Search Weight Loss Topics:

Page 62«..1020..61626364..7080..»

Home » Lose Weight Quickly » Page 62

Former Love Island star Alexandra Cane recently wowed fans with her dramatic two stone weight loss.

Revealing a trim, toned body that has left her feeling motivated and full of energy, Alexandra, 28, leapt into the new year with the launch of her new fitness app in the hope of encouraging others to feel good about their bodies.

Now a tiny size six, Alexandra achieved her stunning new physique in just a matter of months, and she is confident that others can do the same.

The reality-star-turned-health-guru is constantly smiling and showing off her beach-ready body, yet also shining with an inner confidence that is more than just skin deep.

Alexandra has since revealed there are a number of features that contribute to her overall transformation.

The Mirror has taken a look at the different steps that Alexandra has been taking to achieve her ultimate "happy body".

Even though Alexandra was on her weight loss programme during the Christmas period, the brunette bombshell was able to enjoy food during the festive season and still achieve her fabulously toned abs.

The answer, according to the Love Islander, is through calorie counting.

Writing in a blog post for OK! Magazine , Alexandra admitted that Christmas wasnt all a strict regime.

I spent Christmas with my family and I did indulge in a few festive treats. I actually planned to do that because its all about the balance and on my eating plan you can be really flexible with it because its based on calorie counting.

The diet plan was created by nutritionist Amanda Ursell and features in the new Happy Body app.

Having the freedom to choose what you eat as part of the life-changing diet regime, appears to have certainly contributed to her happiness.

"If people are wanting to lose weight there's no restrictions they can still have their cheats and treats like sweets and alcohol, it's all about understanding the calories so everything is in moderation and portion control Alexandra told The Mirror in a recent interview.

"It's all about understanding what you're consuming and not focusing too much on the scales. It's about calories in and calories out, it's really simple and you can still enjoy all the foods you like and there are some beautiful recipes on there,"

In her new fitness app, The Happy Body, users have access to ten minute daily fitness videos which will help users get their bodies into shape, and fast.

Although the workouts are a mere ten minutes long, budding users shouldnt be deceived by their length.

The High Intensity Interval Training will work all parts of your body and will leave you aching.

Alexandra recently explained in her blog on OK! Magazine, that this type of HIIT training has the same benefits as an hour of cardio.

Enough of the self indulgent bikini shots.... she admitted alongside a stressful-looking selfie.

This is really what I look like after doing my Happy Body plan HIIT workouts. SCHWEATINGGGGG! You get what you work for - not what you wish for! Have a fabulous Saturday gang!!

When Alexandra began her fitness journey, she explained that her motivation came from wanting to feel better.

I set out on this journey to feel better; I suffered with anxiety, I was unfit, I craved that discipline that Id had all throughout my childhood from dancing, I was reactive to things and people unnecessarily, she shared on social media.

So I decided to make changes (which is all in my plan) and start healing from within, which in turn has got me the results both physically and mentally.'

Although a changing mindset comes alongside a tough workout routine, she explained to followers that the mental growth was completely life changing even though her body was changing too.

One tip she shares with fans is using numbers instead of words of encouragement, is to use numbers. For Alexandra, it was a simple 3, 2, 1 countdown whenever she was getting frustrated or tired.

When I had to pause, I would literally stop and count myself down and reset and then go!

Speaking to The Mirror, Alexandra explained how she hopes to spread her mindset among other people.

"I've got so much more energy now that I can motivate myself and I feel confident to inspire others now and want to share this amazing feeling with someone else.

The whole point of the app is being able to feel comfortable in your own home where you don't feel overwhelmed and Aaron is there to get you in the right mindset, it's supposed to be really fun and encouraging and to get people to the best versions of themselves.

No surgery. No Lipo. No quick fads. No detox teas. Just effort, consistency, knowledge and application, Alexandra recently wrote.

There is no quick fix to achieving Alexandras stunning transformation but she is proof that the benefits outweigh the hard work, especially when it comes to achieving happiness and body confidence all in one.

More here:
Alexandra Cane's jaw-dropping weight loss down to quick workouts and positive thinking - Mirror.co.uk

Rebel Wilson is kickstarting this New Year with the aim of losing weight and saying goodbye to junk food.

The actress recently took to Instagram to share with her fans how her efforts to lose weight have been progressing. Posting a side profile picture of her face, Wilson showed off her sharp chin and hinted that her workouts have been paying off.She captioned the image with a red heart.

Fans were quick to note that the actress had lost a lot of weight. One user wrote, "How did you lose weight? You look amazing." Another echoed similar thoughts and wrote, "You look awesome, youve done amazingly in such a short space of time."

Others also applauded her efforts and wrote, "So beautiful! You are honestly just so inspiring and stunning all around."

Previously, Wilson had hinted that this year she was changing things by taking a more healthy outlook towards life. "Okay, so for me 2020 is going to be called 'The Year of Health'," she wrote.

"I put on the athleisure and went out for a walk, deliberately hydrating on the couch right now and trying to avoid the sugar and junk food which is going to be hard after the holidays Ive just had but Im going to do it!" She concluded the post by asking, "Whos with me in making some positive changes this year?"

