PROPER WAY TO BE FIT....

         Eating healthy is an important part of life. Food, being the main source of the body’s nourishment, has to be taken with much care for healthy management. Many people think that dieting is all about depriving yourself of all the food you like. Instead, dieting is the practice of eating food in a regulated fashion to achieve or maintain a controlled weight. It’s all about making healthy choices to lead a healthier life.
           WHO defines, “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not merely an absence of disease or infirmity.” It means one needs to have body weight proportional to the height. Weight is a balancing act, but the equation is simple: If you eat more calories than you burn, then you gain weight. If you eat fewer calories than you burn, you lose weight.
          A crash diet is a diet which is extreme in its nutritional deprivations, typically severely restricting calorie intake. It is meant to achieve rapid weight loss and may differ from outright starvation only slightly. It is not meant to last for long periods of time, at most a few weeks. Contrary to the belief of many who start this sort of diet, this form of dieting is neither healthy nor largely successful in achieving long term weight loss as it provokes a slow down of the body’s basal metabolic rate. While some initial weight is often lost, the weight is usually regained quickly in the weeks that follow, as the individual reverts to their original pre-crash diet.

EAT WISELY, LIVE WELL

* Think lifestyle change, not short-term diet. Include physical exercise as part of your daily regime. Try to be active throughout the day.
* Slow and steady wins the race — aim at losing weight at a slower pace; approximately half-a-kg in a week so that the weight loss can be sustained.
* Pay attention while you’re eating. Be aware of your environment. Eat slowly, savouring the smells and textures of your food. If your mind wanders, gently return your attention to your food and how it tastes and feels in your mouth.
* Avoid distractions while eating. Try not to eat while working, watching TV, reading, using a computer, or driving. It’s too easy to mindlessly overeat.
* Chew your food thoroughly. Try chewing each bite 30 times before swallowing. You’ll prolong the experience and give yourself more time to enjoy each bite
* Stop eating before you are full. It takes time for the signal to reach you brain that you’ve had enough. Avoid the temptation to clean your plate.
* Try mixing things up to force yourself to focus on the experience of eating.
* Follow a balanced diet: A balanced diet must contain carbohydrate,protein, fat, vitamins, mineral salts and fibre.