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Its a hot, muggy day here on Long Island, and I write this to you from my parents home. Every Tuesday and Friday, I visit my hometown of Port Washington, and work with my grandmother on rehab from hip replacement surgery last summer, and my dad on improving his strength, tone and overall cardiovascular health.

Today, Im going to piggyback on what I wrote to you yesterday. Yesterday, we discussed where to get inspiration from to take that first step on your health and weight loss journey. That place, in case you missed it, is none other than YOURSELF!

You can be pushed by your friends, your family members or even your significant other to get started, but if YOU truly dont want to do whats necessary to reach your goals, then they can try to coax you until the cows come homeNothings going to change! Starting this journey for the RIGHT reasons, AKA to better your body, your health and your fitness in order to leave a greater impact on your world, takes a lot of chutzpah believe it or not

A lot of folks today have a sort of Martyr Syndrome, where basically EVERYONE and EVERYTHING in their lives is more important than they are (in their minds), and thus, these people and these things should come before themselves! Its not uncommon for these folks to blame the people and the things that theyre focusing all of their attention and energy on as their primary reasons for NOT taking care of themselves.

And lookI get it! If you have a high-stress job where you work long hours, and/or you have kids, and/or you have a significant other you need to tend to at home, we all have a plethora of responsibilities on our plates each and every day.

That being said, this is YOUR life! Its not your husbands or wifes, its not your kids, its not your bosss or your coworkersIts YOURS!! It may seem chivalrous or noble to excel with all these different people and in all these different tasks, but if you dont take care of yourself, than sooner or later, your ability to serve them is going to go wayyyy down

Some of my best clients have been parents. They got to a point where they were so inflexible and so out of shape, that they were having trouble bending down to pick up their kids, they were having trouble helping their kids tie their shoes, and they were having trouble just functioning in their daily lives. They felt a sense of guilt in not being able to be there for their kids, and were scared about not being there to see them graduate high school, or college, or to get married, or to even have children of their own!

And while many of these parents were able to reach their short-term goals and drastically improve their relationships with their children as a result of their improved health and fitness, I know some have fallen off the wagon since we stopped working together. Its not because they forgot what they needed to doIts because they didnt do this for themselves! They didnt believe they were worthy of continuing to take that extra time to prep healthy meals or to work out.

If youre reading this, then Id like to fill you in on a little secret: You ARE worth it! I may not know you from a hole in the wall, but I truly believe that were all here to leave a significant impact on the world. You have a gift, a superpower and a talent that makes you unique and useful, and you deserve to be recognized!

However, if youre not taking care of yourself, youll certainly gain recognition, but for all the wrong reasons

Instead of blaming others and your other priorities for your lack of self care, do me a favor, step up, and take responsibility! You may not be where you want to be right now, but this much is true: If you want this bad enough, you can have it!! You just have to reach out there and grab it;-)

pete@weightlossbypete.com

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Stories in the New York Times Well blog have been known to drive us nuts never more so than when they blithely tout the health benefits of walnutsbased on research thats too preliminary to support such claims.

The latest example came on Friday in a very short and exceptionally incomplete piece headlined: Walnuts for Weight Loss?

Lets start with the fact that this study had just nine participants.

Nine people who were studied for a grand total of 10 days.

Thats far too small a group, studied for too short a time, to claim: A handful of walnuts may be an effective weight loss tool.

And yet thats how the Times chose to frame the findings in its lead sentence. The rest of the story made no attempt to walk back the claim or rein it in not in the slightest.

Weve written extensively on the dangers of drawing any firm conclusions from tiny studies like this one.

The coverage becomes even more suspect when we learn that the reported results had almost nothing to do with weight loss.

As the Times eventually gets around to explaining, the subjects in the study consumed smoothies one with real walnuts and a control smoothie with walnut flavoring. The researchers then performed MRI brain scans while the participants looked at pictures of high-fat foods, low-fat foods, and pictures of rocks and trees. They found:

when people looked at pictures of high-fat food, activation in the insula, a part of the brain involved in appetite and impulse control, increased among those who drank the walnut smoothie, but not among placebo drinkers.

Maybe its interesting for academic researchers to know that a particular part of the brain lights up in response to pictures of chocolate cake over the course of a few days. But that may have little bearing on what will actually happen when people are confronted with real pieces of cake over the course of months or years.

