26 Things That Helped Me Go From 74 kgs to 69 kgs.

I wanted to lose weight, and I have. This is exactly what helped me to shed those kilos. Remember, this worked for me, but it doesn’t mean it would work for you. Use this as a cheat sheet as and when required.

1. I controlled all my portions. Instead of eating two chapatis, I had one and increased my intake. For instance, I used to eat two chapatis and one curry. Now I made it one chapati, a curry and another dish which could be curd or maybe a fruit or nuts. Play it up.
2. Drink water a minimum of 8 glasses a day. Water keeps you full and trusts me all those times when I thought that I was hungry, all I needed was water.
3. Increase your fruit and vegetable intake. I made sure to have fruits daily and always included vegetables in my food, be it in the form of salad or sabzi.
4. Switch to good food such as coconut water and fresh juices.
5. Don’t eliminate anything. I take sugar every day, one full spoon in my coffee, and I still lost weight.
6. Have more home-cooked meals. Make a burger, french fries, anything, and home-cooked meals to help you eat better.
7. Work out whenever you like it. I would work out six days a week and keep Sunday as a time for my body to recover. I would walk for 1 hour a day, do yoga for 30 minutes a day, dance, or do home workouts.
8. Do Surya namaskars at the number you can. It benefits you better for weight loss. I did 12 a day.
9. Play with your salad. Tyr having more salad in your dinner, play it up such as peanut salad, boiled egg salad, etc.
10. Sleep only after two hours of eating. If you ate your dinner at 8 pm, sleep by 10 pm.
11. Use your bowl to control your portions.
12. You can eat everything but eat within a limit. I still ate my favourite foods and lost weight. You eat one day and get on track the second day, as simple as it is.
13. Check your weight once a week and not every day. Once you use the washroom, check your weight afterwards. It makes a huge difference.
14. Drink water every morning as it helps in bowel movements.
15. Have haldi milk (turmeric milk) as it heals your hormones better.
16. Consume more ginger as it also contributes to good hormonal health. Add it to your tea or milk accordingly.
17. Exercise well, and don’t hurt your body by doing rigorous training. Doing this will hurt your hormonal health.
18. Whenever hungry, grab a fruit or a good snack.
19. Eat on time.
20. Don’t punish yourself, live in the moment and move on.
21. Have curd for lunch it helps.
22. Stop looking at others' bodies and feel low. Understand you in the process, and you will be fitter too.
23. Lose weight to improve your health.
24. Ignore the weird diets online, they make you feel better initially and then get you to gain the weight again.
25. Eat and don’t starve. Just replace it with good food such as instead of chips, switch to a good egg sandwich or some toast, etc.
26. Eat eggs in any form, any day. They keep you fuller. Even potatoes.

I still ate all the junk, but I had reduced how much I would eat. I would eat clean the remaining days. Weight loss isn’t easy, but it isn’t difficult.

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