10 Top Exercises & Tips To Reduce Belly Fat After Pregnancy Fast

 

I wanted to share some of the effective remedies to reduce belly fat after pregnancy that has been followed in our village for a long time. When we get pregnant our stomach slowly expands to accommodate the growing baby and this happens during a period of nine months. We should give our body almost the same time to get back to it's original shape too. Following the remedies given below will help speed up the process of belly fat reduction after pregnancy. These remedies can be followed while breast feeding also. When I delivered my son, though I was keen to get back in shape, I never let it stress me. I just followed the simple remedies that was followed in our village for many years and slowly I lost belly fat and got back to my original shape. Please be patient with yourself, already your body is going through a lot of stress due to the demanding schedule of a newborn child. If you are not patient, you will start cutting down on calories drastically to lose belly fat quickly. Though it is bad for anyone to cut calories drastically, it is especially worse when done after delivery. We lose lot of muscle not body fat when we cut calories drastically and breast milk also will reduce considerably. Stress is also an another factor, when we are stressed, the stress hormone cortisol will be elevated which will hinder fat loss. So try your best to keep your self relaxed and catch up on the lost sleep whenever your baby is sleeping. Try to eat nutritious home cooked food along with the garlic soup I have mentioned below, try to reduce your stress levels by resting whenever you can and do the exercises I have mentioned daily and you will start seeing results soon. After delivery, my doctor taught me the exercises mentioned below and they helped me a lot to get back to my original shape. I had normal delivery and I started doing the exercises given six weeks after delivery. If you have had caesarean, I would suggest waiting for at least eight weeks before doing the exercises. Listen to your body, if you are in any pain while doing the exercise, please give yourself more time....

10 Top Patti Vaithiyam Weight Loss Tips From Tamil Nadu

 

A few dear readers of wildturmeric blog were asking me effective and natural tips for weight loss and I wanted to share the weight loss advice that I have been getting from my elders from my young age. I know many of you would be wondering about the title, the word patti vaithiyam is a Tamil word for grandmas remedy and patti vaithiyam for weight loss means grandmas tips for weight loss. These tips truly are advise that I have been hearing from my grandmothers from my young age and so I wanted to name it so. Few years before my grandma passed away, I was reading out loud a column written by a famous nutritionist regarding weight loss to my grandma. After hearing it for some time, my grandma slowly shook her head and said unbelievably,"But these are advise every elders in the family normally give!". Yes it was, almost every weight loss tip the nutritionist gave were the ones that I have been hearing from my grandmother all my life. Nowadays we see attractive advertisements like "Lose 10 kg in 2 months with no exercise". When we lose more than 1/2 to a kilo a week, all we are losing is precious muscle especially if we don't exercise. As a person who loves herbs, I can confidently say that there is no herb that will magically melt the fat away. Yes, some herbs do help improve metabolism and thereby aid weight loss but only if accompanied by healthy diet and regular exercise. That is why many people get disappointed when they go on these unrealistic programs. Please be very very careful and research well before following any diet especially ones that are too restrictive and ones that uses ingredients that you are not used to. Also be wary of consuming large quantities of only certain ingredients which is popularly promoted for drastic weight loss nowadays. Drastic weight loss will cause more harm than good, you will be left with sagging skin, excess body fat and low body muscle. You will never hear such quick fixes if you listened to the advise of our elders. Their advise for attaining healthy weight has stood the test of time and will never harm us. Though you will not see drastic weight loss immediately, you will see results over time and the results will be permanent. Also weight loss is effortless when we follow these timeless advises and in my humble opinion, weight loss should happen naturally and effortlessly without us losing our sleep for it. These tips will not only aid weight loss, it will also improve our health greatly......

3 Best Natural Homemade Weight Loss Drinks | Fat Burner (Fat Cutter) Drink Recipes That Works!

 

The markets are flooded with diet pills and magic potions that promises us slim waist overnight. I was amazed to learn that the amount of money we  spend on weight loss pills, books and supplements alone equals to millions of dollars every year. I am not an expert in nutrition but I wanted to share my experiences regarding diet pills and herbs that really do help with weight loss. A few months back, one of my friends mother went on a diet program that advised her to drink their supplement shakes twice a day instead of food. When I visited her, she was excited as she explained that she has already lost a few kilos and the supplement shakes she took made her feel fuller for longer periods of time. As usual when it comes to herbal powders, I am very very interested, when I went through the ingredient list, it contained caffeine, artificial colours, fragrances along with other names I couldn't pronounce. When I questioned her whether the shakes satisfied her as a food, she just replied that it did not but since she had already paid a lot for the products she was going to continue taking them. She was also not exercising as the program had promised her weight loss without exercise! What happened next really upset me, though she lost almost close to 10 kilos while taking the powders, she gained every single kilo back and some more. She just lost muscle mass as she was literally starving herself the whole time. Spending so much on fancy powders made her put on even more weight, just imagine the stress she must have gone through. If you are planning on taking diet pills and powders, make sure to get to know the ingredients and research well about the product. When we say weight loss, what we really mean is fat loss which only happens with regular exercise as it increases muscle mass and calorie controlled diet which helps shed excess fat. Certain herbs only speed the process, if we consume the herbs without regular exercise and a clean healthy diet, we will never reach our goals. The best herbs to take while trying to lose weight are the ones with wonderful anti obesity properties. Ingredients like horse gram, garlic, Malabar tamarind, ginger, etc helps speed up the fat burning process. If you are trying to lose weight and don't want to take diet supplements and artificial fat burners, try these 3 natural drink recipes. They are safe and in addition to aiding weight loss, they also improve immunity and are full of nutrients..... 