Fans were quick to support the actress for the change she intended to make this year. "Im so proud of you!! you look fantastic already with your weight loss. No sugar and junk for wooh that would a hard one for me lol but I have faith in u. That beach is also beautiful. I wish I was there," one user wrote.

While another added, "Yes!! Just make sure you have balance! Health is fantastic but restriction can often lead to the opposite of what youre working towards. Self-compassion is the cure to negative body image, not losing weight.

See more here:
Rebel Wilson shows off dramatic results of her workouts after giving up junk food for her 'year of health' - MEAWW

A MUM who went through the heartbreak of losing her son 10 years ago has turned tragedy into triumph after setting up her own business to help others.

Sheila Henshall, from Dentons Green, lost three stones in three months after starting The 1:1 Diet by Cambridge Weight Plan after she had gained weight following the tragedy.

Sheila went on to win an all-expenses paid trip to Iceland after seeing off much competition to win the National Family Champion Slimmers Award.

Since then Sheila, 55, has trained as a consultant for The 1:1 Diet by Cambridge Weight Plan and since April last year has helped dozens of people lose weight and keep it off.

Sheila Henshall

She now has a well-established business and a small team of consultants to help residents in St Helens, and further afield, in losing weight quickly, efficiently and to provide lots of one to one support.

Sheila suffered the heartbreak of losing son Dean, aged 12, in October 2009. Dean had a rare form of epilepsy and died after a severe seizure.

A year before his death he had been diagnosed with GEFS+ Syndrome which causes sufferers to have seizures when their temperatures are high.

Meanwhile, Sheila's daughter Lucy, now 24, suffers from an even more rare and severe type of epilepsy called Dravets Syndrome.

Dean Henshall

Following the tragedy, Sheila turned to comfort eating and after gaining weight was diagnosed with pre-diabetes and was also experiencing problems with her back and feet which impacted on her ability to care for Lucy.

Now, after turning her life around, Sheila wants to use her experience to help others and this led her to train as a 1:1 Diet consultant.

"After successfully losing weight on The 1:1 Diet by Cambridge Weight Plan and then going on to win the award I started to feel so much more positive about life," said Sheila.

"After struggling with my weight for so long I found myself feeling healthier, fitter and having a much more positive frame of mind.

"This motivated me to train as a consultant so I could support and encourage others to lose weight, become healthier and improve their mental well-being," added Sheila.

"I understand, from my own experience that people have got to be ready to lose weight for themselves and my job is to support them through the process and to help them to achieve their goals.

Sheila also mentioned that the need to look after her daughter Lucy was also a driving factor behind her weight loss.

The 1:1 Diet by Cambridge Weight Plan has been around for 35 years and has a variety of products and plans to suit everyone and comes with a full package of 1:1 support from a trained Consultant.

Sheila added: Since the recent medical research of the DROPLET trial whereby Doctors referred overweight people to low energy treatment there has been much research and interest in how a very low-calorie diet can help people with type two diabetes, cardio vascular disease, sleep apnoea, osteoarthritis and psoriasis to name a few conditions.

"Although the research is new it is exciting to think that losing just 10 per cent of your body weight on a very low-calorie diet can have such a beneficial effect in such a short space of time.

Throughout January Sheila is offering a reduction of 10 per cent on all products.

To book a FREE consultation, contact Sheila on 07305921434.

Follow this link:
Mum who lost son 10 years ago turns tragedy into triumph after starting own business - St Helens Star

Sarah Lindsay recites numbers as she pinches my folds. She does this under her breath, the way a dentist uses that odd numerical language to gossip about your molars right in front of you. Chin 11.8, Mid aux 22, Supra 45. I shudder from the touch of cold callipers on my skin as this last measurement is taken from my suprailiac area. Closer acquaintances would, I suppose, call them my love handles, but Sarah is good enough to keep things mildly formal, perhaps to offset the fact that she is measuring the fat on my body just a few minutes into our first meeting. I am standing in her office at Roar Fitness, and my initial consultation is under way. It is Day 0 of my physical transformation plan and, following a brief chat, my top is off and its straight to the skin folds. This term itself is not ideal. Skin folds. Its standard anatomical parlance, but it conjures images of oversized wildlife hippos hoist into the air so the zoo can wash their meaty shanks. I am, of course, making these connections because I am staring in the mirror as all this is being done and noticing, perhaps for the first time, how much my body has changed in the past couple of years.

Harry Hill says he knew he was going bald when it started taking longer and longer to wash his face. I first noticed I was gaining weight when I started having to reach a little further to wash my sides in the shower. That and realising, around the time my son was six months old, that his adorable little pot belly and my own seemed to bear a family resemblance. If Im being honest, my bodys journey from lad bod to dad bod preceded fatherhood. I spent my youth as that skinny, lanky child who never put on any weight. But with advancing age came lower metabolism, and a move away from retail and minimum wage jobs that kept me on my feet all day, to more settled and sedentary creative pursuits that see me now, aged 34, heartier than I once was.

