Well, lucky for you, we do have a few tips and tricks up our sleeve that might help you achieve your healthiest version during the new year.

• Workout:

This might sound a little too obvious, but workouts might just be your best buddy right now. We understand that winters are essentially a lazy time for most people, but even if you are feeling particularly lazy, try to atleast squeeze in a 20-30 min workout routine.

You need not even go out to workout because there are so many of them that you can do from the comfort of your home itself.

• Fitness Trackers:

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Fitness trackers too might help you tremendously in achieving that healthy body that you have always craved for. Even the simplest of tasks like talking on the phone can be made healthier when you decide to take a stroll when doing it.

Such small things will let you achieve your daily goal of completing 10,000 steps in a day.

• Protein:

Another best friend you need to say yes to become healthier is proteins. The fact is that proteins leave you feeling fuller and more satisfied post heir consumption when compared to many other nutrients.

As a result of this, you will not end up over-indulging in your meals. Even if you are deciding to indulge in a snack, make sure that the snacks also contain protein in them.

• Hydrate:

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Keeping yourself hydrated is of the utmost importance. There is a reason why dieticians tell you to have atleast 2 liters of water everyday. You see, dehydration might just be your own worst enemy when you trying to lose weight and become healthier.

Dehydration ends up triggering a false in your body and makes you think that you might be hungry, when in truth, you are simply thirsty. Drink water and keep yourself hydrated to avoid any hunger pangs.

• Carbs are not the enemy:

You might have come across many articles and news pieces that state that going carb free is always the best option if you are trying to lose weight. However, this is not entirely true! The problem is that most of us do not know when to pull the reins on your carb consumption, and as a result, end up over indulging.

Carbs are truly not the enemy, but we need to make sure that we know the right amount that needs to be consumed and when it needs to be consumed. Timing and quantity are everything in this aspect.

• No meal skipping:

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You might be of the opinion that skipping meals might just make you look slimmer and help you lose weight quicker. But the thing that we often overlook is that when you skip a meal, you end up overindulging in the next meal you decide to have.

So essentially, there is no point of the skipped meal. Not only this, but skipping a meal also slowed down your metabolism considerably, thus leading to a lower fat burning capacity of the body.

I hope that you find a place and time to incorporate these tips and tricks in your New Year healthy body planner this time around, and are able to make out a significant difference when you enter the next year on a healthier and happier note!

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• Poor assessment of body needs: If you lead a sedentary lifestyle and still have lots of carbohydrates in the diet plan, it surely is going to get accumulated in the form of fats in the body, sabotaging your weight loss plan completely. Similarly, each body has different requirements for protein content in the diet; too much of protein also causes heaviness in the body.
• Snacking: It would be better to make it synonymous to overeating if we want to understand its deteriorating effect on the weight loss regime. The dieticians suggest eating in small intervals. But, what is actually done by the person trying a diet plan is – eating uncontrollably on small intervals. No matter how nutritious the food is claimed to be, if the portion is not controlled, it is surely going to defeat the purpose of following a diet plan.
• Lack of calorie intake: Starving is not the correct form of dieting. An average adult female requires about 1200 calories in a day while the male of same age needs 1800 calories for maintaining good health. When you are on a spree to lose weight, only diet control is not sufficient; you require working out too. If you do not eat properly, you will not be able to stick to the workout schedule and the results promised by the diet plan will not be as promised. Thus, pay attention to calorimeter and schedule diet so that you do not miss on the mandatory nutritional requirement of your body.
• Skipping meals: If you are interested in losing weight, do not think of skipping meals ever. This habit may show some loss in weight initially, but gradually it disrupts the insulin balance and liver function in the body giving way to diseases like diabetes and heart. Skipping meals disrupts the process of the liver leads to mismanagement eating patterns, which in turn, are responsible for accumulation of fat in the belly area.
• Vitamin D deficiency: Though there may be some indications of the spot reduction, but the substantial loss in weight is not achieved when your Vitamin D intake is poor. Vitamin D is responsible for the shrinkage or expansion of fat cells as the case may be. And so, if the vitamin D levels are poor in the body, fat cells might grow in size causing gain in weight, defeating the purpose of diet plan miserably.
• Avoiding dinners: If you skip dinners, you are likely to stay hungry for more than eight hours in a row. This practice may compel you to eat more than what is required, during the breakfast, causing unexpected weight gain in return. So, if you want your diet plan to work, eat but wisely the last meal of the day. Eating too much and also lots of carbohydrates during dinner may also cause weight gain.
• Eating very late in the night: Not only what you eat but also when you eat is important factor that affects the body weight. If you eat very late in the night, you have no time for physical activity, which is essential for proper digestion. Undigested food raises the toxin levels and fat levels in the body, and eventually, fails the diet plan.

