Learning is not the milestone but a constant process, these words proved true when we started learning the basic fundamentals of weight loss. There are some myths and misconceptions about weight loss, metabolism and weight loss. When you cross the age of 30 years you should be conscious about certain diseases or medical conditions.

• 1. High Blood Sugar
• 2. High Blood Pressure
• 3. Obesity or excess Fat

We as a couple are just crossing this age of 30 years, so we decided to make a little shift to the way we are looking at our lifestyle and health. We went to nearby hospital for complete health checkup. The reports were normal but my husband had  little bit more fat than it should be as per his height. Blood pressure and Blood sugar were in normal range which was a big relief to us.

Then we consulted with the doctor to discuss our reports, we were expecting something usual for staying healthy but what we learnt were eye opening to us. Here is the gist of our conversation with the doctor and the learning we had from it.

1. Weight Gain is caused due to excess amount of fat deposited to your body, which is result of consumption of higher calories than your body needs.

2. Your diet (especially after the age of 30 years) should be healthy and balanced, oil, fats and sugar should be controlled in a way that you don’t consume excessive amount of fats and sugar on weekly average basis.

3. Daily 30 minutes of light exercise (walking, playing with kids, swimming, jogging) or 15 minutes of hard exercise (like rope jumping, running on a constant high speed on treadmill or nearby park, or any other cardiovascular exercise) is essential for healthy body

4. Weight Loss is function of calorie consumption and not exercise. Exercise will increase your fitness and stamina but it has hardly anything to do with weight loss though you burn some calories in it.

5. For effective weight loss you should keep a close watch on calorie consumption on daily basis. Choose your meals in a way that you don’t consume more than 1500 calories in a day if you are leading inactive life.

6. If you have certain physical activities in your daily routine, then you should consume up to 2000 calories per day.

7. If you are overweight your BMI (Body Mass Index) is above 26 then you should consume 1500 calories with 30 minutes of extreme cardiovascular exercise.

8. Drink at least 4 liter of water in a day, prefer drinking cold water in a stretch that will burn calories in higher rate. Take some sips of water in every 30 minutes

9. Calculate your BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) and schedule your meals accordingly for optimum calorie consumption.

10. Do not consume alcohol and stay away from smoking

11. Observe fasting at least once in two weeks (twice a month) that will give some space to your body so that it will adjust extra calories and fat

12. Have every Sunday as feast day, don’t think about calories, sugar or any health topic and just eat whatever you want to. This will give you moral support and satisfaction so that you can stick to your regime for next 6 days.

I knew that drinking a lots of water is beneficial for health but i never knew that drinking water in certain way, at certain time and in certain quantity is a greatest secret for Weight Loss. Water is one of the most effective way to lose weight natural way without much dieting or hard exercise. Apart from keeping your body hydrated and protecting your body from various diseases, Water is the greatest way to lose weight, let’s take a look how it may happen!

I was reading a recent studies on techniques for drinking water for weight loss, and I came to know that timing and quantity is very important for drinking water. It says that drinking 2 glasses of water before each meal will keep your stomach full and prevent you from overeating that is the biggest cause for weight gain. So first rule is to drink 2 glasses of water before each meal.

Another reason for adding more pounds to your body is various soft and hard drinks available in market which are full of sugar and calories. I am not getting into other disadvantages of these soft drinks but it definitely one of the biggest cause of weight gain and makes you fat. Keep drinking some water every hour will satisfy your thirst and keep you away from these soft drinks. So second rule is to keep drinking some water every hour and keep yourself fully hydrated.

This deliberately replaces other calorie laden drinks with water. Instead of drinking cold coffee, tea, canned juice, or other drinks which are full of calories and sugar, water is the best alternative of them all. So the third rule is to replace all other drinks with water.

If you are doing workouts or yoga for weight loss, then all weight loss exercises suggests drinking lots of water. That is because water boosts up fat burning process in your body. If you don’t drink enough water then the fat burning process will slow down and you may not get desired results from your exercise or yoga. So rule number four is to drink enough water when you are doing yoga or exercise for weight loss.

The other way around, If you drink less water then it will make you dehydrated, which will result in tiredness which will lower your stamina for workouts and other physical activities. So rule number five is to keep drinking water to maintain your stamina for physical activities which directly results in weight loss.

We usually eat fiber as weight loss diet, but very few of us know that eating fiber without drinking enough water will not make any benefit in terms of weight loss but instead it will cause constipation. So rule number six is to drink enough water to digest fiber in your body which is a great weight loss nutrient.

Another study I went through clearly states that drinking cold water speed your metabolism. So drinking plenty of water becomes essential for proper diet and fat burn process in your body. Rule number seven says drink plenty of water to speed up your metabolism.

Following these Seven Rules for Weight Loss with Water will help you to shed extra pounds in your body and prove that water is the greatest way for weight loss.

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