外國人最想和你聊的文化話題：減肥瘦身

     Stress not only results in unhealthy binge eating and poor nutritional choices, but actually has physiological impacts on your body that often result in craving foods that can result in greater weight gain such as sugars, starches and carbohydrates.
     壓力不僅會導(dǎo)致不健康的暴飲暴食和低營養(yǎng)的食品選擇，而且還會在生理上對你的身體造成影響，導(dǎo)致你在心理上對食物的渴求并導(dǎo)致你吸收更多的糖分、淀粉和碳水化合物等物質(zhì)，從而增加你的體重。
     The society is struggling with record levels of obesity on the one hand, and a severe "thin" image problem held by popular celebrities on the other.
     當(dāng)今社會中，人們一方面在刷新嚴(yán)重肥胖的記錄，另一方面時(shí)尚名流們又在展示著過于"骨感"的形象。
     Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time. -Mark Twain
     習(xí)慣就是習(xí)慣，誰也不能將其扔出窗外，只能一步一步地引它下樓。 --馬克·吐溫
     Let's be honest: Losing weight isn't the easiest thing in the world. All our best intentions end up doing nothing.
     老實(shí)說，減肥絕不是世界上最容易的事。我們最好的愿望（減肥成功）往往都會落空。
     American women are more concerned about losing weight than they are about suffering from cancer, heart disease or diabetes, a survey showed.
     一項(xiàng)調(diào)查顯示，與癌癥、心臟病和糖尿病相比，美國女性更關(guān)心減肥問題。
     Losing weight is not only good for the waistline, it is good for the brain.
     保持健康的體重不僅能讓你擁有苗條的腹部線條，同時(shí)還有益于你的大腦。
     Scientists say substantial weight loss improves cognitive functions like memory and concentration.
     科學(xué)家們發(fā)現(xiàn)，減去多余的體重將提高大腦的工作能力，比如說更加良好的記憶與集中力。
     In some tests, including memory exams, almost a quarter of the overweight participants scored low enough to be considered learning disabled.
     在某些例如記憶力的測試中，近四分之一的體重超重者得分低到了基本可以被評價(jià)為"有學(xué)習(xí)障礙"。
     Many of them had additional health problems, such as high blood pressure, type two diabetes and sleep apnea.
     他們其中的很多人還有附加的健康問題，比如說高血壓和二型睡眠呼吸暫停等。
     The obese subjects tended to have damage to a particular substance that surrounds and insulates nerve fibres in the brain, suggesting that substance is needed for optimal cognitive function.
     肥胖的受測者們較容易使得包圍并隔離大腦中的神經(jīng)纖維的物質(zhì)受到傷害，而這一部分物質(zhì)則利于優(yōu)化大腦的認(rèn)知功能。
     The key is to figure out an eating pattern than will work for you for the rest of your life.
     關(guān)鍵是能找到一種飲食方式，能讓你在你以后的生活中一直受益。
     Exercise is important. You have to do it. It has wonderful benefits.
     鍛煉很重要，你一定要鍛煉，它會讓你受益很多。
     But if your focus is on weight loss, the most important factor is what you eat.
     但如果你的重點(diǎn)是減肥，最重要的因素就是你的飲食。
     Don't ignore exercise, by any means, but if you focus on exercise and think you can eat whatever you want, you're wrong.
     無論如何也不要忽視鍛煉，但如果你只是鍛煉，而且認(rèn)為你可以想吃什么就吃什么，那你就大錯特錯了。
     You have to focus on nutrition (what you eat) and use exercise as a way to supplement the calorie burn and to get your body looking how you want it to look (not to mention as a key way to get healthy and feel great).
     你一定要注重營養(yǎng)攝入（或者說你的飲食），然后把鍛煉當(dāng)作輔助熱量燃燒的手段，從而讓你的體形朝著你希望的樣子發(fā)展（更不用說它還能讓你健康、使你感覺舒暢）。
     You can change how many calories you take in to a much greater degree than you can change how many calories you burn.
     你最大限度地轉(zhuǎn)換攝入熱量的程度，遠(yuǎn)比你轉(zhuǎn)換熱量的數(shù)量重要得多。
     Lose the fries, and you've done in a few seconds what would take 30 minutes of exercise to accomplish.
     忍住不要吃炸雞，你只花幾秒鐘的時(shí)間，就能起到鍛煉三十分鐘的效果。
     Learn to listen to your body, and be aware of your hunger when it's in its early stages. This is a key skill to weight loss.
     試著關(guān)注你的身體，在剛開始餓的時(shí)候就感知到它。這是減肥的一個重要技巧。
     A good habit to build is to eat slowly...and take pauses, so you can think about whether you're really still hungry...and drink lots of water during those pauses.
     要養(yǎng)成細(xì)嚼慢咽的習(xí)慣--吃一吃再停一停，這樣你就能想一下是不是還覺得餓--同時(shí)多多地喝水。