Loosing Weight: THE RIGHT WAY

I can understand your frustration over that bulge; those extra kilograms which keep you away from your favorite or lucky garment. You might have tried a long list of weight reduction methods and products but none seem to work, despite of regular and continued use. You spent humongous amounts of money at the slimming centres but nothing showed a prolonged/sustainable result. 

To be frank, in our pursuit for the perfect weight, we commit mistakes consciously or unconsciously like lack of self-confidence, inconsistency of efforts, having extravagant cheat meals, not adapting to physical exercise and walking and the major blunder of ignoring a balanced diet.

Hence, I list some of our mistakes and their solutions to correct our little mistakes and move towards our goals with fresh energy.

1. Adapting to short cuts and cheat meals: weight loss needs persistence, belief and confidence in oneself. We need to trust our efforts to achieve our desired weight along our commitment to reach a desired and achievable weight goal. No fairy Godmother comes any night to wave her magic wand to tuck your fat into your clothes. It is essentially important to understand, what is present in excessive amount in your body while what lies in deficit. We need to compensate and replace the excess by focussing on the areas of deficit. let's say you have excess fat with vitamin deficiency, you need to divert from fattening food to vitamin rich foods. Focus on health enhancing foods rather than fried or food full of calories. Cheat meals should be occasional not regular and must have a regulated volume of intake.
2. Ignoring Carbs: Carbohydrates are a part of the balanced diet and mustn't be completely abandoned as they are the main source of energy for the body. You can try brown rice, brown bread and cereals rich in fiber. Oat products may be given a try.
3. Substituting Fats for Calories: Watch out for products proclaiming for being fat free or low fat. Your desired product might be high on sugar content or other contents which may reduce fat although maintain calories. Products such as green tea on a filled stomach, black coffee without sugar can be given a try.
4. Skipping Meals to Resist Hunger: Avoiding meals puts unessential pressure on the body and increases the chances of over eating later in the day. Also prolonged fasting may leave you looking skinny with hanging skin which looks even more unappealing. Focus on baked products instead of fried, substitute cold drinks for more of water and coconut water which also helps reducing weight, making you feel refreshed and improving the skin's glow. Always eat good breakfast to keep you energetic throughout the day and make your dinner light as possible.
5. Ignoring calories from drinks: Chhach, lassi, soft drinks, canned juices, packaged drinks, soups, milk shakes, cold coffees contain a huge amount of calories, added sugar and preservatives which are harmful for your weight reduction goal. Focus on drinking water to flush out toxins from body as well as consume coconut water instead of sugary drinks.
6. Ignoring Meal Ingredients: Extra toppings, add ons and other similar little items simply add to the calories of the food being consumed, Products such as extra cheese, butter, mayonnaise, malai, nuts, sugar, chocolate etc act as hidden sources of saturated fat making your efforts go in vain. Avoid desserts, sweets and other similar items.

Finally, the Gurumantra for weight loss is to consume lesser amount of calories than the amount of calories burned by walking, dieting and your weight loss efforts and focus on a completely, absolutely and compulsorily balanced diet!