5 Top Horse Gram (Kollu) Weight Loss Recipes | Kollu (Horse Gram) Weight Loss Benefits & Uses

 

Horse gram also called Kollu in Tamil is a regular part of our diet and we include kollu at least weekly twice in our diet. We regularly make kollu paruppu, kollu sundal, kollu rasam at home and kollu paruppu mixed with rice and little bit of ghee is one my favourite meals. Kollu's botanical name is Macrotyloma Uniflorum and we can get kollu very cheaply all over India. Kollu is called Kulthi Dal in Hindi, Ulavalu in Telugu, Muthira in Kerala, Kulith in Konkan and Hurali in Kannada. Boiled kollu is also one of the ingredients that is regularly fed to horses and that is why it is called as horse gram. Nowadays traditional foods like kollu paruppu is slowly fading and sadly many don't know how to cook kollu at all. Kollu has multiple health benefits and especially it is well known for its weight loss abilities. It has been used as a weight loss aid from ancient times and if any one is over weight, they will be always encouraged to include kollu in their diet regularly. There is also a famous saying in Tamil that goes like this "இளைத்தவனுக்கு எள்ளு, கொழுத்தவனுக்கு கொள்ளு" meaning for people who want to put on weight, sesame seeds will be beneficial and for people who want to lose weight, kollu will greatly help. Here are some of the top reasons why kollu aids in weight loss naturally. 1. Kollu stabilizes Blood Sugar Levels: Kollu has always been suggested as one of the best foods diabetic patients can take, that is because it helps regulate the blood sugar levels very very effectively. Since it keeps the blood sugar levels stable, it greatly control hunger pangs between meals. You can read the study that proves this claim here. 2. Kollu For Reducing Cholesterol & Obesity: Kollu has been repeatedly proven to reduce high cholesterol induced by high fat diets and also it greatly aids in weight loss. You can read the study that proves this use here. 3. Kollu As a Cardio Protective Agent: Kollu has wonderful antioxidant and cardio protective properties and it greatly protects one from getting heart attack. You can read the study that proves it here. Contrary to what many people think, dishes made with kollu is very very tasty. I would chose kollu paruppu with hot steaming rice for lunch than attractive fast foods any day, I don't how to express it but I feel very very satisfied after eating it. I would also suggest encouraging kids to eat kollu from young age to prevent obesity which is increasing day by day. I was given kollu regularly when I was young. Now I make it a point that my son has it too and I am happy to say, like me he also enjoys eating it. If you are looking for ways to lose weight naturally, I would strongly suggest including kollu in your diet at least weekly twice or thrice. I have given recipes using kollu that we make regularly at home, choose and try the ones that you like.....

 

10 Top Herbal Tea Recipes For Weight Loss, Cough, Cold & Diabetes

I am a tea drinker and I love tea very much, I also love to try new flavored herbal teas. From our regular chai tea that we drink almost daily at home to exotic strawberry tea, I love them all.  I love teas not only because they taste good but also because they are very very healing. Since most of the ingredients used in making these healing teas are at home, it is so very easy to make them. I also use teas extensively as a remedy, they are really effective and you don't  get the feeling that you are taking a medicine. Two days back my son got a severe sore throat, he couldn't swallow any food. I know licorice is the best for sore throat and treats the inflammation and pain very quickly. I immediately made him licorice tea as I always have licorice root at home. All I did was serve it to him in a nice glass before he went to bed claiming it is a very good tasting herbal tea, he drank it readily and said it tasted good. As I expected he was better the next day morning. If you get to know to make herbal teas at home, I promise you it will save you so many trips to the hospital. Most minor illnesses from sore throat to indigestion can be successfully treated at home and some teas like turmeric tea even aid in weight loss. I wanted to compile all the herbal tea recipes in a single post so it will useful for everyone. Most ingredients for these herbal teas will be easily found in a well stocked kitchen and some ingredients like lemongrass, licorice, gotu kola can be easily bought from the markets. For teas made with dried herbs like holy basil and hibiscus, try drying the leaves during summer and stock it up in an airtight box. That way whenever you want you can readily use it. Always make sure to use pesticide free ingredients for making your herbal teas. Hope you will enjoy making these herbal teas at home....