5 BEST TIPS ON HOW TO LOSE WEIGHT AT HOME

You didn’t gain your weight in one day; you won’t lose it in one day. Be patient with yourself

– Jenna Wolfe

Hello Readers , I hope you all are doing well! So before getting into the tips on how to lose weight during quarantine, first let’s understand what are the types of fats and different ways that your gaining weight during quarantine.

HOW YOU ARE GAINING WEIGHT DURING THIS QUARANTINE

• Consuming excess of calories. Basically excess calories are stored throughout your body as fat. Your body stores this fats within specialised fat cells (adipose tissue)

• Consuming unhealthy food

• Sitting in one place for too long

• Disturbed sleep pattern

• Lack of physical activity

TIPS ON HOW TO LOSE WEIGHT DURING QUARANTINE

1. ADD PROTEIN TO YOUR DIET

You need to understand why everyone gives so much importance to proteins when it comes to losing weight, that is because by replacing fats and carbs with protein, you can reduce the hunger hormone and boost several satiety hormones. This leads to major reduction in hunger. And that’s how proteins help you lose weight.

I’ve given a list of food high in protein and easy recipes that you can consume throughout your quarantine in right quantity.

→ Non-veg:

• Boiled eggs

• Fish (tuna, salmon, herring are some healthy fish)

• Chicken salad (Preferably boneless chicken or chicken breast)

(IMPORTANT NOTE- TRY TO AVOID NON-VEG DURING THIS CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK)

→ Veg:

• Tofu. (Healthy tofu with stir fried vegetables)

• Lentils

Click here for “One Pot Lentil Recipe”

• Nuts (walnut, pistachios, almonds, cashews, brazil nuts) Whenever you feel hungry and crave unhealthy snacks, consume any of these to give you a feeling of fullness, that way you won’t consume unhealthy food that will add fats to your body

• Peanut butter

• Whole grains

• Yoghurt

• Vegetable salad

2. EXERCISE

Now by exercise I don’t mean that you have to exercise like an athlete. It’s fine if you don’t want to exercise like that. I understand that not everyone has the privacy to exercise in their own house + not everyone will follow everything that is written on the internet. So keeping all this points in my head I will give you the most easiest yet effective exercise that you can do in your house even after this quarantine ends.

• Skipping is an excellent way to reduce weight in the house.

• Dancing. There are so many forms of dancing like zumba, hip-hip, freestyle. Any form of dance definitely reduces your weight.

• Walking. DO NOT IGNORE THIS. Walking in your own house for 30 minutes everyday especially after your meals is easiest way to lose weight during quarantine. Do this especially after your meals because during quarantine there is lack of physical activity so people tend to sit or sleep after their meals directly which is unhealthy for your body. So walk for 30 mins and see the difference.

• Yoga. There are so many asanas you can to reduce weight and yoga improve your metabolism as well.

• Crunches to reduce belly fats

• Planks to tighten your belly

3. GET A GOOD 7-8 HOURS OF SLEEP

The reason why I’m giving so much importance to sleep during quarantine is because disturbed sleep pattern can highly affect your entire digestive system and your health. If you do not sleep well, your appetite will be affected to a great extent.

Research has shown that lack of sleep can lead to weight gain. Also, sleep deprivation reduces leptin hormone that helps to regulate energy balance by inhibiting hunger.

Over sleeping on the other hand is equally unhealthy because your missing your breakfast which is the most important part to start your day. Most of the schedules during quarantine include getting up at 1-2 pm and having breakfast at 3 pm and then skipping lunch and hoping onto your dinner. I won’t say anything but ask yourself is this healthy? Is this helpful to you anyway? And if you continue to do this same, you might wanna say Hie! to mental health problems. Let’s wish you never say hie to that buddy but incase if you get there so in advance here’s my another blog on how to reduce stress during quarantine. (Thank me later ♥)

HOW TO REDUCE STRESS DURING QUARANTINE

4. PLEASE DON’T LAY DOWN AND EAT

Do you remember your parents scolding you and saying something like “Don’t lay down and eat, orelse the food will get stuck in your chest ” Well they are not completely wrong, Eating while laying down is not just adding fats to your belly but at the same time eating lying down may increase the risk of developing gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), where the stomach’s content return back up into the oesophagus through the oesophageal sphincter, that controls the passage of food from the throat to the stomach.

Eating while laying down causes weight gain because your metabolisms slows down.

Now you know why you shouldn’t lay down and eat. So don’t lay down and eat.

5. WATCH YOUR DIET

I know lockdown is making some of us feel hungry all the time. But at some point even your parents won’t allow you to eat oily unhealthy food everyday no matter how long this quarantine is. I am not telling you to stop completely, because we all know “tasty food can heal broke hearts”, but make sure that you’re not consuming excess of unhealthy deep fried grilled foods. Sounds delicious, but you have to fight your food cravings if you want to reduce weight.

Here are the few healthy food and drinks that you can have instead of processed food and fizzy drinks because trust me those processed food and drinks are really harming your pretty body.

• Roasted chana with chopped onions, tomatoes, olive oil is healthy snack item

• Nutritious Bhel. Easiest! Light! & Delicious

• Omelette

• Red Rice Noodles

• For treat you can have Jam with chapati/brown bread

• Fruits

• Coconut water

• Drink refreshing lemon and cucumber drink.

• Lemonade

I hope these tips were helpful for you all because I tried my best to write the correct and effective tips instead of jotting down the points that don’t have a proper explanation. Everything written in this blog is effective if you follow correctly. Don’t worry if you’re gaining weight this quarantine! You still look adorable.

Take care !

Stay Home

Stay Safe

And keepithealthy