weight reduction

Hi Vathsala, Cutting down on sugar intake, avoiding bananas and walking briskly for long durations regularly ,help in this.I am still to do it and am currently getting away because I am tall. I was happily indulging in sweets and this has contributed greatly to my weight.javascript:__doPostBack('ctl00$cphMainContent$lbStart','')

Hi friend, if all these efforts have failed its better to consult professionals on the subject.

qick weight loss is bad for you. Taking it slow, will help you keep it off, although discouraging. I tried so hard to be careful of everything and when I wnt to my Dr for my check up, in 3 months I had only lost 2 pounds!!! I was so disappointed, but she told me not to worry about it because even though it was only 2 pounds it REALLY showed, and she had noticed I had lost. I am trying very hard to only drink water. I have cut out BREAD in any form all most all of the time. I have changed my meat to almost only turkey. I try to watch the sweets, (I love chocolate!) Although my weight hadn't gone down, my cholestrol had dropped. Walking is one of the best exercise. Expensive equipment isn't necessary, climb stairs, repeat it even if you are not doing anything but going up and down the stairs, run up a flight of stairs if you can. Read through some of the other topics here on weight loss, there is one with a lot of exercise equipment replacement helps. If you are up to it, go to the park and 'play' on the play ground equipment, the kids will love it, the exercise will be great and you will be surprised at the results you will get, if you do this regular. Best of luck to you and your friend.

Hi, vathasala, I think you know better than me in these things. Anyway let me give my suggestions. Ayur vedic medicines, yoga, walking can help a lot. She must avoid meat, cheese and other high fat content foods. She can take honey with water. She can avoid excess eating. She should avoid stress (thinking of over weight)

hi vathala garu, reducing weight,first they have to reduce the food habits,reduce the food to the half to the regular food,do not drink water while taking the food,took more than one ltr of water half an hour before the food means brakefast,lunch and dinner,took water more than half ltr after two hours taking the food,reduce salt,oil,fatty foods,chillies etc etc,then she will be some weight reduce,have a nice day

if your friend is only slowly losing the weight it could be because the walking jogging and physical excersise is converting the weight to muscle which weighs more than fat and therefore makes it seem as though it is taking forever to loose the weight.i would suggest a healthy low fat diet plenty off fruit and veg less carbs which bulk you up plenty of fibre and moderate exercise

All the mentioned exercises would definitely do good, but with that she also needs to have a controlled diet, she should cut down on carbs and reduce intake of rice. She should go along more with fruits and juices and should have a healthy breakfast, moderate lunch, but finish her dinner within 6:00pm. Hope it works out...

Is she building muscle? I heard that if you do some weight training that it quickens the metabolism and helps to burn calories faster.

The best thing for me was cutting carbs and the treadmill. Lost about 20 lbs the first month and about 5-9 each after. Each person is different, but cardio takes it off just about anybody!

Try to have food at fixed times of the day. You can stretch these times by half an hour, but anything more than that is going to affect your eating pattern, the result will either be a loss of appetite or that famished feeling which will make you stuff yourself with more than what is required the next time you eat.

do u know any thing abt "yoga" - an indian exercise for a lot of health problems. it shows results very quickly. but it cant be explained in words like this. u need to be taught some positions of sitting, walking etc., by vizualising. its better for u to buy a book of yoga and learn that. it i'll surely show the quick result.

I am of the opinion that your friend should eat less and exercise more.It's the principle of losing weight.And perseverance is so important that she'd better resist the delicious food.I think yoga is effective,at least it's useful for me. So maybe she can have a try,but pls. pay attention to my reminder , just do it everyday if possible. Wish her best luck~

I am of the opinion that your friend should eat less and exercise more. It's the principle to lose weight. And perseverance is so important.Maybe she can have a try on

Needless to say, exercise is crucial to weight loss. You can't expect to sit on the couch all day, sip water and lose weight. Join a good gym that lets you work with weights. It will help you build muscle and your metabolism rate will increase. Besides, you also can try to eat 5 times a day. Start with breakfast, the more you eat for breakfast, the less food you will want to eat at night. Please don skip breakfast because it is very important.

Ask her to take oats porridge everyday. I am doing it since few months and I have reduced a bit. Instead of breakfast, I take one big glass full of oats porridge everyday morning. Another thing is thyroid will cause weight gain. She has to consult the doctor for that.

Yeah ...I agree. Slow is the best. TOo fast reduce fat will get back fat faster. I too walk for 2 months already but just lose 5 kgs. Tell your friend don't give up if she really want to lose weight. It can be done with determination.

I was 105 kg, i did exercises as taught by Ramdebji for 20 minutes daily, it has fixed my weight at 95 kg for past 6 years, no increase, no decrease, almost constant, has your friend tried that? Thanks for sharing. Welcome always. Cheers. Professor