This isnt a remarkable story, I grant you. Mine is the experience of millions of people my age, and a minor version of the process compared to millions more. The UK is in the middle of an obesity crisis: over 60% of the population is overweight and roughly a third of UK adults are obese. Figures for children are equally shocking.

So, no, the love handles you see on these pages, squishy as they are, dont constitute a grand horror story, nor are they anything to be ashamed of. I was mostly healthy and, overall, happy with myself, but I also felt a little slower to move and lift and spring to attention, and chasing a toddler around had put these changes in stark relief. I also have a family history of diabetes and bowel disorders, and wondered if I could make the changes necessary to offset later risks.

And, Id noticed, the tools to offset those risks seemed to be everywhere. Its a curious quirk of our current age that, as we grow ever more lightbulb-shaped, a head-spinning profusion of diets, fitness regimens, self-health books and body-shaping plans has exploded. Physical transformation has, in theory, never been more accessible to those of us who find themselves the unexpected proprietor of a nascent dad bod, and theress no shortage of social pressures for us to avail of them.

It should be said that some of this focus on health doesnt seem particularly healthy. Short-term body projects are complicated, controversial things. Doctors dont tend to recommend them, for fear of the mental and physical damage sparked when a desired physical form is unrealised. The ideal male physique is now everywhere around us, from the pneumatic tightness of Love Island contestants, to the preened and perfect bods of Instagram fitness gurus selling us diet teas, gamified fitness trackers and wellness apps. It is a taunt, unattainable and unsustainable a 12-week course at Roar costs more than 3,000. In agreeing to write this article, I kept telling people I was looking forward to doing the mildly silly Before and After shots, precisely because I find the black-and-white-sad-man versus full-colour-beefcake contrast so ridiculous. As a congenitally cynical person, I was incredulous as to how real or positive those images were. But, if Im honest, some of that curiosity was borne of having passed those images a thousand times, patting my belly, and wondering if I could achieve similar results.

At Roar, I embarked on a fitness and diet plan aimed at getting me from dad bod to rad bod in just seven weeks. (They would have had me do it longer, but since we were starting at Halloween, a suitably festive Halloween-to-Christmas arc was agreed, in the hopes that my reaction to my workouts would likewise turn from horror and darkness to joy and good tidings.) Now, finished with my folds, Sarah is quick to point out the difficulty of my task. No one does this in seven weeks, she says, so were really going to have to push you. I feel a pit somewhere in my stomach open. Im fairly sure that what she terms pushing I am likely to consider borderline inhuman. Sarah is a three-time Olympian and nine-time British speed-skating champion, who runs Roar Fitness with her partner, Rich Phillipps. They specialise in physical overhauls. The walls of their site near Moorgate are decked with Before and After shots that show dramatic sometimes scarcely believable changes in short spaces of time. None, however, as short as seven weeks. These are 12 weeks, 16 weeks, she says, pointing at the grid of achievements. Some depict programmes spanning half a year.

Seven weeks means a radical dismantling of my diet, excluding all booze, dairy and oils, and a near total ban on carbs, fat and sugar even fruit. All this before I begin my exercise routine, which starts each day with a 40-minute pre-breakfast run, followed, three times a week, by a weights session with a personal trainer. When my full plan arrives in my inbox on Halloween night, I shoo my loved ones off to enjoy their trick or treating and ponder what exactly Ive let myself in for.

Within the diets first few days the answer to that question is clear. My breakfast of salmon and eggs with green veg isnt, in and of itself, particularly onerous. Nor the chicken and veg for lunch or the white fish with veg for dinner. They are all, with certain tweaks, meals I could imagine enjoying in any other context. But that context would almost certainly involve butter, oil, cream and, I soon realise, the numerous extra little treats I clearly wasnt tabulating in my assessment of my moderately healthy, but gloriously unrestricted, diet.

Worse is the lack of variety, since my diet prescribes those exact same three meals every single day with no variation, save a daily allowance of 21 olives not 20 or 22 and a protein shake to be taken after every workout.

The workout is a crash course in upper-body exercises with Alex, my trainer. So, he says on Day 1, will this be your first workout? I dont know if he means my first workout for this project, or my first workout ever. I say yes, because its true of both questions. I have never used exercise equipment in my life, never lifted a weight or troubled the pedals of a stationary bike.

Alex is patient and kind as he introduces the machines, taking great care to describe them to me in the way I talk to my dad about internet memes slowly, while leaving judicious gaps for the many, many questions that will arise.

Woody Allen famously described Arnold Schwarzenegger as having muscles in places where I dont even have places. I thought of this quote often as these sessions began forcing unfamiliar patches of meat into action. Suddenly I was aware of places in my body that didnt exist before, pains I couldnt even readily identify. It was like growing six invisible new foreheads all over my body, and getting a zesty little migraine in each. I began to realise that my frame had been carrying a lot of passengers, muscles that had sat in the background of my body like those slightly less prominent members of So Solid Crew. Now they jolted into life, shrivelled and screaming in the darkness of my arms, shoulders and back, roaring to let them return to 30 years of unbroken sleep. Alex had other ideas, however, and quickly set about reducing me to a sweaty nub of offal each Monday, Wednesday and Friday, until that constant, heady state of alarm dulled to a dim resentment and, even, something like satisfaction from their first honest days work in my lifetime.

