Archive for November, 2007

Health, sleep and diet

Heyya

I have been trying to lose some weight lately. And when I got married a couple of months ago, I shed off around 5 kilos in 3 weeks which was pretty good. I have done some research then and found some interesting facts about weight loss which I thought would share with all of you.

1. One kilo per week plan

A healthy weight loss is losing 1 kilo per week. Many people think “Oh 1 kilo per week is not hard”. but all of you people watchout!! Its not that easy. Cause I was one of yous a few months back and then I realized how hard it was. “One kilo per week” is a slow and healthy process where you can avoid getting all those wrinkles and marks. A healthy diet, regular exercise and a good 6-8 hour sleep per day are very important part of it

2. A HEALTHY diet does not mean starving

A healthy diet does not mean starving. “Eat in little amounts but more often” is a good idea. Go easy on your liver. Eat more of non-diary and non-oily stuff. Liver is very important organ in our body that breaks down your fat into lipids. So go easy on it. Eat once every 3 or 4 hours and have more of proteins like fish, goat cheese (fetta), soya. Its kind of more hard for vegetarians but trust me its not that hard :) You can be well organised and plan your diet well ahead so you know what to make and how much to eat and when to eat. Oh one thing I have noticed if I dont eat rice/rotis (made of wheat flour)/bread I lose my tummy very easily. So there you go, thats a tip. So I have stopped eating rice or bread and switched over to salads and soya drinks. I am a vegetarian as well ;) So keep an eye on this blog, and I will be rolling out some healthy vegetarian recipes. But yes, once a week I party and I eat well that time, especially yummy biryani :p

3. Get into a routine

Oh please, I know most of you are like me. I sleep everynight thinking I am going to setup a routine from the next day. But 99% of times I have failed. After getting married, my husband has been very helpful and he encourages me and helps me to stick to my diet. So I guess the most important thing is a supportive partner :). But yeah I am still trying hard to get into my routine 100% and I am at the moment half way through it. So wont be too long when i actually give you hints on setting up a routine.

4. Regular DAILY exercise

Regular DAILY exercise is very important. You exercise only for 30 min a day but do it daily, you will see your accelerating results. But its the universal truth that you gain more when you do exercise for a while and then stop :D Yeah biggest blunder I have done, so not planning to repeat again. Exercising activates your muscles and keeps your body active. I suggest early morning hours for it so that it keeps your mind fresh and body energetic as well so you have a veryproductive day.

So, all of you my lovely friends, start framing up your targets and work hard to reach them, cause the happiness you get by hard work is unexplainable. Its something you can only experience.

Oh and by the way, I have got some good targets too, you can see my recent picture in my flickr. Keep logging onto see how I succeed/fail in reaching my targets ;)

Cheers fellas

Preethi

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