Overcoming Obesity and Achieving a Healthy Weight

Shedding the Pounds: Few natural ways to Overcoming Obesity and Achieving a Healthy Weight.

Obesity is common, serious, and costly. The National Health Portal of India defines obesity as a condition where a person has accumulated abnormal or excessive body fat that causes negative effects on health (Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 or more).

This epidemic is putting a strain on families, affecting overall health, health care costs, productivity, and military readiness. Obesity can lead to type 2 diabetes, heart disease, some cancers and also to mental illness (caused by lack of productivity or inferiority complex) Obesity is really the cause of most of the other diseases and often leads to relationship disputes.

Obesity can be hereditary, following are some common causes of Obesity -

Sedentary lifestyle and work i.e Computer based work
Lack of exercise regime,
Toxic relationships & stress,
Unbalanced Diet & Lifestyle - i.e. late in sleep and late in wakeup,
Incorrect seating postures (Reclining seats and sofas leading to spine not straight)
and women can gain weight post pregnancy.

Following are some tips for natural weight loss (Suitable for all age groups and all locations).

Do's

Avoid outside food and packaged snacks, and stick to freshly cooked home made food, and seasonal fruits and salads.
Drink Alkaline Water to improve metabolism.
Drink lukewarm water before meals but do not drink water, cola or any other aerated drink immediately after your meals.
If you are a non-vegetarian, you must gradually shift to a vegan / vegetarian diet, and increase the intake of fresh fruits and nuts (Frugivorous diet)
Drink natural fresh fruit juices and coconut water early morning. (Do not drink packaged or canned juices)
Intermittent Fasting - once a week (maybe on a Sunday) when you allow your stomach to detox and take rest. This fasting involves not having any food for 12 - 15 hours in a stretch, ideally you can skip your dinner and ensure you do not have snacks or tit bits to cover up the fast.
Practice regular exercises, Yoga, Pranayama and Jogging early in the morning in a park or natural open air environment. Bare foot jogging on grass is specially beneficial compared to a closed environment of a gym - treadmill brisk walk.
Routine Yoga practices specially the hip and abdomen region (to activate the basic chakra)
Take Sunbath, Sauna, Steam, massages on a regular basis (Weekly, Fortnightly or monthly depending on your gym or club membership plans) . It helps loosen the fatty tissues and reduce viscereal fat. Routine body massaging / deep tissue spa with seasame oil will help loosen up the fatty tissues with sea salt application
Wake up early and practice deep breathing practice (Alom Vilom) where you breathe in from one nostril and breathe out from the other nostril, by covering the nostrils with your index finger.
Regular daily Meditation - We recommend SRF / YSS Mobile app for free guided meditation practices

Don'ts

avoid aerated drinks, colas, alcohol especially beer
Avoid packaged outside food
Switch to a vegetarian diet - Its difficult to stop directly, so you can gradually reduce your meat intake and then completely stop non veg

March 4 is World Obesity Day. According to figures released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, four in ten American adults now have a body mass index at 30 or above, classifying them as obese. This has climbed since the turn of the century, when it was approximately three in ten people

Overcoming Obesity and Achieving a Healthy Weight

Overcoming Obesity and Achieving a Healthy Weight

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