I saw some drastic improvements quite early, dropping nearly a stone in the first two weeks. A large part of this, I reckoned, was the absence of booze. I didnt think of myself as a heavy drinker, but now had to realise I was treating a nightly glass or two of wine as not just commonplace, but common sense. It had become my accompaniment to every dinner, and a reward for each tiring, overspent day. Within four weeks, I realised my morning runs were not just more manageable, but and I am disturbed to even write this enjoyable.

When tracking my progress in those first few weeks, friends often asked if I felt different, and I found it hard to answer. I mean I guess I did, but the exact manner of this difference was hard to quantify. I did feel stronger, but I was also usually slightly sore from working out for the first time in my life. I was running faster and for longer, but was also more fatigued between runs as I was having fewer rest days. Not drinking had probably left me more clear-headed in the mornings, but Ive never suffered overly from hangovers so it was hard to really know how much better I felt when they went away entirely.

Moreover, any sense of wellbeing these improvements should have engendered was tainted by my reflexive tendency for self-pity, since I spent the first few weeks extraordinarily resentful of the diet. Had I been on a longer course, say 12 or 16 weeks, it wouldnt have been so severe, but I started to realise just how much of my life was mapped around mealtimes, how much excitement I take from food cooking and eating and hosting, all of which was now denied me.

For the record, Im delighted that I take so much joy in food and, for all I might amend my more extreme acts of gluttony, or portion sizes, this experience means I will never again take that joy for granted. To my amazement, however, I grew to enjoy the various seasonings and spices I could use on my same three meals, and stopped missing my nightly wines within the first week or two. The same could not be said for other, less expected, abstinences. I found myself daydreaming about the rich, warm waft of butter on toast, the first creamy mouthful of a buttered spud and the quotidian ecstasy of an honest-to-goodness cup of tea. Teas were, incidentally, included in my approved list, but milk was off the menu, and Im sorry but black tea is horrible.

By the fourth and fifth week, I found my appetite had changed sufficiently that I no longer looked at my diet in horror, but as a job to be done. As much as I looked forward to all the old joys that eating offers, I was surprised, and pleased, by a newfound ability to maintain discipline, if only for the novelty of it. Stranger still, I was now relishing my workouts, as the weights I was moving doubled in quick time. I looked forward to my time with Alex, and the belief he had in my ability to push further and further each day.

Perhaps most surprisingly of all, I was beginning to admit how much I enjoyed the physical changes to my body. I was thinner, yes, but I was also stronger and felt, undeniably, better about myself in a manner that transcended simply looking better in photos or fitting in old clothes again. You see people change through the process so much, Sarah says when I mention this. Especially when it comes to getting strong. People come, a lot of the time, to lose weight, but when they start to get stronger, its really empowering.

Sarah has an open, easy manner and the unfaked enthusiasm of one of those cool young teachers you end up wanting to impress. I realise, to my shame, that before Id started this thing Id been worried actually, dimly terrified about how all these fit, beautiful people would regard my shlubby frame and wobbly bits. By the end of my seven weeks, Id been disarmed by their patience and empathy and their understanding of how transforming the physical affects the psychological. Honestly, she tells me, its more than half the job. People do this because a lot of the time they dont feel good. Maybe eight out of 10 people cry in their initial consultation, because they end up saying out loud for the first time that theyre not happy.

I realise Id spent my life carrying around certain self-serving fictions about health and fitness that this modicum of effort had challenged. Id internalised the idea that dwelling on the physical was for other people or, worse, symptomatic of societys wider problems with fat-shaming or obsessing over appearance. Seeking fitness was admirable, of course, even tracking it was desirable in a nerdy sort of way. But flaunting it, or enjoying your physical appearance for its own sake, was gauche or vain.

At the end of the regime, I had changed, but so had my preconceptions about the process itself. With seven weeks to play with, I was never going to end up a bodybuilder, but Id attained a leanness I hadnt considered possible, remapped the frontiers of my own endurance, and shed 2st. But I was mostly delighted with smaller improvements Id made along the way lifting more, running harder. I was running 5km in 22 minutes, having started at closer to 30, but was prouder still that I no longer needed to pause for breath when picking up my son. Id expected to shift a bit of flab and generate enough content to make a gently self-deprecating article that charted my unlikely transition from slob to slightly-fitter slob. It is with a mixture of horror and delight I can report that this transformation was more, well, transformative than that.

Roar Fitness is one of the UKs leading personal training gyms (roar-fitness.com)

Follow this link:
Body transformation: from dad bod to rad bod in just seven weeks - The Guardian

SETTLING down for bed, Lindsay Melville knew she was in for another night of hell.

She had been recently diagnosed with a chronic snoring condition and told she'd need to sleep with an oxygen mask.

8

8

But Lindsay, from Dartford, Kent, felt ashamed - she knew she had brought the problem on herself.

The learning and development manager's weight had been gradually creeping on but she had finally tipped the scales at 25st 1lb.

Doctors advised her the best option was a gastric band - but she was determined to lose the weight herself.

