Tip of the day: How to lose weight
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Eat to live, or live to eat? That's the big question. For some, they can't live without food (eg. ME). But for some, they feel obliged to cut down the fats on their body, or cheeks, without realizing that they look fabulous already. All cosmetics, not health. As a Chinese saying goes;
Don't add hands and legs to a drawing of a snake
*coughs*
Let's get to the point here. I will now shed some light to those ungrateful type, on how to lose weight and stay healthy, the easy way. By healthy, I mean no how-to-be-bulemic-or-aneroxic here people. Three major points here would be eating right, exercise, sleep well.
Eating right
It's not always about what you eat. It's how you eat, and when you eat as well. When I was just a little boy (still am now), my mom always told me to chew my food 21 times before you swallow it. Now, being a kid, stubborn, impatient and all, I never listened to what my mom said. Later in life I realized the underlying cause of that. Apparently, when you chew your food for a while, the food bits becomes smaller and smaller, and well, if you've learned physics, the smaller the size of an object, the bigger surface area to volume ratio (correct me here if I'm wrong people). Now, when you congest tiny little pieces of food, it is much easier to digest compared to bigger pieces. Hence, it will be easier for your intestines to absorb the nutrients into your bloodstream.
My second point here would be; don't eat before you go to bed. This has been researched by some scientist (don't have the reference here, sorry) and proven to be disastrous for your body, and for your sleep. You won't sleep well and it will encourage fat storage in your body. How so? Well, it's a known fact that after you eat, your digestion system will be given subsidy by your body, in terms of blood supply. So, less blood will be supplied to your brain, thus, your brain will have less oxygen. Et voila! A good start to a sleepless night. And why it would make you fat? Well obviously when you sleep, you won't be jogging and sweating and all (unless for some people with their 'extra-curricular activities'). Therefore, you will gain fat from your food! Simple as that.
Well I'm not going to touch about nutritional values and what not. Eat more fruits, reduce oil in cooking, blablabla.. Help yourself by reading those articles about the so-called food pyramid, and read the back of the packaging before you munch anything. Don't be lazy people! Moving on.
Exercise
Well, I don't see how I can elaborate this point much further. WORK ON THOSE UGLY BUTTOCKS! Oh, and while you're at it, make sure that you are consistent. How to be consistent? Find a motivation to exercise, like music, or appraisal, or a purpose to exercise ("Man, she's coming back from Paris next month and I look like Jabba the Hut!").
Sleep well
Last but not least, you must sleep well. From my very own personal experience (and from watching my mom), unorganized sleep patterns tend to cause fluctuation of your body weight. This has something to do with your internal bio-clock (not going into the details here. Don't fret). In lament terms, at a certain time of the day, your body mechanics are adjusted to absorb more fat than it used to. Example, midday. It's because you'll use the most amount of energy during that time of the day than non-peak hours. Still don't get it? Let's just say in the night, your body uses less fat, so it absorbs less than that in the afternoon. So, when you sleep in the afternoon, and you wake up at night, you'll absorb more fat compared to those normal people.
Conclusion
Eat right, exercise, and sleep well. Hold on to those 3, and you're off to a great start in losing weight. Don't just do it because you want to look slimmer, make it a habit, and you'll be in great shape (literally)!
Disclaimer notice: Exercise those tips at your own risk. The author will not be responsible for any injuries inflicted. The author only holds a Bachelor Degree of Science in Computing from Nilai International College, not Bachelor in Medicine, albeit he's still a bachelor. Thank you.
That's all folks!
Posted byAizad at 5:10 PM
Labels: health
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haha, dare to advice others on how to take on their body huh? new year resolution with a new weight...this year should drop 10kg at most...hehe
yeah baby!
"Jabba the Hut!"?? who the hell is that?
*ehem* still a bachelor? u promote urself on ur blog? lol.
i want to lose 4 kilos. why? for fun. =D i will be at the border line between underweight & normal weight. dont worry. i wont crash diet.
exercise! =D
lol.. for fun? hmm.. i'll add that to my list of motivation (although i don't think it's fun losing weight. well, whatever rocks your boat baby =P)
hahaha.... hmmm... wanna join me in yoga??
Hey, am disappointed... you don't read my blog... sighh...
i do read your blog pj =(