Sunday, February 8, 2009

Many women, though they are aware of their overweight do not take any steps to reduce weight. So the first important step is to motivate yourself to reduce weight. The second step to lose weight is to change your food habits. Reduce food intake and go for a balanced diet with vegetables and fruits. The basic principles for weight management revolve around the intake and expenditure of calories. To maintain weight one must ensure that the calories consumed are equal to the calories expended.

Though there are many modern techniques and treatments available for weight loss, there are many simple home remedies one can follow to reduce weight.

13 Simple Home Remedies to Reduce Weight:
1. Salt helps in reducing weight. Add limejuice and salt to lukewarm water and drink empty stomach in the morning to reduce weight.

2. Eating 10-12 fully grown curry leaves every morning for 3 to 4 months may be helpful in weight loss for obese and overweight people.

3. Soak 4 to 5 garlic pieces in milk and boil it till the milk is reduced to half. Eat the garlic along with the milk. Garlic helps in removing the unnecessary fat from the body.

4. Regularly taking cow's milk with honey also helps in reducing weight.

5. Grind carrot and add to butter milk and drink regularly to lose weight.

6. Mix black pepper powder in vegetable soup and vegetables. It not only enhances the flavour of your food items but also helps in controlling obesity and burning excessive fat.

7. Eat papaya or vegetable soup as your dinner for 2-3 months if you want a quick weight loss. This works in controlling obesity.

8. Drink green tea or ginger tea as ginger is very effective in burning excessive fat in your body.

9. Prepare a drink by adding half teaspoon fresh honey and half teaspoon fresh tulsi paste in a luke warm water. It is an effective home remedy for obesity control.

10. You can also try this most common and simple home remedy for obesity. Add half teaspoon fresh lemon juice and half teaspoon fresh honey in a luke warm water. Take this every morning with an empty stomach.

11. Horse gram is also very effective in controlling obesity. Soak 1-2 tablespoon of horse gram in a glass of water and allow it to rest overnight and take the soaked solution every morning in an empty stomach.

12. Eat a lot of cabbage, can eat as a salad or added to other food. Try to replace one meal with a cabbage meal.

13. Eating a tomato in the morning before breakfast for 3 to 4 months may be helpful in weight loss for obese and overweight people.

Apart from the above, do simple exercises like walking. It is always better to have food to your half stomach. By doing so, you will also be able to do your work with much ease. Do not sleep after having your full meals. Eat your food slowly and enjoy your food. Avoid fat rich food and reuce the intake of milk products, drink skimmed milk and soups. Avoid eating while watching TV or chatting with friends. Reduce the intake of soft drinks, coffee, tea, instead take fresh juices and tender coconut.

So to put it in a nutshell you need to take a balanced diet which will suit your body and nature of work. Balanced diet is all about ensuring adequate intake of nutrients that we need every day. Good nutrition results in overall wellness. So what are you waiting for??? Lose those unwanted pounds and look and feel great.

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