And incredibly the 37-year-old managed to shed a whopping 13st 13lb - in just a year.

Lindsay now weighs 11st 12lb and wears a svelte size 10.

She said: "I feel amazing. Its so great to be fit and healthy again with a balanced approached to eating."

Lindsay said her overeating started when she was just a child.

I found myself hiding food and secret binging from a young age

I have three older siblings, and as a child I would always want exactly same amount of food as them," she said.

"Life was a competition and if they had an extra roast potato, I wanted one, too.

"When we were growing up, we didnt have many rules around food, other than you must finish everything on your plate.

"Being able to provide food was my parents way of showing love and affection.

"And despite food being plentiful, I found myself hiding food and secret binging from a young age."

8

8

When she reached her adult years she tried dieting, but found that every time she lost weight, she would just pile more back on each time.

Then in 2016, her dad died and she admits her emotional eating started to spiral.

The following year she says she was effectively demoted through a restructure at work.

And then in 2018, she was diagnosed with severe obstructive sleep apnoea and borderline hyperventilation.

The condition is caused by the walls of the throat relaxing and narrowing during sleep, interrupting normal breathing.

It can cause sufferers to snore loudly but also make gasping, snorting or choking noises.

In the long-term, people with condition usually feel extremely tired, have mood swings and find it hard to concentrate.

Lindsay says she was in a cycle as she would wake up tired and start looking for food to give her energy.

But it had also meant her weight had escalated.

8

8

She said:"I was so ashamed that I had done that to myself.

"The sleep clinic advised me to have a gastric band to lose the weight quickly, but I was adamant I would not go down the surgery route.

"I wouldnt let myself live the rest of my life having to wear an oxygen mask at night.

I was so ashamed that I had done that to myself

"After my diagnosis, I made the firm decision to lose weight."

She said she had two friends at work who'd had great results with weight loss plan LighterLife.

"The cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) group sessions really appealed to me this wasnt anything Id tried before," she said.

Lindsay signed up to her local group in Dartford in February 2018.

8

8

She said:"I stepped on the scales and was shocked to see how much weight Id put on. I was 25st 1lb.

"I had been living in complete denial.

"I was told that on the LighterLife Total plan Id lose roughly a stone a month, so I knew Id be committing the remainder of the year to changing my life, and I was ready."

Lindsay says she "relished" in the weekly CBT group sessions, adding:"Not only was it great to share the journey with people who understand, it made me hold myself accountable to my behaviour.

"I also learnt things about myself that extend beyond my relationship with food into all parts of my life.

I had been living in complete denial

"I was able to recognise the emotional triggers that caused me to overeat and understand how my perfectionist ways were constantly setting me up for failure."

Now, she feels amazing and is now looking forward to her future - having recently met a new guy and taken up windsurfing.

Lindsay said: "2018 was all about losing weight, so 2019 for me was all about focusing on maintaining my weight, making new habits and living life in balance.

"If Id stayed at the weight I was my sleep apnoea would have been a problem for life and thats one of the main reasons Im so determined to stay fit and healthy.

"I am literally half the woman, living twice the life and youll now find me living without my weight holding me back.

For more information on LighterLifes free Xpress meetings, visit lighterlife.com

Read more from the original source:
Weight loss: I lost 14st and cured my loud snoring after REFUSING to have gastric band op - The Sun

We all love that perfectly toned body without any hint of flabs, but we also know that achieving that needs a huge effort and dedication. Most of us embark on the track of attaining a fit body and mind, which nowadays is as good as attaining nirvana. No wonder, staying in shape seems like a daunting task as it is not just sacrificing on your favourite delicacies rather it calls for a holistic change, which also calls for regular workout or brisk walk. The idea of going on to a strict diet sounds like a daunting task and especially when you are looking for a quick weight loss plan. Well, to achieve this quick weight loss target, we often spend a bomb at the gyms and fad fitness centers and what not! But what if we tell you that you can simply lose three to four kgs a week just by following this simple diet plan that too without putting in much effort. So, heres a low on the GM diet, which can effectively help in losing weight fast.

Heres what you should be eating during a GM dietAs per fitness experts, chalking out the right diet plan on an alternative week happens to be the most effective ways of losing. So, while planning your weight loss regime prepare two alternate plans so that it doesn't turn monotonous. The best thing about this diet is that the results are pretty evident by the end of three to four days. Moreover, the restrictions help in managing the calories and even beginners can go for this diet for quick weight loss.

First weekAny gluten-free cereal or grain can be prepared as a porridge or khichdi. Following this plan for 2-3 days can help in losing 3-4 kgs.

Breakfast - Begin your day with one cup of low-fat milk with 2 tablespoon oats or cornflakes

Lunch- Then for lunch you can prepare dalia khichdi loaded with vegetables. Apart from that, you can eat two bowls of that khichdi or porridge to satiate your cravings.

Tea time- Replace regular sugar and milk based tea with green tea

Dinner- Any gluten free porridge or dalia cooked with low-fat milk.

