Diet

When dieting, a lot of the emphasis is on food intake. Viewing foods in terms of calorie content can be beneficial, but only to a very small extent. Just about every good-tasting food seems to be high in calories! Calorie counters see the high content and instead of eating a small portion of it, decide not to eat it at all. This leads to a severe restriction in food intake, which can only be kept up for so long. Eventually, we all break down–whether it be because of a bad day, or being tired, or just being too hungry, we end up binging and quitting our unrealistic diets. With this break, whatever weight we lost comes back in force. Good food intake in a diet is important. But there are limits to how much we should restrict it. If you really want to eat something, eat it! But eat less.

When we’re hungry, it’s usually because we ⓐ just worked very hard and are feeling drained ⓑ are physically exhausted after excessive exercise ⓒ are very stressed. Hunger is our body’s way of telling us that we need nutrients to replenish energy and to stay working properly. So, you should in fact eat when you’re hungry–the only question is of how much. Eating too much at once will lead to weight gain, so we need to make sure we eat the proper amounts at the proper times. However, if you don’t eat when your body tells you it’s hungry, when you ultimately do eat it’s likely that your intake will get out of control.

In our daily life, there may be meetings we can’t avoid. The food at these meetings or parties often varies and tastes very good. So we tend to eat it in excess and end up feeling bloated and full. If we have a digestive disorder, our body will feel listless, tired and without energy. To comfort the body, stomach should be comfortable. For this, we have to reduce our food intake for every meal. Especially at meetings and other special occassions, we should decide how much we plan to eat before we start, and then eat it slowly by chewing our food.

Exercise

The main reason that we modern people don’t try dieting properly is that we feel like we don’t have enough time to exercise. Many of us have heard that as little as 30 minutes of exercise in one sitting is effective, but we feel like even that is too much. With this mindset, it’s almost impossible to start a diet with exercise. But what most of us don’t realize is that it’s possible to have an undemanding exercise routine that we can do easily every day. The easiest starting point is by simply walking. Even if you can’t find the time to take a 30 minute hike, even 5 or 10 minutes is better than nothing. Make sure to remember that walking is just that–walking. It’s not running a marathon, and you don’t have to act like it is. Walk leisurely and enjoy yourself, knowing that you’re getting in shape in the process! Your exercise starts when you make up your mind to begin–the first step is the hardest, but we assure you each following one will be easier. So take a walk!

When we’re driving, we need to have our foot on the gas in order to go forward. The same goes for exercise–if you want to improve your body, you must get in gear and keep moving forward. When you choose an exercise, the most important thing is whether or not you can easily do it. After that, the question becomes whether or not you can maintain it even after you’ve completed your treatment. You can take a walk almost anywhere, at any time. Do you want to have beautiful slim body? Just walk anytime you can! And remember, if your foot isn’t on the gas the car won’t move. Just the same, you can’t get in shape if you aren’t pushing forward!