Support to loose weight

[sharonfern1]

Lets form a group on this forum to loose weight and follow up on diet and excercise

[sharonfern1]

I am 5 feet 4 inches 70 Kgs. My aim is loose 10 kgs in 6 months.

[sabmeh]

I will join group. I want to loose 10 lbs in 4 months. I have started walking for 30 minutes veberyday. I will take care of diet from next week as this week has been busy for me.

[pannu2000]

I want loose 10 kgs in 1 year. I am cutting backl on sugar,rice,potato. Will start walking from this week. Planning to walk 30 minutes intially

[sulu2000]

I am also trying to loose weight. Here are some of the tips n tricks I do
Start my lunch with salad and then eat main lunch.
Start my dinner with soup followed by main course.
Drink lot of fluids
Cut down on sugar,rice,potatoes
Drink 3 glasses of water to flush toxins.
With my schedule I cannot exercise everyday..although this should not be an excuse for being lazy.
I try to walk 15 minutes 3 times a day whenever I get some time.
I avoid soda,chips,choclates,cakes.
I keep fruits and dark choclate handy to satisfy my sweet tooth

[suminaik10]

I am on the same track. I wil try to follow these tips until I plan regular schedule to exercise.

[mukti]

I have tried this and this helped me to loose 2 lbs in one week.
I drink 1 liter of lukewarm water first thing in the morning. along with exercise and diet.

[sharonfern1]

I have increased my walking time for 15 minutes to 30 minutes.

[shaila45]

Can I add some more tips
Switch from bigger plates to smaller plates
Increase intake of fluid along with water.
Replace junk food with healthy snacks like fruits,nuts

[mukti]

Chicken salad, you can have this at dinner,lunch or anytime
Half chicken boiled and shredded,1 bunch of spring onions , 1 cup of Pineapple chopped , 10 olives , A small bunch of Parsley ,2 tomatoes,Salt and Pepper to taste, 2 teaspoon Olive oil, Tabasco sauce or tomato sauce

METHOD
Put chicken in the bowl. Add the spring onions chopped along with white onions. Add chopped Olives. Add chopped tomatoes. Add chopped pineapple to the bowl. Now sprinkle salt and pepper as per your taste. Toss the salad. Sprinkle the olive oil over the salad. Toss again. Decorate with parsley on top

You can eat with Tabasco sauce or tomato sauce. This salad is high in proteins and aids in weight loss.

[sabmeh]

Most of the time when you feel urge to snack it may be urge to hydrate your body. To avoid eating snacks all time, first thing when you feel hungry is drink ICE COLD WATER and if you are still hungry go for healthy snacks like nuts,fruits,carrots.
I am stressing ice cold water as I found I eat less when I drink ice cold water than regular water. DO not drink ice cold water before,after or during main meals as it weakens the digestive fire.

[shailunaipal]

Sabmeh, I am little but confused about drinking ICE COLD WATER. You have mentioned not to drink ice cold water during ,after and before meals.
When should we be drinking ice cold water ?

[sabmeh]

I am sorry baout it. I did not explain it right. When you are eating your main meals like breakfast,lunch and dinner so not drink cold water within 30 minutes before and after.
Other times when you drink water drink ice cold water. Make sure you are not prone to cold and cough before you try it.

[surabinaik]

I want to join the group my goal is loosing 2 kilos per month. I want to keep realistic goal so i can follow and get motivated . I have started walking 15 minutes per day. I will increase time as days pass by. I will start fasting on liquid diet for 12 hrs on Mondays.

[rajmiarun]

Count me in too, I have started loosing weight; I am not dieting but I am eating healthy food and exercising regularly. I do Surya namaskaram and also started walking. I have stopped snacking, and whenever I feel like doing so, I take fresh juice, either tomato or fresh lime or something like that, this energizes me and at the same time, it have given me strength too.

I eat lots of fruits and vegetable salads too.

[armule12]

I want to join losing weight group. I exercise regualrly but I need something to motivate myslef and I guess this will be good group to keep me motivating

[sabmeh]

rajmiarun, Do you make fresh tomato juice? can you please post the method on how to make fresh tomato juice.

[rajmiarun]

Dear Sabmeh,
This is how I make fresh Tomato Juice:

2 Ripe Tomatoes (Banglore Tomatoes are the best)
Sugar (if you are a sugar patient, or prone to it, then you can take salt and pepper powder)

Boil whole tomatoes in a bowl (make sure that the tomatoes are submerged).
Let it cool down. Remove and peel the skin. If you are careful, you will peel only the skin and leave the flesh intact. But if you feel that a little of the flesh is still in the skin, then take a small cup of water and put the skin and squeeze out the flesh.

Make a fine paste of the two tomatoes. Then add sugar or salt and pepper. Add water to make it slightly thinner. This will be a filling food.

You can take bananas also as a snack.

Cut bananas into small pieces. Sprinkle a spoon of sugar over it and mix it thoroughly. Keep in fridge for some time and you can eat it; or just add a cup of chilled milk to the banana and have it. (The taste is great).

You can make banana milkshake also as a fresh juice.

[rajmiarun]

Dear Sabmeh,
You have in one of your posts have said that when need of snacking you can have carrots. What I do in general is whenever I find time, I just scrape the carrots and keep it in fridge and use it. Along with this, I have sprouted moong or soaked and drained moong dal. This is a healthy and filling snack. To the carrot and moongdal mixture you can garnish with coriander leaves, pudina leaves, curry leaves also if you like.

