How do I lose weight and reduce fat around my tummy? (Fitness query of the day)

I am 42 years old and my height is 5 ft 5.5 in but my weight is 78 kg. I mostly have fat around my tummy. I take two or three chapatis with subzi in the morning along with a cup of tea or parantha once or twice in the week . I eat three chapatis with dal and vegetable or rice at times during lunch. I skip lunch twice or thrice in a week. In the evening, I have one cup of tea with some bakery product or a piece of sweet. Dinner is almost same as lunch. I walk (some distance jogging nearly one km) around 5 km four times in week. I also takef Ayur slim produced by Himalaya ayurveda, Banglore. But I am not seeing any results. My weight is increasing day by day. Please suggest the right way to exercise and diet.

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Answered by our expert Naini Setalvad, a well-known nutritionist. 

To have a completely healthy lifestyle, you should begin with cutting out on all unhealthy foods. These include: fried food, chocolates, alcohol, aerated drinks, processed foods, packaged foods (like potato chips, etc.), sherbets, jams, pickles, butter, cheese, sugar, jaggery, ghee, smoking, ice cream, cakes, biscuits – with or without cream, packaged fruit juice.

Switch to whole grains such as jowar, nachani or bajra from wheat rotis. Eat brown rice instead of white rice. Increase your fruit and vegetable intake. Aim for 5-8 servings in a day. Eat a big, raw salad per meal; it will give a lot more satisfaction for a lot less calories. However, ensure that it is oil and mayonnaise-free. Add small amounts of nuts, seeds and dry fruits to your evening, or mid-meal snack, especially California pistachios, Kashmiri walnuts, Iranian almonds, dates, raisins and California prunes. Ensure that you eat according to the season, and eat slowly, till you feel full. Avoid overeating, and you could use these to replace your unhealthy sweet and/or bakery product in the evenings.

Avoid skipping meals, as that causes you to overeat during the next meal.

Involve yourself in some exercise. Do yoga, swimming, or even go for regular walks. Do some form of cardiovascular exercise five days a week, for at least 30 minutes. Cook with minimal oil, no more than 3 tsp per person per day.

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Common Weight Loss False Myths That You Should Never Follow By Walter D Smith

Because of the high number of obese and overweight people in our society, there are different notions and views in our society about weight loss. While some of these views and notions are beneficial, there are a lot of them that are actually very far from the truth.

In this article we shall be looking at some common false half truths and false myths about weight loss that are not true. These false myths include the following:

1 - "There is an ideal exercise that is the best for losing weight"

Believing that there are some perfect and 100% ideal exercises for losing weight is not true because there is really no perfect exercise and most exercises are not better than each other, the most important thing is that you make sure that you burn more calories during exercise than what you are consuming.

So, generally speaking, the more the exercises that you do, the more the extra body fat that you will burn.

2 - "I am overweight because it is my genes"

It is very wrong to believe that you are fat because "It runs in your family"; you are not fat because you have a fat gene which you "Inherited from your parents". If there are many members of your family that are fat, it is most likely because all of you fed on the same bad diets.

Even though some people might have genes that make them more predisposed to putting on extra body weight, such people will not become overweight if they eat right and live right.

3 - "I want to lose all my excess body fat within two weeks"

It is impossible to lose all your excess body weight within such a short time; even if you make use of extra fast loss programs like the lemon fast, you will only succeed in losing weight quickly over a short period of time after which you will most likely experience rebound massive weight gain.

4 - "I am fat because I have a slow metabolic rate"

If your doctor has not diagnosed you as having a recognised medical disease that has resulted in the lowering of your metabolic rate, then you must accept the simple truth that you are fat because you eat too much and because you do not exercise enough.

5 - "I must eat very well after I exercise"

Even though you need to nourish your body with nutritious foods when you are exercising, you must be careful not to eat more calories than what you are consuming; if you want to achieve your fitness goals, you must eat less and exercise more.

6 - "I have tried every fitness and diet program out there without getting better"

This is a very common and misleading statement from fat people that have failed to use their diet and fitness program properly.

Most people that fail to realise their weight loss goals with their diet program actually cheated on the diet guidelines set out by their programs; you have to follow the plans and guidelines outlined in your diet program closely if you want to achieve your goals.

So, you can click here to download one of these two highly successful diet programs to help you achieve your weight loss and fitness goals effectively.

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