feel neglected spouse leave, guilty, or jealous.
Moving: Explain why losing weight is important to you. If you your motivations, it is more likely to support you, says Conason. Do not ask him to take your gym plan, but. Your insistence be misinterpreted by nagging.
Stomach ache
Some people who lose weight quickly develop calculations Gallen hard lumps that form in the gall bladder, says Dr. Wyatt.
If you cut the fat in your diet, your gallbladder is not so often contract so that the bile to concentrate in the body, leading to the formation of stones, she says.
Moving: Include fat in your daily diet to keep your gallbladder works properly, says Dr. Wyatt. Fat is often show as a dietary demon, but studies have shown that the nutrient does not swell your belly to do too many calories.
Fat can also make your meal more enjoyable, as long as you keep portions in check. Ask yourself if you experience your doctor symptoms of gallstones as intense stomach pain, nausea, fever.