Mid meal snack: Melon seeds, walnuts or almonds

Plan 2Another popular form of GM diet is going for a soup-based diet, wherein the only major meal of the day is a soup-bread meal, which must be followed for at least 3-4 days to lose as good as 2-3 kilos.

Begin your day with a hot cup of green tea and almonds.Breakfast- A hearty bowl of breakfast can make your day and this can be done by preparing a bowl of soup with vegetables like beans, cabbage, tomato and various seasonal veggies.

Lunch- Next is time to add some bread slices to your meal along with a hearty bowl of soup.

Teatime- A piping hot cup of green tea

Dinner- Either a bowl of soup or veg sandwich made with veggies can help in satiating those cravings.

It is essential to add either green tea or green coffee as it gives the body ample antioxidants and nutrients to sustain the diet.

Dos and don'ts:

Read the original here:
Weight loss: You can lose 3 kgs in a week with this diet plan - Times of India

Christmas and new year holidays are traditionally over Laden with different meats table, so after a series of feasts many are faced with the problem of excess weight. For those who miscalculated and went too far with her beloved Olivier, nutritionists told me how to lose weight quickly after the New year.

To speed up the process and a week to demonstrate a trim figure will help a few useful habits. To implement the recommendations of nutritionists advise in the morning. After the Christmas holidays to start the day is with Breakfast with a high content of easily digestible protein. This will allow to decrease appetite and reduce the hunger hormone ghrelin. For the morning meal, experts advise to choose boiled eggs, scrambled eggs, cheese, nuts and Greek yogurt with fruit. You also need the morning drink 2 glasses of water. This habit accelerates metabolism by about 30% and reduces the amount of consumption for Breakfast calories. Another useful rule, called morning weigh-in. This allows to evaluate intermediate results and to increase motivation. Will positively affect the process of weight loss and sunlight. Every morning should start with a walk in the fresh air. Also effective will be the work plan over their own bodies. It is recommended to include swimming or fitness. Especially useful will be the morning session. To give preference nutritionists suggest strength training and cardio. Will help in weight loss and restful sleep.

Your diet specialists recommend to plan ahead. This will correct no snacks and dinners in restaurants. Be sure to monitor the amount of calories consumed. From public transport to new year period should be discarded. To replace it will help Hiking. And the last recommendation is to start a food diary. It is necessary to record all foods eaten per day and physical exercise. At the same time need to count calories burned. It will quickly determine what is easier to drop weight.

Maria Batterburyis a general assignment reporter at the Saxon. She has covered sports, entertainment and many other beats in her journalism career, and has lived in Manhattan for more than 8 years. Vivian has appeared periodically on national television shows and has been published in (among others) NPR, Politico, The Atlantic, Harpers, Wired.com, Vice and Salon.com..

More:
Nutritionists told how to lose weight quickly after the holidays - The Saxon

If you work a 9-5 job, and have been trying to lose weight for a while now, you already know that it's not an easy task. But it's not impossible either.

It is only when the going gets tough, the tough get going! And with this incredible analogy, wed like to introduce you to 27-year-old Pankaj Prasad, who lost 10 kgs in 2 months despite working a 9-hour job, six days a week.

Says Pankaj, I work a 9-hour job, six days a week, and a little while ago, post-work I was also preparing for competitive exams. During this phase, I was as far away from exercising and eating healthy as I possibly could be. So naturally, my weight kept increasing. I also became prone to acidity and fatty liver disease.

"Though my ailments had not reached a very critical stage at that point, the way I looked in mirrors and photographs forced me to think about my future. I was also already not able to buy my favourite clothes! I decided that I needed to take an action to not just lead a disease-free life but also look and feel good in my own skin," he adds. "Thus, I commenced on the below weight loss plan to lose 10 kgs, and trim from 90 kgs to 80 kgs in 2 months."

After a lot of research, I commenced my weight loss journey by making three changes in my lifestyle and following a basic exercise routine.

1. I bought a fitness band and started tracking my daily movement with it. I made sure that I walked more than 12000 steps every day. Some days Id even walk upto 20,000 steps in one day!

2. I replaced my daily cup of milk tea with green tea.

3. I also made sure that I clocked 4000 steps in the morning, before going to work this was mandatory!

QUICK READ: 5 ways to lose weight by walking with these effective, easy-to-do health tricks

I was addicted to tea but I substituted my early morning cup of tea with a glass of lukewarm lemon water. Earlier, Id consume at least 5 cups of tea daily but I reluctantly shifted to two cups of green tea in a day it made a great difference. I also stuck to only eating home-cooked food. Below is the diet plan I resorted to."

Id begin my day at 5:30 am with a glass of lukewarm lemon water and then clock in 4000 steps. After which, this is what I ate through the day:

Breakfast: Oats/Poha/Besan ka Chilla/ Partha with Veggies with a cup of Green Tea or Herbal Tea

Mid-morning snacks: 4 Oats Biscuit with a cup of Green Tea

Lunch: Home-made Roti made from Multigrain atta + Veggies + Salad + one glass of diluted Apple Cider Vinegar

Post-lunch: A cup of Green Tea

Evening snacks: One Banana, or Apple or Pomegranate or any other fruits and one cup of Milk Tea/Black Coffee/Green Tea

Dinner: Home-made Roti + Veggies + Dal

Before-bed: A glass of Water with 1 spoon of Psyllium husk

"My exercise routine could be divided in two parts - morning and evening.

