This is  a question that everyone has in mind. When should I eat after exercising? After finishing a workout, your metabolic rate is elevated, and it can stay elevated for some time. With out getting too technical, this metabolic after-burn is called excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC), and is characterized by a high usage of stored fat as fuel. Exercise has used up the fuel circulating in your blood,...

Climbing stairs is a great way of burning calories. Get on the stepper at the gym or you can just go to a stadium and climb for 30 minutes. Great for cardio, so a stronger heart, well toned legs and glutes. If you cant spend 30 minutes at stretch, then try to accumulate several minutes over the course of the day at your work place, at the mall or in your apartment. 30 minutes of stair climbing=216 calories...

It is impossible to lose weight if a low calorie diet is not combined with exercise. As we know, exercise burns off extra calories and fat, improves the metabolism and there’s more to it. Exercising regularly can improve your bone density. Constant dieting can make you lose calcium from bones. It is always advisable to take advise from a dietitian as they will provide you healthy diets with adequate calcium...

Most of my clients dread it when I mention the “exercise” word. It is expected for dietitians to give a magic formula to lose weight and vanish the fat in their bodies. It takes time for it to sink in, that exercise is the key to lose weight and also to maintain it. “It is very tough to exercise”, “I don’t have the time, I am too busy with my work”, “Exercise gives...

One of the best ways to relieve stress is to exercise, but I have done a few observations when I work out in the gym. When most of them work out, they are either huffing and puffing and watching the television or are in deep thinking probably what they will need to do later after the work out or have worried expressions which really scare me, whether they are going to collapse. Most of them enter with brooding...

So you have now decided to start on a diet and made goals and plans with all eagerness. Visited a dietitian with all zest, came back home after a session from the dietitian with your head filled with lots of information and a diet chart. You plastered it up on your fridge door and followed it for three days and then you slip away. This is a common scenario you may see and end up giving up your healthy routine. How...

A new client of mine called up to set up an appointment and she sounded really desperate. Her first query was that she has flabby hands and she wants me to plan a diet to make the fat disappear or in her words blast the fat away. I explained to her that there is no such diets for any specific body part. We look at the body as a whole unit. The only solution for flabby arms is weight training. On hearing the...

Exercise is very important while one is expecting a baby. It is a simple way to stay fit and is beneficial not only to the mother but also to the baby. Pregnancy is a time when people like to pamper to one self and take out out quality time to snooze. But lazing during this time can lead to unnecessary weight gain which can predispose one to health risks like premature delivery, gestational diabetes and hypertension...

Most of the people start exercising because they know they are putting on weight and want to stay fit. But some of us just exercise for 2 days and start expecting immediate results. But this is indeed not possible. Every exercise program takes its time. Heres how. Even without diet control, exercise alone can be expected to lower weight around 2-3 Kg depending upon the intensity, duration and type of exercise. Moreover,...

Stairs climbing is the best way to reduce body fat and burn calories. It is estimated that approximately 75 calories utilizes in the 15-20 minutes of climbing stairs. A stair climbing is not just useful to reduce excess fat; it also makes strong muscles of lower portion of body and joints. Climbing stairs is also useful to enhance blood circulation. A stair climbing utilizes the muscles of buttocks, quadriceps...