The MRI brain scan in this case is a so-called surrogate for what researchers think might happen in the real world. Weve written extensively on why surrogate markers often dont tell the whole story.

Youd think that the Times skeptical antennae would be on high alert given this studys funding from the California Walnut Commission. But theres nary a note of caution anywhere to be found. Nor does the story raise the plausible idea that other nuts would produce the same effects although that possibility is acknowledged by the researchers themselves in the published study.

I guess the macadamia people will have to fund their own study if they want to draw the Times attention.

Kevin C. Klatt, a PhD nutrition student at Cornell University who blogs at Nutrevolve, told me that hismajor concern about this study is that it provides little practical information.

Participants consumed fruit smoothies containing either walnuts or safflower oil with a walnut flavoring. The effects of walnuts in this study are relevant only to this control, which lacks real world application. Im not aware of any smoothie recipes that call for the inclusion of safflower oil.

In addition to this real world issue, from a scientific perspective, its unclear to me what hypothesis is being tested in this study (I looked briefly and couldnt find a clinical trial registration or a primary outcome that was pre-registered). Walnuts differ in a substantial number of ways from safflower oil. As is, the study tests whether changing numerous nutritional factors at once impact their outcomes; given that many of these nutritional factors are common to other foods (i.e. omega 3 fatty acids, fiber), this leaves us unable to claim the outcomes are due to something uniquely special about walnuts.

I didnt bother to read any of the 95 comments (and counting) that Times readers left in response to this story, because I know many of them will echo the criticisms that readers have repeatedly made before in response to the Times incomplete Well Blog reporting.

We join those readers (again) in calling for an end to such incomplete and imbalanced journalism.

Update: This post originally stated that Kevin C. Klatts lab at Cornell has received funding from the California Walnut Commission. That was incorrect and the disclosure statement has been removed.

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People are always asking about weight loss - wanting a quick fix. I hear of so many fad diets and often wonder why someone would want to make it much harder than it needs to be.

Weight loss and maintenance (to me) seems to be common sense. Eat less and exercise more. I can't imagine cutting any one food out of my diet to achieve weight loss. It seems so much simpler to enjoy the food I love rather than omit it and miss it. While eating less and exercising more may be difficult for some, I find that having a routine keeps me on task.

Some tips to help get you on track with a healthy eating plan are:

Don't buy junk food: It's important to keep your pantry and refrigerator clear of tempting foods. Shop the outside aisles and shop alone. Shopping with family members may result in buying things you don't need or don't fit your meal plan. Never shop while hungry. I did this once and ended up donating a bunch of processed food that I never should have bought in the first place.

Food prep each week: I hear people say their produce goes bad too fast. Try to wash and cut up your fruit and vegetables right away so that it's easy to prepare. This should result in less waste and promote healthier meals throughout the week.

Limit going out to eat to special occasions: No matter what you order, it's going to have more calories, fat and sodium than foods you prepare at home. You may also be tempted to order something that you wouldn't normally prepare at home because it's not healthy.

Avoid the break room: Pack your lunch and try to avoid looking at what's in the break room. Too often, there's cake or other foods that may ruin your day. If you eat that donut, get back on track with your next meal.

Feed your kids healthier foods: Use your kids as motivation. The healthier you feed them, the healthier you will eat. Setting good examples for them is important. If you eat the vegetables, they will learn by your example.

Fill up on vegetables: If you've food prepped each week, you shouldn't have a barrier to having vegetables with each lunch and supper. Whether it be a salad that you throw together or vegetables that you steam, saute or grill. Filling half your plate with vegetables is a sure way to fill up on something healthier.

As always, drink water. Drink water with all meals and between meals to increase your feeling of fullness.

Weight loss doesn't require a strict eating plan. Cutting back on what you're currently eating should help with weight loss. It may take longer than following a strict fad diet, which ultimately leads to weight re-gain, but it can illicit healthier habits that can promote long-term weight loss.

Christie Mayer is a licensed renal dietitian with Davita Dialysis Center of Victoria.

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I run five miles every day, Id tell myself. But it wasnt until I had my second son a year ago that it hit me: I was over-indulging, and it wasnt good for my health or my weight.

