As the festive season begins, it brings along not just scrumptious food, but also oodles of calories. Ergo, it becomes a rather cumbersome task to maintain our waistline when mouth-watering home-made delicacies are served to us in the festive season. Here we have narrowed down a few Naturopathy tips to avoid the unnecessary weight gain that we encounter during the holidays:
Kick-start Your Day With A Bang!
Exercising in the morning ensures a fresh start to a day. It not only cleanses your mind but also helps you in keeping fit. You can perform any form of calorie-burning exercise that you prefer, could be a set of crunches, coupled with Pilates, brisk walking and even yoga & meditation to tranquil your mind. Few minutes of workout in the morning will burn a lot more calories than you think.
Go 100% Alkaline For Breakfast
This one is the rule of thumb! Even if the festive celebrations start off later in the evenings, you should never skip out a power-packed alkaline breakfast as it is the most crucial meal of the day. A calorie-heavy breakfast, that requires minimal digestive effort, will give you all the energy you need to sustain till lunch. One complete alkaline meal will help the body detox better, heal the body, improve your metabolism and help you deal with the other ‘not-so-healthy’ meal options during the day. Have fresh fruits, soaked dry fruits, sprouts, fresh fruit juices, lemon honey water, coconut water, etc. to give your body that much needed alkaline kick-start to your day.
Chew Slowly
Indeed, your to-do list would be never ending as you’d be doing a lot of things like shopping, visiting people, guests coming over, etc. However, you mustn’t compromise with your mealtime, since eating fast is a super-quick recipe for an expanded waistline. So chew slowly, as the faster you’ll eat, the more air you’ll swallow, leading you to feel bloated throughout the day. Chew every morsel at least 16 times for the sake of a fitter you.
Choose Small Portion Size
Take small portion sizes of the dishes that you crave for. This way, you can not only watch out the amount of calories that you are consuming, but also curb down consuming large quantities of food. Be very picky & finicky about what to put into your plate. Choose more of whole or freshly-cut fruits instead of consuming processed foods.
Hydrate Yourself Well
Yes, it’s true that since fall has arrived, you don’t feel much thirsty but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t drink much water. Reason being, it is extremely vital to hydrate yourself well. Keep drinking glasses of water throughout the day, by doing this you won’t feel famished & won’t hog on just about everything! Target 15-16 glasses of water a day; never drink more than 1-2 glasses at a time. Have neutral water (neither hot nor cold) to get the best benefits.
Above are a few tips one can follow in order to keep the holiday weight-gain at bay. Other than that, one can drink a glass of warm water with lemon squeezed in it first thing in the morning. All these natural remedies are very effective in getting rid of the flab naturally.
