Weight Management Through Super Foods

Beginning your weight loss journey with low carb foods is an easy way to see results sooner. This kind of diet excludes most of the processed items and adds real low carb foods instead. The major carbohydrate-heavy foods in our diet are sugar, rice, bread, and pasta (including our instant noodles). If along with low carb foods, you include a decent portion of healthy fats in your diet, it’s called the  keto diet. Generally, weight gain is due to excess accumulation of glucose, which is formed by the breakdown of carbohydrates. The unused portion of the carbohydrates is then converted into glucose. Once your body has stored enough glucose, the next method of storing is by converting the excess glucose into fat. Hence, on a low carb foods diet, you starve your body of the nutrient that is essential for this conversion. Now that you understand the basics and how low carb foods can help you with your  weight loss goals , let’s see what you can add to your diet.

Belly fat can be the most stubborn weight to lose. It is the easiest to put on and the last to go and almost everyone struggles with it. There are a variety of exercises that are designed to target excessive belly fat- some work and others do not. Listed below are some  simple exercises  which if done regularly will definitely reveal results. Start with a warm-up that consists of holding the knees up to your chest and moving from left to right.   This is to be followed by Plank for 60 seconds. This has been recognized as one of the most effective exercises to burn belly fat.   If the plank is too easy, the cross plank exercise consists of touching the alternate elbow to the knee while holding the plank position. Russian twist with a dumbbell works on your obliques. Beginners can start with a 1 kg dumbbell and gradually move up to 5 kgs. Side plank on either side for 60 seconds helps to strengthen the entire core and burn away excess