Sex and Weight Loss

It is a general fact that obese people have a restricted sex life leading to frustration and many behavior anomalies. Good sex needs toned up body in correct proportions. Loosing the extra weight is a great way to stimulate your sex life.

Problems of Over Weight

According to many reports and studies obese people have a number of sex related problems. Some of them include

Lack of sexual drive
Lack of Desire
Lack of Performance
Lack of Confidence
Frustration
Erectile Dysfunction (men)

Sex related problems hunt both obese men and women. Obese women specially loose their sexual drive. Higher body fat increases the level of a natural chemical known as SHBG (sex hormone binding globulin). This hormone binds itself to the male sex hormone testosterone. Doctors are of the opinion that the more testosterone that is bound to SHBG, the lesser will be sexual desire and stimulation.

Solutions

There are sure ways to get out of the fat mess if its affecting your sex life as they are mentioned below.

Cut Out on Fat

Fat is chief obstacle in the way of a healthy sex life. It affects people in two ways

Distorted proportions of Fat in the body: Fat at wrong places, hanging tummy and saggy legs and arms kills off the body chemistry. Often it repulses one of the partner and makes many a postures difficult.
Fat Rich diets and Heart Risk: Fat rich diets clog arteries. As such during sex there are chances of cardiac arrest due to increased physical movement

Medical experts are of the opinion that even a 10 pound reduction in fat helps a lot in meeting many of the problems caused by obesity

Eat Fruits and Vegetables

Higher intake of fruits and vegetables is a universal recommendation to loose weight and enhance the sex drive and stimulation. They get down the sugar and cholesterol level and naturally increasing the libido and desire among men and women.

Regular Exercises

Yoga, cycling, and hip movements exercise are beneficial in reducing the weight as well as increasing the blood flow to the pelvic reason. They lead to better lubrication, better orgasmic function and better arousal thus leading to a improved sex life.

Don't Shed Too Much Weight

You should be careful to shed pounds up to a certain minimum. Over reduction in fat may produce svelte, gracious and model like figures, but it is harmful for good sex life. There should be some fat, and especially at the right places to make sex more pleasurable. Therefore do not go on hunger strike to enjoy the sex, rather take a planned and controlled fitness plan to get back the stimulation and enjoyment from sex.

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