Healthy Living Tips: #1

So, I realized that over the past year, I have learned a lot about how to live a healthy lifestyle.
My weight have fluctuate greatly, and I'm currently back to my old weight again. (the one I originally started out to be)

I'm not exactly proud of it, but I realized that it's not the end of the world. I may have lost this round, but I have a gain a handfull of knowledge of what not to do to lose weight. Hahaha. Losing weight and living a healthy life style is not a task you can complete & quit. It's a battle that you will have to continuously fight with everyday for the rest of your life. Don't rush. Time & Patience is the key.

*I don't claim that these rule would work for you. But it work for me.

I wrote this page as a reminder for me to not forget the rules. I am the way I am right now because I neglected my own rule.

So, I"m going to list out a few rules I found. I hope you find them helpful

RULE OF THUMBS!

1. Drink 8 cups of water daily

2. Planned your eating portion before every meal
--> take under consideration what you have eating prior
--> take under consideration what type of meal this is (fatty meal w/ oily food or healthy meal)

3.  Drink a glass of water prior to every meal.
--> Or try eating soup as a meal starter.
--> The same method doesn't work while eating & drinking water. It could, but you have to eat very slow.

4. Keep Track of what you have eating so far throughout the day
--> it prevent you from snacking too often
--> I like using my cell phone to keep track of what I have eating so far...

 

5. NEVER SLEEP or SIT FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME after a meal
--> try standing for an hour after your meal. It help you from falling asleep & allow you more opportunities to move around. 

Here is an explaination from a nutritionist:

"Yes, sleeping or sitting right after meals will make you gain weight. More if you a meal and then sleep for 8 hours and ill tell you why. Our body absorbs all the nutrients by our small intestines. It takes 1-4 hours for food to be broken down to chyme and be absorbed into the small intestine. Now, here is where the nutrients will be converted into glycogen or glucose. Glycogen (energy) is our fuel and is what we burn calories wise. So if your active (really any sort of movement) will keep your glycogen burning. Now, if your sleeping after a meal, it does not convert to glycogen but to glucose where it will be stored into fat deposits where later when your active will convert to glycogen and be burned. However, its really hard for glucose to convert to glycogen so I would recommend doing anything possible to avoid sleeping or sitting for long periods of time after meals. To wrap it up, yes you do gain weight if you sleep right after a meal."