When I had my first son, I looked the same way as I did pre-pregnancy within hours after he was born (annoying, I know). But with my second son, I still looked five months pregnant after he vacated the premises. I reassured myself that this was super normal (which it is), but a few weeks later kept wondering why the weight was taking so long to drop off. I started running again two weeks after I gave birth and figured Id lose the weight then, but it still was coming off at a super slow pace.

Finally, it hit me: To lose the weight, I had to pay attention to my diet, too, and cut out all the crap I had been having. It was so obvious, but for some reason I had been kidding myself about what I was really eating. It was ridiculous for me to sit around wondering why I wasnt losing the baby weight while still having a chocolate bar after lunch each day and ice cream at night. And it was more than a weight thingI knew that all of that overindulgence had the potential to be bad for my health, too.

So, I got real with myself. I was mostly eating healthy but completely blowing it with treats every day. And unfortunately, Im not alone. Its a common issue to overestimate good eating habits and underestimate bad eating habits, says registered dietitian Sonya Angelone, a spokeswoman for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. And those bad habits can add up over time, she points out.

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Somehow I had convinced myself that my regular treats didnt really count because I run every day, and thats also a problem, says registered dietitian-nutritionist Karen Ansel, coauthor of The Calendar Diet: A Month by Month Guide to Losing Weight. Exercising is one of the most important things you can do to stay healthy, she says. However, the idea that exercising will help women lose a large amount of weight is a myth. Finding a sweet spot between balancing fitness and how much you eat is key to getting and keeping a healthy weight, she says.

Im not into the idea of dieting (Id rather just eat healthyfor real), and I knew that cutting out those extra sweets and rethinking my eating habits would make a difference. So, I did.

I noticed that I tend to grab candy or ice cream when I'm stressed, so I made a point to stop mindlessly eating while Im working. Now, if I have to eat while I work, I make sure its an actual well-rounded meal or piece of fruitnot a bag of chocolate chips. I also cut out those late-night ice cream benders, started eating more slowly, and paid more attention to how much I eat at meals.

Ice cream is a huge weakness for me, and its usually best if I steer clear of it. But Im also working on having a bite or two of it if I really want it. Ive learned that I can feel just as satisfied by eating it that way as if I had a bunch of ice cream at onceand thats worked out really well for me. Weirdly, the less Ive eaten, the less I crave it.

Not surprisingly, the baby weight melted off after I made those changes. I even lost an extra seven pounds that Ive been carrying around for years that I'm pretty sure is due to all those treats I've been eating.

Im not super hung up on the number on the scale, but I like the way my body looks and feels now. Im also happy with my eating habits and the fact that Im actually being honest with myself about my bad habits. Its taken three decades and some brutal truth, but I think Ive finally figured it out.

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Sharing his story to Reddit as user MikeMarx153, the man explained how he started out at 31 stone and four pounds before losing more than 18 stone over two years.

Explaining what he thought was the most important factor in his weight loss apart from diet and exercise, he said: It all came down to flawed thinking. For me, I think the fear of failure was most responsible.

Trying and failing at losing weight would only confirm the worst thoughts about myself. It would be further evidence that I wasnt deserving of a better life.

He revealed it was only when someone at his workplace got weight loss surgery and he knew he could use that as a back-up plan if he was unsuccessful on his own that he was able to consider starting to try to lose weight.

Going in to detail about he got to where he is today, MikeMarx153 said: To lose weight you have to swim against the current. You cant have the meals you see advertised on a regular basis, you cant fall for the latest health fad being pushed. You cant eat mindlessly like the majority of the population.

Weight loss is possible - I think this is another piece of flawed thinking that holds people back. Knowing that weight loss is possible is essential to success because it gives you control.

He also explained: Know what a reasonable amount of food looks like. I can honestly say that I had no idea how much I should be eating, or what it would look like, or what it should make me feel like.

My daily calorie goal has always been 1500, and so I tried to shoot for that, but I felt that I had a successful day if I was below 1700.

I also decided that I was going to quit cheating and eating between meals. No more extra piece of pizza, no more cookies in the break room, no more candy from the candy bowl.

"If I went a bit over 1500 because of my three meals that was one thing, but I wouldnt go over because I was snacking.

He reiterated: Count calories, use a food scale, and be honest with yourself. Plus, my Myfitnesspal journal is public (username mikemarx153), so you can just go there and look at what I did.