Walk 2000 steps. Post completing this target, Id do some aerobics or include running for at least 10 minutes to meet my target of 12,000 steps.

Id hit the gym in the evening. My main workout would comprise cardio to lose weight and bit of leg raises and plank and crunches to flatten my stomach. To break it down further:

Treadmill exercises -

10 minutes of walking at 6km/hr

10 mins of running at 9km/hr speed

2 min of high-speed running of 12km/hr

Skipping ropes and jumping jacks - 20 x 3 each

Crunches - 24 crunches on every alternate days: 12, 8 and 4 times"

My weight loss journey has just started. I will lose some more weight in the coming months in order to reach my goal of 72 kgs and a perfect body!

1. Don't wait for the next New Year to make a resolution to lose weight. The best time to start this journey is now!

2. Don't just follow any specific diet without knowing your strengths and weaknesses. Try to make a diet plan which you can sustain for your lifestyle, otherwise you will end up doing nothing.

3. There is no such thing as a cheat day or cheat food. You have to work hard daily!

4. Consistency and patience are the only keys to success."

Disclaimer: The diet and workout routines shared by the respondents may or may not be approved by diet and fitness experts. GQ India doesn't encourage or endorse the weight loss tips & tricks shared by the person in the article. Please consult an authorised medical professional before following any specific diet or workout routine mentioned above.

NOW READ

Forget resolutions: Follow these diet tips for optimal wellbeing in 2020

How to lose weight without going to the gym, according to this guy who lost 12 kgs in 4 months

Dopamine fasting: Why everyone is reducing the feel-good hormone in the name of wellness

More on Fitness

Original post:
How to lose weight like this guy who lost 10 kgs in 2 months by making these 3 changes in his lifestyle - GQ India

Avoid the crash diets to get a leaner, fitter you this year

BelfastTelegraph.co.uk

January usually happens like clockwork: a slew of new self-help books, articles and slimming blogs encourage you to 'be your best self', often by adopting a radical new diet that promises to blitz those spare inches around your waist for good.

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/weekend/avoid-the-crash-diets-to-get-a-leaner-fitter-you-this-year-38847944.html

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/weekend/5eab7/38847942.ece/AUTOCROP/h342/2020-01-11_lif_56141821_I4.JPG

January usually happens like clockwork: a slew of new self-help books, articles and slimming blogs encourage you to 'be your best self', often by adopting a radical new diet that promises to blitz those spare inches around your waist for good.

The problem is, many crash diets encourage periods of miserable fasting and cutting out sometimes entire food groups overnight, and demonise food to the point where your whole relationship with eating can be under threat.

According to fitness guru Joe Wicks -who has successfully helped thousands of people to lose weight - staying on these restrictive diets for a long period of time is often unrealistic and unhealthy. Even if you do lose weight initially, it's not unusual to gain it again (plus even more, in some cases) before the spring comes around.

Thankfully, attitudes around diet culture are changing. A new survey commissioned by recipe box company Gousto (gousto.co.uk) has found two-thirds (68%) of UK adults believe the one-size-fits-all model just doesn't work.

So, how can you shed those excess pounds in a safe and effective way? We asked Wicks to give us some quick tips...

Why should people avoid restrictive diets in January?

"It's the time of year now where everyone wants to make changes to their life, whether that's with exercise or food, but the last thing you want to do - especially if you're someone who really loves food - is to go on a low-calorie diet," says Wicks, 33.

"Sure, it will work in the short-term and you'll probably lose weight on the scales, but emotionally it's going to absolutely ruin you. You're going to be so exhausted, you won't enjoy it and it's not going to be a sustainable approach.

"Try to think about a long-term vision, as opposed to a quick crash diet. Incorporate it with exercise and cooking with fresh ingredients at home; you're much more likely to succeed throughout the year."

Why do people fail at New Year's diets?

"Because they're awful, aren't they? Dieting is normally all about how little you can eat and how much exercise you can do. When you combine those two things, it effects your sleep, your mood and your energy levels.

"If I could give you one tip, it's to focus on getting yourself moving instead. I always tell people to start with 15-20 minutes a day of exercise at home; this will get your energy levels up and your self-esteem boosted. Exercising is going to have a massive effect on your food choices and your ability to go into the kitchen and cook yourself something healthy.

"Trying to do everything all at once is a bit much," he adds. "Focus on fitness first, and the rest will hopefully follow."

What other tips do you have for those looking to lose weight this year?

"Have a look at your portion control. I'm not saying to count calories, but to keep your plate to a healthy size. The good thing about exercise is that it elevates your mental health and your mood so much that you don't want to go and put junk food in your body afterwards. Meal prepping is one of the best things you can do, too. If you leave the house without food, you're going to grab options on-the-go, which will likely be unhealthy convenience food.

"That's fine to do once or twice a week, but if you're doing it a lot, you're never going to truly know exactly how much you're consuming.

