As we all know, sitting at home all day long doesn’t help reduce weight. Thanks to the pandemic for increasing the days we have to spend at home. Working, studying and socializing at home has reduced the chances of walking outdoors. This has made it worse for a few as they weren’t able to burn calories without trying anymore! But we got you covered!
Here is the list of changes you could make in your day-to-day schedule to give a farewell to that extra weight you gained.
Getting more active: Being more active and exercising regularly could be way much more beneficial in losing weight than what credit they are given.
Eating regular meals: Schedule your meals at an interval of 2-3 hours while decreasing the number of calories you used to consume in the normal meal. This helps in burning the calories at a faster rate. Also, you don’t tend to snack on sugary, fatty and salty snacks.
Skipping breakfast: Avoiding the most important meal of the day, could devoid your body of essential nutrients. This might also lead to binge eating and snacking more throughout the day.
Eating plenty of fruit and veg: Fruits and vegetables have high fiber content. Fiber rich diets make you feel fuller after eating a lesser amount. Along with containing plenty of essential vitamins and minerals, fruits and vegetables are also low in calories and fat.
Drinking water: Drinking more water helps you stay hydrated. Avoid consuming soda drinks, alcohol and cold drinks and have a glass of water every time you feel like having a snack.
Avoiding junk food: Junk food are high fat, salt and sugar containing processed items that could wreak havoc in the body along with weight gain. Gobble a healthy snack, such as a fruit, corn, juice, etc., whenever you feel tempted to eating junk food!