Showing posts with label Weight. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Weight. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Why Are You Dieting!!



Are you planning to diet?? Well before you say YES make sure the reason you choose for it is right. This is to bring under your knowledge because most of the times people end up giving wrong reasons, which ultimately doesn’t work wonders for them but can create blunders for sure. The most important aspect one must keep in mind prior jumping for dieting is to find your own motivation.

So why do we switch to dieting??

1. Getting rid of those extra pounds is the reason why we opt for dieting. Many of us especially females suffer from self-obsession and it begins from viewing ourselves in the mirror and it is then we realize someday that we are overweight. So at this very point it hits our mind that we need to lose some kilos and get back to our old body.

2. To acquire that additional physical fitness people often term this as a reason for dieting. Probably it can also be due to the desire to be able to do more things with the family that becomes a constraint if you are not physically fit. For some people short walks are little difficult to take up hence dancing, biking etc are simply out of question.

 3. Self realization is very important to change ourselves. So it is at times the realization of the fact that we could be cutting down few years of our already shot life by being overweight. It remains a hardcore fact that many of the diseases like those of heart are detected more in people who are overweight than under weight people.

4. We all know after having a long tiring day of work we are left with no energy to take up any activity thereafter. But losing weight is great way to keep us healthy, active and full of energy all day long.
Sometimes even sleeping ways also affect your energy levels. This will directly affect your work production. All is need is little bit of motivation to lose any number of kilos.

As we say save the best for the last..lets conclude by remembering that we didn’t gain those extra pounds in a day so we will not be able to lose it in a day either.

So these are the few common reasons listed above that why people decide to go on for a diet. These may or may not be the best of reasons to opt for a diet. All you need to keep in mind is stay motivated and focused regardless of the reason you have to shed extra weight.

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day!



Breakfast is said to be the most important meal of the day. Undeniably it is important but many of us ignore this fact due to n-number of reasons, for instance some say they don’t have enough time to prepare, some do not have enough food while others on diet stuck with an illusion that by not eating, they can cut down on calories.

Breakfast is not just a morning routine but if once we give it a thought, the interval between breakfast and dinner is of several hours. Our body glucose reserves are at minimum by the morning and hence it makes it important for us to refuel are body and rejuvenate are system by having a good healthy nutritious breakfast. We should eat breakfast not just because it is a morning routine. Few scientific facts further prove that people who eat breakfast are more likely to have:

- IMROVISED CONCENTRATION LEVELS: human brain requires glucose for its proper functioning, as glucose is a source of energy. Hence maintaining sufficient blood glucose level will accelerate brain functioning.

- PHYSICALLY ACTIVE WITH LONGER ENDURANCE: a day started with a healthy breakfast provides the body with high levels of energy, which in turn helps you to sustain whole day activity.

- DECREASED CHOLESTROL LEVEL: it is a proven fact that low cholesterol level reduces the risk of cardiovascular diseases. Few studies reveal that people who eat breakfast consume less dietary cholesterol than people who skip their morning meal.

- BETTER WEIGHT CONTROL: a person feels less hungry during the day if he /she have had a healthy breakfast in the morning. It may also make you go for lighter meals or short meals as your next meal. Breakfast eaters usually acquire low-fat and low calorie diets whereas non breakfast eaters end up having anything that comes in their way to fill in their tummy’s as they feel hungry later in the day. Therefore it may lead to unhealthy diet that definitely is cause for obesity.

To unveil the importance of breakfast few researchers have stressed upon having breakfast as a low fat diet would help in modifying the platelets activation further reducing the risk of heart attacks, sudden deaths, strokes and prevent blood clot formation.

So wake people and get rid of your old habits. Make it a point to have a healthy nutritious breakfast every morning.