{"id":571,"date":"2012-09-17T10:51:28","date_gmt":"2012-09-17T15:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/byronfamilychiropractic.com\/?p=571"},"modified":"2012-09-17T10:51:28","modified_gmt":"2012-09-17T15:51:28","slug":"breaking-the-chains-of-obesity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/byronfamilychiropractic.com\/?p=571","title":{"rendered":"Breaking the Chains of Obesity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/byronfamilychiropractic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/MP9004074441.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-572 aligncenter\" title=\"Chain Emerging From Ocean\" src=\"https:\/\/byronfamilychiropractic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/MP9004074441-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/byronfamilychiropractic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/MP9004074441-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/byronfamilychiropractic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/MP9004074441-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/byronfamilychiropractic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/MP9004074441.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>We hear about it all the time: America is getting fatter and sicker. Diet books flood the market, programs charge hundreds (if not thousands) of dollars, and more people are signing up for gastric by-pass surgery to be set free from the chains of obesity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Who is obese? Anyone whose weight is 20% above what is considered their normal weight.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>People are morbidly obese, if they are 50 to 100% over their normal weight.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From the slightly overweight to the extremely obese, people experience a similar cycle:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Discouragement &#8211; they may have tried diet and exercise programs and found they either didn&#8217;t work, or more likely the person didn&#8217;t work them.<\/li>\n<li>Weight gain.<\/li>\n<li>Fear of failure is what this discouragement turns into and can lead these people to quit trying.<\/li>\n<li>Weight gain.<\/li>\n<li>Self-disgust.<\/li>\n<li>Depression.<\/li>\n<li>More weight gained.<\/li>\n<li>And so on.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Obesity impacts the way society treats\u00a0people when it comes to hiring and job promotions. In some cases, they become &#8220;socially unacceptable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is hard, but the most difficult part is when they find themselves &#8220;personally unacceptable.&#8221; You might think this would increase their determination to lose the weight, but it can have the opposite result.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What can an obese person do?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Studies are showing that as a person&#8217;s weight increases, his or her spine becomes subluxated. When out of alignment, nerves are pinched, inflammation occurs, and energy in the whole body is decreased.<\/p>\n<p>While I&#8217;m not advocating any specific diet or exercise program (other than walking), here is an excellent way for anyone wanting to lose weight to regain their health:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Get your spine adjusted before starting any diet or exercise program. Aligned bodies respond better to all the important changes you are about to make.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Eat right \u2013 you know what this means for you. Remember this: diets under 1200 calories per day usually don&#8217;t work \u2013 the body thinks it&#8217;s in starvation mode and reacts by storing fats.<\/li>\n<li>Exercise \u2013 a simple walking program (SEE THIS POST) is enough to get you started. If you are morbidly obese, ask your doctor to refer you to a program you can do from a chair. If you have a lot of weight to lose and you haven&#8217;t exercised lately, your body is going to hurt. When you come in for your adjustments, we can talk about ways to help relieve this discomfort.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Get your spine adjusted regularly. As your weight reduces, your body has to be re-aligned on a regular basis.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can do this \u2013 chiropractic adjustments can help.<\/p>\n<p>Dean<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/byronfamilychiropractic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dean33.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"dean3\" src=\"https:\/\/byronfamilychiropractic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/dean33-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dean Ferber, Doctor of Chiropractic<\/p>\n<p>Byron Family Chiropractic Clinic, 501 NW Frontage Rd, Byron, MN<\/p>\n<p>507-775-2711<\/p>\n<h2><em><strong>Located 5 miles from Rochester, MN!<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/byronfamilychiropractic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/bfc44.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"bfc4\" src=\"https:\/\/byronfamilychiropractic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/bfc44-300x145.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"145\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>To follow us, click on the icons. . .<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/#!\/DeanFerber\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"facebook\" src=\"https:\/\/byronfamilychiropractic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/facebook.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeanWFerber\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"twitter\" src=\"https:\/\/byronfamilychiropractic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/twitter.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pub\/dean-ferber\/48\/965\/58\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"linkedin\" src=\"https:\/\/byronfamilychiropractic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/linkedin1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Graphic from the Microsoft Free Gallery<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We hear about it all the time: America is getting fatter and sicker. 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