Choti choti par moti batein…
Here are a few things that will ensure a healthier you … and even help reduce some extra-pounds… These are not mere picks from places.. these are somethings that I’ve found effective
(Jotting them down here, more as a later reference…)
Food Fundaes:
- Decide on Diet plan. In a good diet plan, you need not compromise on quantity, just improve the quality!
- Cutting down of food or skipping meals is not the right answer to reduce! And more often that not, you subject your body to further stress by suddenly cutting down on food intake. This might signal your body to react in an unpleasant manner- your body might get signals of expecting to move into a starvation mode and hence might react by conserving calories for the rainy dayà This implies while your food intake is suddenly cut off, you are not burning the regular desired amount of calories hence, not helping you reduce- but worse, even causing you to gain weight. ( I received this fundae from a Doc relative)
- Golden Rule- Breakfast like a king; mediocre lunch; poor dinner
- Be vary of anything white and make sure you don’t have more than 2 of them together – eg- Sugar, Rice, Milk, Curd.
- Avoid coconut, fried stuff, ice creams, chocolates and anything that tastes sweet immediately. Funda being don’t give your body easy sugar- Give your body those types of food that would require some effort in breaking and in the process if the calories that are required to break down the food exceeds the calorific value of the food that is being broken down, you end up in negative calories--- means right food is also one way of reducing.
- Substitute a portion of your meal with fruits and pulses. Banana and mango are a big NO! Fruits mean negative calories and a good source of vitamins and minerals!
Water- The answer for everything!
- Drink Lots of Water. The answer to all the problems arising out of sedentary jobs is “Water”. At least 2.5 l during office hrs. Gives you’re the much wanted breaks, frees you from pimples, cleanses blood, good for the urinary system, good for the eyes(breaks the constant staring at the monitor).
Make Fitness an integral part
- No substitute for exercising. If you are interested in just reducing/maintaining weight (and not into body building etc), walking is the best exercise- as it exercises the entire body.
- Check your weight daily.
- Make sure you exercise your back and neck to bend backwards everyday. Most of our natural movements call for forward bending movements. To compliment these movements, exercises in the opposite direction are essential to ensure relaxation for the muscles binding your neck and back.- ( received this fundae from a Yoga teacher) ( Ardha chakrasana- for Back)
Mind games- Ready yourself
- Treat your body as another entity outside of you, that you have the responsibility of grooming- Sometimes you need to be hard on it, coz you know certain things need to be learnt even if it is through the hard way! And make sure you pamper it too--- not with junk food, may be…with a relaxing massage.
- Keep yourself busy… Coz idle time is when you dump junk into yourself!
Myths?—Understand the science behind them
- Honey in warm water helps you reduce--- This is not entirely true by itself. Honey helps increase BMR ( Body Metabolic Rate). So with honey water, if you exercise well and take the right food, you tend to improve the cal-burn. So, just honey water on its own cant do any miracles.
- The fasts recommended by Hinduism do good for your body. These fasts do not solicit a full cut-down on intake of food- they just substitute it with fruits. And fruits are essential for a healthy body.
posted by Dawn Always @ 8:50 PM
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