"The simple act of making some overnight oats for breakfast, or a salad for lunch can make a huge difference over time when it comes to staying lean."

What are your favourite ingredients for healthy eating?

"I really think it's great to have chopped tomatoes, coconut milk, curry powder, spices and tins of lentils, pulses, grains and beans in your cupboard. With these key ingredients, you can make really amazing veggie curries, or you could throw some chicken in there for some extra protein. Rice is also a great staple for making quick stir-fries after work.

"There's no magic fat-loss food; it's all about getting a good balance of everything and getting lots of fruits and veg in your diet.

"It's good to be a bit intuitive with it - ask yourself what foods make you feel energised and healthy?

"Don't think you have to jump onto a certain diet because everyone else is doing it."

Do you follow a flexitarian diet yourself?

"Yes. I eat a lot of veggie meals and with Gousto, I get four recipe boxes delivered per week that I can make at home. Three of those will be vegetarian and one will be meat-based.

"That's a massive step for me. During the process of researching and writing my veggie cookbook, Veggie Lean in 15 (16.99, Pan Macmillan), I realised that you can get really amazing food as a vegetarian. I'm still not fully committed to going hardcore vegan though."

Many people feel like they don't have time to cook healthily, do you think that's untrue?

"I really think you have to remove that time barrier from your mind.

"We know full well that we can smash a Netflix series in a couple of days or watch our soaps, so we can all find half an hour to exercise or cook well - if we prioritise it.

"It doesn't need to be hours in the kitchen either.

"My whole philosophy with my Lean in 15 series is that you can make a really healthy and nutritious meal in just 15 minutes, and have some leftover for lunch the next day.

"It's that kind of mentality of prepping in advance and being organised that works in the long-run."

Belfast Telegraph

View post:
Avoid the crash diets to get a leaner, fitter you this year - Belfast Telegraph

We all know that worshipping at the altar of appearances and gimmicky weight-loss fads is so 2019. So why didn't Khloe Kardashian get the memo?

The only way to lose weight is to eat more healthy food and train ranted fitness fan Vogue Williams who accused Khloe Kardashian of tricking fans into buying a Flat Tummy Shake for the 'sake of a quick buck'.

The US-based mogul faced backlash from her followers after urging them to buy a 'shake-like' product that could help them achieve a slimmer-looking midrift.

She told her followers: "Ive posted with @flattummycos Shakes many times in the past and YES, I also use a personal trainer and a nutritionist. But seriously guys, everything counts. THESE SHAKES WORK to help get that tummy back to flat, especially after a super busy holiday season, and thats exactly what Ive been doing."

Mother to the adorable Theodore, Dubliner Vogue Williams hit out at reality star saying that the post 'annoyed' her and that the shakes were 'ridiculous'. Vogue posted on her Instagram stories: Flat tummy shakes DO NOT WORK. This is all done for money, please don't believe it. The only way to lose weight is to eat more healthy foods and train. Shame on you Khloe Kardashian, you know this is bulls***."

She added that although she is a fan of the Kardashian franchise, this was a step too far. "Money isn't everything and they shouldn't be pushing ridiculous products on people who trust them.

In the post uploaded by Khloe Kardashian, she is sitting cross-legged at the gym on a yoga mat, posing in fitness gear and showing off a pink Flat Tummy Shake bottle to the camera. She continues: "Start 2020 off right and get back on track, their New Year, New Tummy Sale is in full swing. Trust me, guys"

Former Britain's Next Top Model contestant Holly Carpenter was one of the first of her followers to call her out. She wrote: Ffs girl with a hand-in-your-face emoji indicating the misstep. Meanwhile, body-confidence activist Jameela Jamil also added her own take to the controversial paid partnership. She has been critical of Khloe Kardashian in the past for promoting weight-loss products, urging her to please be 'smarter than that'.

This week she shared a screen-shot of the post writing 'Blah blah blah eating disorder culture blah blah, captioning the picture with: IS SHE POOR?'

Shemessaged the Keeping Up With The Kardashian's star directly months back, writing: "It's incredibly awful that this industry bullied you until you became this fixated on your appearance. That's the media's fault. But now please don't put that back into the world and hurt other girls the way you have been hurt."

Many fans too felt that this latest post was a step too far for their idol. "Stop posting this garbage, wrote one. Another said: "Love you and love your commitment to health and fitness. But pushing these products is wrong. They are not about health."

There are thousands of comments calling her out for collaborating with the brand that promotes the so-called 'diet culture', saying they are disappointed in such an alignment. You were the only real one, in my opinion. But this.... no, we are done."

Instagram user Mimi86 hit the nail on the head. "Stop posting this nonsense. You have such a good platform to be a great role model. What the hell are you doing?

'Selling out' to your fans and asking them to 'trust you' risks exploiting the already confusing relationship between celebrity and follower. Could this be the beginning of the end of this type of advertising by this type of celebrity?

Here's hoping.

Image via Instagram

Continued here:
'Trust me, guys': The sell-out post that prompted Kardashian fans to finally turn on their idol - image.ie

Page 62«..1020..61626364..7080..»

Home » Lose Weight Quickly » Page 62