What if you could see yourself fitter at 40 than most people around you? What if you could actually give your body all the nutrition and rest it needs so you can feel good and look like youve always wanted to?
Easier said than done! Everyday people promise themselves a healthy diet and every night they break that promise. And when they cannot find a logical reason for that lapse, they blame themselves.
If youre one of them, we have something important to tell you.
Because youre not designed to. Yes, thats right. Your body isnt designed to go on a diet, it is designed to have a diet. Much like how animals have a diet, insects have a diet, plants have a diet But wait, theres more...
Dieting needs to be gradual. By leaving everything at once, you are fighting hunger, which happens to be the basic human need.
A human body is too intelligent. Its purpose is to survive and it does a pretty good job at it. So when you suddenly take away all the food you were eating, it starves and craves for more.
Your body can listen to you. It follows your words. So when you say I cant do this, your body gives up.
When your body realises that you, the owner, dont accept and love it as it is, it reduces the production of the happy hormones. This results in sad moods, lack of motivation and short-term solutions to happiness like binge-eating.
So be kind to yourself. Give yourself time and dont give up, no matter what other people say.
Ever happened that you followed your diet plan for a couple of days and suddenly experienced salt cravings? Like you could eat anything savoury, right there and then.
Salt cravings are harder to control than sweet cravings because it pushes you to eat anything that has salt which is almost everything, from chapati to deep-fried fritters.
This happens because you dehydrate your body in the process. Your body experiences a sudden dip in blood pressure and it starts looking for salt everywhere.
While exercising is a good strategy for weight loss and overall health, it is not a way of creating health where it does not exist. Exercise is a way of enhancing health.
So dont force your body to do cardio for hours when it is not ready. First, feed your body the right nutrients and then, push it to do heavy workouts one day at a time.
Even if youre not someone who enjoys gyming, find other interesting ways of moving your body around like dancing, golfing, badminton, swimming or just walking. Become a coach for your body, not the punisher.
Contrary to popular belief, a good diet plan focuses on your physical and mental health and not just weight loss. Some of the well-researched and healthy diet plans are
Try to become friends with your body. Understand its mechanism to maintain an equilibrium. When youre experiencing heat, your body sweats to maintain the temperature and it shivers to produce heat in cold temperature.
While you may think youre protecting your body, it is actually protecting you. So dont attack it by adopting a harsh diet. Ease yourself into it one meal at a time.
Admit it, you have been eating tasty foods all your life. So dont break up all of a sudden and expect your body to cooperate. Make your healthy food tasty instead.
The word diet means lifestyle, a better way of living. Forced and manipulative alterations to it will only give short term, intermittent benefits.
So if you cant eat something for life, dont add it to your diet. Fortunately, you have plenty of other options.
As a human, you have a basic need for nutrition which includes protein, fat, vitamins, carbs, calcium, omega-3, biotin, collagen, minerals and more. Prioritise adding complete nutrition to your daily diet and then, think of eating extra if you still feel hungry.
If your hunger proceeds the nutritional needs, add more protein-rich foods to feel fuller for longer.
Old school fact: 60% of the human adult body is water. The more water and fluids you drink, the more balanced your body will feel. And this will also improve the quality of your skin, your hair and your diet.
Pro tip: Drink 1 glass to 1 litre of warm water every morning for better health.
While most well-researched diets and methods have shown results, you must consult a nutritionist before you choose a diet plan. Get a better understanding of what your body needs and what suits your lifestyle.
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