Body Slim Program

[Abbie Pilz]

Havingbeen on and off diets since I was 13 years old (with varying degrees of failure) it suffices to say this was not my first weight-loss rodeo. However, what I did not realise before embarking on Bodyslims is that other weight loss programmes are actually weight maintenance programmes and the ensuing down weight one week/up the next is physically and mentally exhausting.

While this programme follows a healthy calorie controlled diet excluding no food groups and the optional exercise component will require nothing more than walking everyone is advised to consult their own GP before embarking on a new health and fitness regime.

In too many ways to cover fully. Results, fun along the way and the fact that we are with you every step of the way. But mainly the peak performance coaching sessions. They will blow your mind and leave you in no doubt you can get back to exactly the size you want to be.

Weight loss is more than just a physical journey; the mental transformation is what drives lasting results. With the Bodyslims weight loss programme, you won't have to forsake the foods you love. By understanding calorie composition, following the plan and reinforcing a resilient mindset, you can meet your weight loss goals.

Mind Over Plate: Before altering the contents of your plate, it's crucial to transform your mindset. By comprehending the importance of nutrition and caloric balance, you can make informed decisions about your meals without feeling constrained.

Understanding Caloric Intake: The key to weight loss success is striking a balance between calories consumed and calories expended. Even when indulging in your favourite treats, being cognizant of their calorie content and incorporating them wisely into your daily intake ensures you remain on track.

Quality Over Quantity: Weight management isn't solely about counting calories. It's about ensuring every calorie is packed with nutritional value. By choosing foods rich in essential nutrients, you ensure that even when maintaining or reducing caloric intake, your body receives all it requires to function optimally.

Beyond Guilt and Restrictions: Many associate diets with feelings of guilt or deprivation. A mindset shift towards understanding and appreciation can nurture a healthier, balanced relationship with food, where you hold the reins of control.

Emotional Eating: Recognizing the root of emotional eating can make a profound difference. It's essential to differentiate between eating for nourishment and eating for comfort. Cultivate strategies to manage stress, anxiety, and overwhelming emotions without leaning on food as the sole comforter.

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The relationship between gut microbiota and obesity has recently been an important subject for research as the gut microbiota is thought to affect body homeostasis including body weight and composition, intervening with pro and prebiotics is an intelligent possible way for obesity management. To evaluate the effect of hypo caloric adequate fiber regimen with probiotic supplementation and physical exercise, whether it will have a good impact on health, body composition, and physique among obese Egyptian women or has no significant effect. The enrolled 58 women, in this longitudinal follow-up intervention study; followed a weight loss eating regimen (prebiotic), including a low-carbohydrate adequate-fiber adequate-protein dietary pattern with decreased energy intake. They additionally received daily probiotic supplements in the form of yogurt and were instructed to exercise regularly for 3 months. Anthropometric measurements, body composition, laboratory investigations, and microbiota analysis were obtained before and after the 3 months weight loss program. Statistically highly significant differences in the anthropometry, body composition parameters: and obesity-related biomarkers (Leptin, ALT, and AST) between the pre and post-follow-up measurements at the end of the study as they were all decreased. The prebiotic and probiotic supplementation induced statistically highly significant alterations in the composition of the gut microbiota with increased relative abundance of Lactobacillus, Bifidobacteria, and Bacteroidetes and decreased relative abundance of Firmicutes and Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes Ratio. Hypo caloric adequate fiber regimen diet with probiotics positively impacts body composition and is effective for weight loss normalizing serum Leptin and AST.

The adipose tissue macrophage is actually the most important cell responsible for obesity-related inflammation. Macrophages surround dead adipocytes forming the crown-like structures (CLS). These cells in association with enlarged adipocytes initiate the peculiar obesity-related subclinical pro-inflammatory cascade2,4,5.

Gut microbiota is defined as the community of microorganisms that live in the gastrointestinal tract. Microorganisms in the human gut are complex and dynamic with a marked impact on the host`s normal homeostasis as well as disease conditions. Various factors contribute to building up the gut microbiota population starting from birth and throughout life. Diet is considered one major factor6. Dietary probiotics alter gut microbiota and can be effective for both inducing weight loss and preventing weight regain7.

The gut Microbiome presents an eminent role in health maintenance, promoting the metabolism of indigestible dietary elements and the essential synthesis of some vitamins, contributing to the maturation and the evolving memory of the immune system, and hindering pathogen colonization8. Changes in the composition of gut microbiota affect gut health and also may affect the health of other body tissues by immune mechanisms9,10.

This composition tends to stay constant despite possible perturbations, and it can rapidly return to its basic formation. Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes (F/B) proportion was higher in obese people than lean people, and tended to decrease with weight reduction12.

It has been noticed that Firmicutes were more effective than Bacteroidetes in extracting energy from food, thus promoting more efficient calorie absorption with subsequent weight gain. Thus, recently, the Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio has been frequently considered a probable obesity hallmark13.

The relationship between obesity and microbiota is complex, both affecting susceptibility to obesity, as well as affecting the amounts and properties of microbiota because of the changing environment with obesity6.

Imbalance in the gut microbiota may contribute to overweight and obesity as scientific evidence suggests, and despite the complexity of adiposity pathogenesis, manipulations to enable a balanced microbiotic status, could give a potential therapy for obesity14.

The aim of this study was evaluation of the effect of hypo caloric adequate fiber regimen, physical exercise, and probiotic supplementation on the improvement of health, body composition, and physique among obese Egyptian women.

The study protocol conformed to the ethical guidelines of the 1975 Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Ethics Committee of the NRC (Approval no 19/236). All participants provided their informed consent.

The enrolled women followed a weight loss program which included a hypo caloric adequate fiber (prebiotic) eating regimen (a low-carbohydrate adequate-protein and fiber dietary pattern with reduced energy intake); they additionally received daily probiotic supplement in the form of yogurt and were instructed to exercise regularly for 3 months.

Waist circumference (WC) was measured at the midpoint between the lower curvature of the last fixed rib and the superior curvature of the iliac crest, with the woman in an upright standing position and their arms alongside the body, feet together, and abdomen relaxed.

Body composition was assessed using the TANITA Body Composition Analyzer. As specified by the manufacturer (Tanita Body Composition Analyzer-MC-780 MA III), the unit was calibrated before testing. The participating woman stood on the footboard of the device, while she was holding the 2 handles carefully, each by one hand at the same time. By using her sex, age, weight, and height, approximated to the nearest unit, the percentage body fat (Fat (%): an estimate of the fraction of the total body mass that is adipose tissue), Fat Mass in Kg (FM: an estimate of the fraction of the total body weight that is adipose tissue), Fat-Free Mass in Kg (FFM: an estimate of the fraction of the total body weight that is not adipose tissue ), body water content ( in liter), and Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR in kilo calories: the rate at which the body uses energy, while at rest, to maintain vital functions such as breathing and keeping warm), were measured.

To characterize the effects of the weight loss program eating plan, physical exercise, and probiotic supplement on the gut microbiota of the study participants, fecal samples were obtained before and after the intervention, gene sequence analysis was performed, and individual variations of gut microbiota were compared.

Performing adequate aerobic exercise, pre-participation evaluation, designing the program, patient education, specific programs for each age group; and daily classes for health and fitness (by video).

Collection of the follow-up data for all participants to evaluate the effect of hypo caloric adequate fiber regimen, physical exercise, and probiotics on the improvement of health every month was performed in the form of medical advice under the supervision of a professor of internal medicine. At the end of the program, the following investigation was done which included anthropometric, body composition, laboratory analysis, and gut microbiota composition changes.

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