New proposals for the new year or season

 

Everytime there is an important and joyful event looming such as spring, Carnival, New Year´s Eve, summer, etc. we launch a myriad of propositions and too many times we publicize them with the hope our family and friends will cooperate to relieve the burden to carry out them.

The most common in everybody´s mind though targets their body is to lose weight. However, a healthy and well balanced diet, regular physical exercise, meditation or relaxing techniques and other daily habits should be ingrained in everybody´s lifestyle.

There are some good reasonable remedies to take into account such as:

-start simple and small. Do not try to meet unrealistic goals. You have to write down a realistic plan and always keep a diary of your meals, workouts and routines for you to avoid the excess or any oblivion or unaccomplished norm or procedure in your schedule.

-do not skip meals nor starve at any time because you will guzzle at last and eat it up once the many meals you have skipped.

Besides your body will slow down the burn out of calories due that your body will reckon hunger and prepare itself by drawing out your metabolism

-practise daily meditation such as yoga, pray according with your faith or do breathing exercises to relax in order to avoid daily stress and anxiety that leads us to eat a lot and crave for food as a refuge for our anxiety and concerns.

-get enough sleep (at least six hours and a half) and water daily ( from one and a half litre onwards of water or other watery liquids such as tea or soup).

-some food will help you to deceive your body as if you were filled up and you would cut on calories on your daily intake of meals. These are the food tricksters:

*drink plenty of green tea, fennel seeds, cinnamon, rose petal, ginseng, dandelion, peppermint, milk thistle and sage tea.

*carrots, apples, tomatoes, cucumber, cabbage, cranberries, oranges, watermelon, asparagus, lettuce, tangerines, prunes, peaches and all watery vegetable and fruits.

*prepare a low-calorie dressing for your salads and meals mixing up any of these ingredients lemon, apple vinegar, coconut oil or gourd juice,with black pepper, plain yogurt, honey, parsley and hot spicies such as chilli peppers that contain capsaicin which is natural substance that increases fat tissues burning and metabolism.

*eat a glass of water or a soup before your main dish as well as heat your food and meals, try to heat them even slightly as well as adding spices it will trick your stomach as if you were filled up of calories.

*never use juices or smoothies to avoid eating your whole fruits and vegetables, it will make you consume more calories at the end because your stomach is nearly empty. You have to cheat your stomach as if you had it full, besides it is healthier to eat the fibre of oranges, apples, etc.

*eat high fibre foods and whole grain pasta and cereals.

-avoid alcohol, sugar, salt, sweets and fizzy drinks as much as you can, though you can treat yourself sometimes especially you can indulge at events, weekends, celebrations or cheer up your mood if you feel like it very much.

-some useful tips whenever you eat is to use blue and small or médium size dishes and cutlery because your mind perceives these meals as bigger.

-never eat proteins at night and start cutting on calories after your afternoon snack. Always remind the popular proverb: have your breakfast like a prince/princess, your lunch like a king/queen and your dinner like a beggar.

-schedule a regular daily pattern of habits such as study/ work, meals, physical exercise, socialise, relax and sleep without skipping any of the five daily meals (breakfast, midday aperitif, lunch, afternoon snack and dinner).

-buy at supermarkets once you have eaten and always read food labels attentively and avoid stacking a lot of food and junk food in your kitchen because you will eat sooner than expected.

-get dynamic and establish a daily workout especially in the morning or evening when you are more prone to crave for food to replace your boredom, stress or anxiety.

-write down your objectives, assure yourself that they are realistic and tell your family and keep them in your sight and plans. Also if you can share the same goals with another person (family, friend, colleague, etc.) it will doubly easier and beneficial for both of you.

-do not reckon it as a weight loss agenda but on a long and healthy lifestyle and stop counting the exact amount of calories intake. You have to be reasonable in accordance with every season, week or daily lifestyle calories burning and intakes.

Be reasonable when you are stressed out at work or College because you can not cut down on calories when you need them most in a strenous period at work, school or uni because our brains and body will need enough calories to avoid fainting fits.

-change your daily habits to walk as much as possible every day, for example swap the lift for the stairs, walk to do your errands, walk the stairs instead of remaining on the escalators, etc.

                                         

 -add in more active hobbies and change your mindset about open air activities  in your free time such as going daily for a stroll, to the gym, park or countryside more frequently.

-enjoy social activities at daytime and open air such as taking photos of the city or surroundings, play paddle, golf, tennis with friends or go hiking, jogging or ride a bike with your friends, relatives or acquaitances, take your dog out, play with your children in the park, etc.

Besides you enlarge your circle of friends makings friends in meetup groups in your city or nearby to do your favourite sports or dynamic activities in your spare time. It is always trendy to join a club, besides you stay away of bad weather in summertime or beat the blues in autumn or winter and socialise in winter or summer sports in a chic and cool club nearby.