Even though the brain is just 2% of your body weight, it uses around 20% of all your energy in your body.

虽然大脑的重量只占你体重的2%，但它消耗了你身体20%的能量。

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Do you realize that every time you take a step, the bones in your hip are subjected to forces between four and five times your body weight?

你是否意识到，你每走一步，你臀部的骨头就会承受你体重4到5倍的力量？

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Lose 10% of your body weight to help stop snoring.

减10%的体重有助于停止打鼾。

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As we'll discuss in the class, and most of you probably know this, your body weight is a function of how many calories you take in and how many calories you burn off through metabolic processes but also physical activity.

我们将会讲到,而且你们中的大部分人可能也知道,你的体重随着卡路里的摄取量,和代谢中的消耗量而变化,还跟肢体活动有关

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Your body is able to regulate your weight fairly well without you really thinking about it.

身体都能把体重控制的相当好,即使你从没想过体重的问题

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Weight is remarkably well controlled if you let your body do its business.

只要你让身体忙起来,体重就能得到显著控制

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And if the scale really refuses to budge, focus on maintaining your weight loss, as losing nearly 20% of your body weight is fantastic and will significantly improve your health in the long run.

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At 165 pounds, you would most likely benefit from losing just 10 percent of your body weight (about 16.5 pounds), rather than aiming for 135 pounds, which may be unrealistic for your body type.

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Strength training can involve a number of approaches including using free weights, such as dumbbells or barbells, resistance or elastic bands that allow you to flex using your arms and legs, as well as ankle weights or vests and other special exercises that use your body weight to simulate resistance against gravity.

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