His final piece of advice, which comes as another man revealed how he lost three stone in four months, was to get to a place in your diet and exercise regime where its only a matter of time before you reach your goal.

He explained: This advice might be more controversial than it first appears. What it means is that I was often creating a caloric deficit larger than that traditional maximum of 1000 (including exercise). Im not saying thats right for everyone, but it worked for me.

The most important thing is that your calorie level be sustainable, so if you can only create a 500, or 250 calorie deficit, then do that.

As well as his key tips, MikeMarx153 shared some other general advice and said: Focus on the things in your life you enjoy that arent food and see treats for what they are.

Think about your favourite not-so-healthy food. Lets stick with Oreos. Do you realise the amount of Oreos you can eat in a lifetime? Thats tens of thousands of Oreos youll be eating, so you dont have to eat them all today.

He also revealed his current diet and exercise plan:

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If you want to lose weight in one week what you need is a very effective weight-loss plan. Although this may not be a long-termsolution to your fat loss journey,these few stepscan serve as a great beginning to your journey to lose weight, look good and motivate you to make long-term sustainable changes to your lifestyle. But for the short term, following these steps willhelp you shed those extra kilos before that upcoming beach vacation or that party next week. (ALSO READ This guy lost 24 kg in 16 weeks heres how he did it)

The short answer is yes. While it is possible to lose weight in a week, that weight wont necessarily pure body fat.The calorie deficit that is needed to burn every single kilo of fat makes it dangerous to lose a lot of weight in such a short time. That being said it isnt entirely impossible to lose weight in a week and look lean. What will happen is that you will mostly lose excess water weight and some body fat.As a result you will lookleaner (and hopefully get the motivation you need to get started on a longer weight-loss journey). This is how to lose weight in a week:

This may be a pretty straightforward thing to spell out.But hey, whohasnt skipped a meal (or three) just to lose weight? The problem is skipping meals doesnt help you lose weight. In fact it is counterproductive to your goal.Our body needs a regular supply of nutrients to keep itfunctioning. Allowing large gaps between meals can lead to undesirable physical symptoms such as headache, lethargy, intense hunger which may result in overeating. Skipping meals also slows downyour metabolism, thereby making you actually gain weight rather than lose it. In order to lose weight, you must followa healthyeating pattern and eat threemeals that willhelp you sustain through the day. Try not to go morethan fourhours between meals and let those meals be healthy with reasonable portion sizes.

The nature of our jobs makesus consume lesser water than our body needs. Air conditioned offices, free coffee machines and soft drink dispensers are often easy (not to mention unhealthy) alternatives to water.With lowered calories and carbs, water is the perfect slim-down drink as compared to energy drinks or protein shakes (which are usually high in sugar). Drinking waterdoesnt just help in cleansing and flushing out excess fat, but also increases your metabolism. Its ideal to drink a minimum of twolitres (or about eightglasses) a day.Drink water about 30 minutes before a meal to reduce your hunger pangs and make you feel fuller. It will also aid digestion.

If youre not following a diet, ensure that each meal contains proteins which can boost your metabolism. Start your day with a protein filled breakfast that will help you sustain the entire day. Ensure every meal contains one protein source, one low carb and one low-fat source. Fill your plate with spinach, lettuce, cucumber, kale and other low carb veggies. Healthy protein sources include like chicken, fish and eggs which help keep you stomach filled. Avacoda oil, coconut oil and olive oil are healthier alternatives to fat sources.

Again, pretty straightforward huh? But again, this is easier said than done. That being said,the easiest way to lose weight is to reduce your sugar intake. Foods with sugared starch tend to stimulate insulin secretion. Insulin is theprimary fat storage hormone in the body. So when insulin levels fall, your body starts to burn fats instead of carbs. Lower insulin levelsalso helps your body lose excess sodium and water that reduces bloating. The moment you cut on sugar and starch from your diet you will find a significant change in your body weight.

Whole foods such as fresh fruits, raw seeds, eggs, in their natural and unaltered state, are always healthier as compared to processed food. Packed with more nutrients including vitamins and minerals whole foods contain fewer additives like sweeteners, artificial colors and flavors, unhealthy fats and preservatives compared to processed foods.

