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Inspirational Quotes & Tips About Health & Wellness
If you’re looking for some motivation for fitness, here are quotes about health and wellness to inspire you. Prepare your mind before starting your health journey. Often, our body co-operates well; it’s the mind that needs to be convinced that the lifestyle changes are for our own betterment! It’s the mental strength you need to be physically strong and healthy! Eat whatever you like but in moderation. Well, ideally there shouldn’t be any wastage at all. But if there’s a choice between your stomach and a bin, you know where the “junk” should go! Not a quote, this is a fact that should motivate you to avoid fast food. This…
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Healthy Lunch Recipe: Soya Chaap Curry Without Oil
You must be aware of the many health benefits of soy in your diet. While there are several ways to consume soy (soy protein shake, soy flour, soy beans, soy milk), here’s a delicious soy recipe, which can be prepared without any oil. It’s a North Indian dish, best paired with rice or Indian bread. We, however, enjoy it for lunch with a bowl of salad on the side. Quick look at the benefits of soy: Excellent source of plant-based protein Cholesterol free and low in saturated fats Good source of vitamins and minerals Improves bone health Helps preventing cancer Improves blood circulation Appetite suppressant Now that we know soy…
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How to Make 4-ingredient Chia Pudding
While the Internet has been abuzz with chia recipes for quite some time now, I have discovered the goodness of these magical seeds only recently. It was only earlier this year when I decided to quit sugar. Looking for alternatives to satiate my sugar cravings, I came across the oh-so-wonderful chia pudding. You gotta try it out if you haven’t already! Benefits of Chia Seeds You’ll be amazed to know the myriad health benefits chia seeds have. With only 101 calories per ounce (28 grams), chia seeds are one of the best sources of essential nutrients, calorie for calorie. Take a look at some of the benefits: Full of antioxidants…
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Sugar Detox Plan to Reset Your Body & Mind
Here’s a bitter truth about sugar: It is killing us slowly. And we aren’t even aware of the unacceptable amounts of sugar we are consuming daily! A sugar detox is, therefore, necessary not just for people wanting to lose weight but for everyone desiring better health. A lot of people ask me to share tips about health after I lost a substantial amount of weight recently. When I talk about reducing sugar intake, almost everyone claims they do not take much sugar anyway. However, a closer look at their diets then reveals shocking amounts of sugar they actually consume. Sugar is present in almost everything we eat, but not every…
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Practical Tips For Weight Loss: Lessons From Stanford University
My entire life has been a struggle to lose weight. For as long as I can remember, there have been constant highs and lows in the journey; if I managed to lose weight with a diet plan or exercising, I used to gain it back after a few months. If that has been the case with you as well, then you too have been making the mistakes I made. You are also perhaps looking for tips to lose weight quickly or an easy diet plan to shed weight fast. However, this time has been different for me. I successfully lost 30 kgs after pregnancy, and I haven’t felt this fit…
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How I Lost 66 lbs After My Pregnancy & Became Healthy
I had a difficult pregnancy. While the first two trimesters were a breeze, the third one began with what is known as “threatened preterm labor”. The pains were controlled by regular injections and medicines. And I was put on complete bed rest for three months. Only allowed to walk till bathroom, I had no movements at all. Consequently, I gained a tremendous amount of weight during this phase. I assumed I’d lose some weight after delivery. But I only kept gaining. I was eating well-cooked home meals only but they were all rich with my mother’s love (and lots of ghee!). Perhaps, it was also the backlog of three months…
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Change This Eating Habit to Lose Weight
Do you usually feel like munching on something while watching a movie or reading a book? When you are in a grievous mood, do you get the urge of reaching out for chocolate? Do you sometimes open the fridge and look for “something” because, well, you are bored? Happens all the time, right? This is one eating habit that is not letting you get healthy. Emotional eating is a common habit that’s a part of our lives even without us acknowledging its existence. Most of us eat not responding to our physical hunger but an emotional one. The habit, probably, became a part of you right in your childhood. It…
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The Secret to Weight Loss is in Your Kitchen
If we were to ask you the top reason for your weight gain, you’d probably think of the colas, burgers, and pizza you end up having at a party or at the mall. But you will be shocked to know that the reason for your weight gain is not elsewhere but in your own house. The secret to weight loss is your kitchen, says Dr Kiran Rukadikar There is no denying the fact that the percentage of people eating out has tremendously increased. According to a survey, 34% of the people eat out two to three times a week, while 27% eat once a week. About 11% eat three or…