Apart from this, whenever you eat, it is important to control portions. You must eat in small vessels and less frequently to avoid over-eating. Portion control also ensures that your platter is nutrition-rich and balanced in all aspects. Thus, when the diet plan is not working and you want to know why, just find out if any of the factors mentioned above are doing the mischief silently.

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We all believe that salad is a healthy food as well low in calories, in this case it is half truth.  For example let us take a serving of chicken salad topped with cheese and salad or creamy dressing added with nuts.  It contains approximate 900-1000 calories and about 70-80 grams of fat.  Now take grilled chicken salad topped with mustered dressing and having two spoons of honey which makes to somewhere 200-250 calories and 5-10 grams of fat.  It all rests with you how you prepare it,  by adding creamy toppings, nuts, lots of cheese and mayonnaise etc. with fried or grilled chicken making it yummy and tasty.  On the other hand you may choose grilled chicken, less creamy toppings and fewer nuts etc. making it diet salad.

As a vegan you may like to have salad with spinach, dark green leafy herbs and adding vegetables of your choice with non-creamy dressings (mustered or vinaigrette) etc making it belly filling with low calories and less fat.

You can have salad, which is low in calories, full of nutrients and high in fiber to satisfy your hunger. You can always choose healthier dressings which are low in calories and have less fat.

All salads and dressings are not weight loss friendly so you have to choose the ingredients which are low in calories and less in fats.

Fit Foodies Mantra Trick: when you want to eat your favourite dressing which is high in calories:  ask your chef not to mix dressing in the salad but place it separately, dip your fork in the dressing before grabbing the salad and/or dilute dressing by adding a little bit of water.

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Do you know that one of the major factor of hair loss is lack of protein and some essential vitamins and minerals from your diet.

To avoid hair loss, Fit Foodies Mantra suggests to include good amount of protein, iron and mineral in your day to day diet

Adding nutrients like protein and iron etc in your diet can also help you to prevent the hair loss:

• Protein: clean protein like lean meat , fish , soybeans, white beans and pumpkin seeds etc.
• Iron: green leafy vegetables like spinach
• Minerals: like selenium, magnesium copper.

Other than these if you’re doing dieting / eating less to lose weight then it could be another reason of hair loss, talk to your Dietician / Nutritionist and ask them to include above vital vitamins and minerals to your diet.

Apart from diet, the following can also help you to prevent the hair loss:

• Reduce the daily intake of junk food and sweets.
• Eat good amount of fruits and vegetables
• Have a good quality of proteins.
• Get a good sleep.
• Go for more exercise and yoga to cope with stress.

Leave your worries to Fit Foodies Mantra by enrolling yourself for our hair loss diet plan.

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Is it necessary for us to boost it?

Metabolism is that engine in our body that burns calories on a regular basis and keeps energy levels higher. The higher it is, the more calories you burn and it becomes easy to lose weight.

There are several quick and easy diet and lifestyle changes one can make to boost metabolism which in turn will help in leading a healthy and happy life.

1) High intake of protein: Proteins have deep effects on metabolism. Though they contain four calories per gram, but they force the body to use more calories in digestion. This thermic effect accounts for one of the ways that a high-protein diet speeds up metabolism. In addition, protein builds metabolically active muscle and prevents body fat storage.

2) Green tea is your saviour: According to a recent study, people who drink 4-5 cups of green tea daily lose an average of two more pounds and more belly fat than the one’s doing a 25-minute workout. Moreover, it also contains flavonoids, which are powerful antioxidants and protect against cancer, heart disease and stroke.

3) Drink more and more water: Since water is naturally calorie-free, it is generally linked with reduced calorie intake. Studies have shown that drinking 17 oz. (0.5 litres) of water increases resting metabolism by 10–30% for about an hour.

4) Stress doesn’t sound good: Most of us are stressed about something or the other. But do we know that it affects our metabolism? Even if stressful situations don’t force us to grab fatty foods but our body takes longer to process any calorie that we eat during that time span. So, next time be careful!

5) Don’t compromise with night sleep: Not getting enough quality sleep leads to slow metabolism and increase in the risk of obesity. It lowers down a number of calories that need to be burned, changes the way your body processes sugar and disrupts appetite-regulating hormones.

So, implement these simple tips and experience the change!!

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