Ideally one must have 2-3 meals a day to maintain your metabolism rate. But pick the wrong snack and these meals could leave you feeling hungry. It is always easy toreach out to that bag of chips or order in fries from your favorite fast food joint but losing weight requires sacrifice and choosing the right snack is just one of them.

Research has proven that people who eat fast gain more weight over time. We are rarely conscious of our eating patter and tend to swallow our food rather than chew and savour it. Apart from, well actually being able to enjoy your meal, eating slowly helps reduce hunger pangs and higher levels of satiety between meals. It also helps in better digestion. We could go on but you get the point, right?

No matter how much you change your food habits,a little bit of exercise always goes a long way in losing weight and feeling good. Apart from helping you lose weightfaster, cardiovascular exercises also release endorphins, which makes you happier and more cheerful. You could undertake aHigh Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) session but if you havent worked out before (or for a long time) it is always advisable to start slow. And theres nothingbetter than a 30-minute cardiovascular workout every single day. So go for a run, dust off that bicycle or just hitany of the cardio machines in the gym. (ALSO READ Best cardio exercises for fat loss)

The advantages of sleeping well are one too many to be listed here. But lets just say sleeping for an extra 30-60 mins helps you refresh your mind and sets you up for the day. Sleeping for7-8 hours every day doesnt just get you chipper in the mornings but also boostsyour metabolism and also helps muscle recovery.

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You don't need to go to the gym every day or go on a strict diet to lose weight. Here are some top weight loss tips from 'The Diet Doctor' Moodi Dennaoui and PT and former Survivor contestant Tegan Haining.

Swapping a meal for a soup, salad or smoothie every now and then will help you cut calories.

WHEN IT comes to losing weight, who does not want to lose any extra kilos as quickly as possible. And while there are literally hundreds of fad diets that can strip kilos in days, few if any of them work long term.

So if your goal is to lose weight as quickly as possible, in a way that will actually keep those kilos off, here are the best ones to try.

1. CUT THE CARBS

Carbohydrate rich foods including bread, rice, cereal, pasta, starchy vegetables such as potato, fruit and sugars including honey are the primary fuel source for the muscles and for the brain. And while we need some carbohydrate for optimal metabolic function, in general we eat far too much for the amount of activity that we do.

For this reason, cutting back on carb rich foods will naturally see a drop of a few kilos within days, and while much of this is fluid weight, the drop on the scales is often what motivates us to keep going with weight loss.

Overall a slightly lower carbohydrate intake, where we keep our fuel low at night by focusing meals around protein and vegetables is a safe and sustainable weight loss strategy.

A Mediterranean-style salad with feta and olives is a great low-carb option. Picture: iStockSource:Supplied

2. SWAP A MEAL

Your preference may be for a meal replacement shake, a soup or a salad but the simple strategy of keeping your calorie intake especially low for one meal each day is another proven, successful weight loss strategy.

In each of these cases, calorie intake at one meal is cut to just 200-300 calories, which can be half of that of regular meals which keeps your overall calorie intake lower without you even realising it.

3. STOP SNACKING

Often we underestimate the impact snacking has on our daily calorie intake in general the message of small regular meals has been translated into large regular meals with us frequently enjoying milk coffee, fruit, nuts and snack bars throughout the day, or an extra 400-600 calories.

Unless you are training for an hour or more, you are only likely to need a couple of light snacks, if any, throughout the day. As such cutting out snacking entirely in favour of enjoying more vegetables and protein rich meals three times a day is an easy way to slash calories and drop a few kilos.

4. NO LIQUID CALORIES

Whether it is smoothies, juices, coffees, wine or soft drink, liquid calorie intake is not compensated for which means when we drink our calories, we do not automatically eat less as a result.

In addition, a constant flow of liquid sugars plays havoc with our natural hunger and fullness signals. As such, a simple way to slash calories and promote fat metabolism is to keep your intake of liquid calories to a minimum. If you love coffee go for a piccolo, choose herbal tea, water or vegetable juices instead.

5) EAT OVER FEWER HOURS

The longer we have without food overnight, the better it is for the hormones that control fat metabolism in the body. This means ideally leaving 10-12 hours each day without any food, or stopping eating by 6 or 7pm and then not eating again until 8 or 9am.

In modern life this is easier said than done but it is actually one of the few proven weight loss techniques out there.