[sabmeh]

RajmiArun
Thanks for the recipe n all ur healthy tips. I will try to follow it, I like sprouted mong. I tried your tomato juice recipe and it is yummy...surprisingly my hubby liked it who doesnt like to eat healthy food.

[rajmiarun]

Dear Sabmeh,
That is really nice to hear that your husband liked it. It helps to have a filling meal and also something to drink. Thats why I take it.

Keeping looking out in my thread for healthy soups and healthy foods to loose weight. I will try to squeeze out my time to post more recipies and tips.

[lavanya]

hi friends, i am lavanya.... Its all very nice to see you all together to support each other in lossing weight. Very interesting... Well, dont want to loose weight any more, but i would like to give some tips which helped in personally to loose weight.

Currently i am in Uk. I put on weight after my delivery, and once i stoped feeding......hooo god i really put another 10 kg extra. I had a traget to looose my weight and come back to normal before my daughters 1st birthday.....and i did it, and i also lost extra few pound, which really made me so happy and people started to appriciate me and really too suprised to see me like this. I basically use to be 54 kg before i got pregnant ,and but on 18 kg extra. Well......i will stop and come straight to the point.....

Well, once you decided to loose weight, follow the steps ( which i followed and really worked for me)

1. Drink plenty of water
2. I use to go for walking in morning for solid one hr. ( Plz do this regularly at any cost. At first it may seem as if there is no use, but it is very useful and very effective)
3. Eat only chappati in nighttime, and that too only 3 chapathi without any curry or side dish.
4. go for some extra activity like swimming or shuttle , just 1 -2 hr a week ( and i use to play shuttle for 2 hrs in a week.)
5. The 5th tip is something i did, but i dont want anyone to follow if they dont like. It is not gud for health, but because i wanted to loose weight i did it for just one month............so friends plz dont mistake me to give such a tip....Well that tip is skipping th break fast. I know it is not a gud advice, but still i did for 1 month which gave me grt change. But once i came back to my 50 kg fig, i started to take my breakfast........So if you know like plz leave it..You can just follow the first 4 tips..

friends sorry for posting such a big reply..........Do trust me, i did it and i came back from 69 to 50 kg in just 3 months.

[revip007]

Lavanya, no useful postinng is big posting. When you hear real story about loosing weight it is more motivating. I would agree to all your tips except skipping breakfast as I read that skipping breakfast is not healthy.
You have really put in efforts to loose those extra pounds.

[lavanya]

ya revi , i agree with you...skipping breakfast is not so healthy. I think i too have told the same in my post, and thats the reason i told people not to follow that if they dont wish, and it purely that i followed and not a advice my anyone.......

[sabmeh]

Lavanya
Your post about loosing weight rocks. It is very motivating since you wrote your loosing weight success story. Waiting to read more posts from you.

[sharonfern1]

Thansk to all Sakhis for the FB's. Lavanya you rock with your first post.

[lavanya]

Hi Sabmeh,

Thanks for ur wonderful comments .......Sure, i will post more about loosing weight.

[lavanya]

Thank you for ur comments sharonfern1. You people really made me happy with ur comments

[ritanaik729]

Lavanya, Good motivation about loosing weight as I know I will be in the situation after couple of months.

[dr.jyoti gupta]

lavanya,
i read your success story and became more determined to stick to my weight reduction plan.

[lavanya]

Hi ritanaik729

Thanks for you comments , I too think you will be needing it after few months of your delivery......And wish you should reduce your weight as soon as you wish........All the very best, and we all are here to pray for your smooth delivery .............Early waiting for the Little new-comer to enter this wonderful world. Hopelfully waiting to see your little one's pic......Hope you will like to share with us all......

[lavanya]

Hi Dr jyoti Gupta,

Nice that my success story have really made you so determined.....Really happy to see you comming like this........And wish to hear your success story as soon as possible........

[banishapa]

Lavanya, although my weight is not after delivery, I will take your tips. Thanks for wonderful advice.

[lavanya]

hi banishapa

Thanks for ur comments..........happy that you are taking my advice.....Waiting to hear ur success story too.........

[nellydisa]

I have started walking for 20 minutes a day. I will increase it gradually. I am kind of person who likes to give a slow start. good tips on loosing weight sakhis.

[jbhise]

Lavanya, great tips. I ahev started walking 30 minutes a day, 4 times a week. Planning on increasing to one hour

[mukti]

Shalini, that is easy and doable. Drinking water helps you in so many ways. It detoxifies the body.

[crystal]

Losing weight has to be done with the consent of a doctor as each body has its own biological needs.

Do not follow tips without consenting any doctor, your body metabolism can go for a big toss.

BEWARE!

[sharonfern1]

I walked today for 30 minutes.

[swapnanjalis]

i'm also trying to be fit ...i used to drink luke warm water whole day in the office and in the morning i used to drink lemon water and atleast one green tea or lemon tea instead of coffee or general tea....really helping me

[nidhik55]

Swapna, I am trying to shift to green tea. I shift to green tea for couple of days and then shift back to regular tea. How do you manage? give some tips.

[sharonfern1]

Nidhi, move to green tea slowly and steadily. If you do the shift from regular tea to green tea all at once, it ma be difficult. SLow and steady wins the race.