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Metrecal was temporarily yanked off the shelves, along with all of its competitors. Sales in liquid diet products dropped 95% between 1977 and 1978. As of 1982, the FDA required that all very low calorie liquid protein diets (those with fewer than 400 daily calories) come with a label, warning that the product may cause serious illness or death. Offering approximately 900 daily calories, Metrecal and Sego would technically have been able to avoid the warning label, but they were and remain recognized as unsafe. To this day, regulators refer to this scare as a turning point the first weight-loss fad to be treated as an outbreak. In his address marking the 60th anniversary of the CDC, Director Wiliam H. Foege, MD, wrote: During the late 1970s, the world appeared faced with a new, emerging infectious disease (e.g., Lassa fever, toxic shock syndrome, and Legionnaires disease)...However, increasingly, outbreak investigations involved noninfectious health problems, such as those involving baby foods and diet preparations. The deaths of women attempting to lose weight while consuming liquid protein diet products led to an understanding of the risk for physiological consequences on cardiac function posed by such products.

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Before Malin Bjork became pregnant with her first son, she had never been overweight.

However, that all changed when the Swedish woman became pregnant.

Malin began to eat up to 3,000 calories per day including unhealthy junk food and home-baked cookies.

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Mum of two Stephanie Sanzo has transformed her life and made herself into a super fit mum!

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This caused the 29-year-old to balloon to 12st 8lbs and a UK dress size of 12-14.

She explained: I lost all motivation to eat healthy and I didnt exercise during both of my pregnancies. I didnt feel so bad because I knew that I will get back to my previous weight, but I never knew that my shape would be better than before my pregnancies.

I wasnt comfortable in my bigger size since Ive always been quite skinny and I always wanted to look more fit and strong.

After the birth of her second son, Malin was determined to lose the weight and began to add strength training to her exercise regime.

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She said: I started changing my diet; avoiding all the sweets and fast food for a while and ate food high in nutrition and protein since I work out a lot.

I started to exercise with weights and I really loved this form of exercise. I strengthened my knowledge about weight training and what it can do to your body and I loved seeing my body shape change.

I now skip unhealthy sauces, white bread, cereals and food with extra added sugar.

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Before Malin got pregnant, she would hardly do any exercise and says the introduction of strength training has changed the shape of her body. She now weighs8st 11Ibs and eats around 2,200 to 2,500 calories per day.

She added: My first transformation was actually easy, because I fell in love with weight training; I loved going to the gym. After my second baby I feel its more difficult to have time for the gym and my business; to keep pushing myself after I reached my goal. I try to balance everything and I have my routines.

People say I look good to have two kids and people like to see that even a mum can be fit and healthy and I want to inspire people to believe that its possible if you really want to change your habits or body.

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Mum loses 4st in SIX months this is how - Daily Star

Losing weight requires you to spend huge amount of time and money which at times take on your nerves. Ayurveda provides a plenty of easy methods to lose weight at fast and without having to spend hefty amounts

Daily intake of medicinal herbs helps in weight loss

Are you sick of tiring gym sessions and are looking for easy options to lose weight? Well! there are many easily available herbs which can help you lose weight quickly. Gym training is quite tenacious and often takes a toll on the person's health who fail to abide by its requirements. Ayurveda, on the other hand, makes your job easy by healing you from the inside. This self-healing process involves spreading sufficient amount of oxygen to the cells of your body and eliminating its harmful constituents.

Read on to find out interesting home remedies which can help you in weight loss-

1. Lemon and Honey

2. Bottle Gourd and Mint leaves

The combination of bottle gourd and mint leaves magically works in dissolving the extra fat from the body. The nutrient element of mint leaves reduces your daily food intake and therefore improves your appetite.

3. Black pepper

A regular intake of black pepper in whatsoever form helps really well in weight loss process. It shows better results if taken with lukewarm water early in the morning.

4. Basil leaves

The nutrient content of the commonly used herb-Basil leaves, is extremely helpful in lowering your body's cholesterol and therefore helping you in weight loss.

5. Triphala Powder with Honey

An easily available Ayurvedic Powder- 'Triphala' helps really well with weight loss and can also ease out the digestion process if taken twice a day with lukewarm water. This can also be prepared at home by mixing gooseberry powder, turmeric powder and 'Bibhitaki' in equal amounts.

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