Traditional Chinese medicine believes that understanding one's own Yin-Yang balance and grasping the characteristics of the four seasons, using different weight loss methods according to the season, is the most effective way to lose weight. Today, let's take a look at how to lose weight in spring, summer, autumn, and winter.
Spring weight loss:
After months of gaining weight for winter, coupled with the unhealthy eating and irregular sleep patterns of the Spring Festival holiday, losing weight in the spring is no easy feat. On one hand, changing dietary habits isn't easy; going to extremes like dieting will definitely do more harm than good. On the other hand, cultivating exercise habits takes time, and the cold weather will continue for quite some time, making the body that gained weight over the winter even more lethargic. However, if you truly want to lose weight, don't be afraid of the difficulties. Learn some strategies, and then take action!
Features: High difficulty, dietary habits need to be improved, and exercise habits need to be cultivated.
Target: 2-4 pounds per month is ideal; increase accordingly for those with higher body weight.
Solution: Picky eating + slow movement
1. Picky eating. Normally, this isn't encouraged, but during this period, especially in the month following the Spring Festival, it's a good time to be selective about your diet. Focus on whole grains, vegetables, and fruits, and reduce your intake of meat and fish. The reasons are obvious; few people can control their eating in winter, so don't feel too guilty. Weight gain is a fact; the immediate priority is to gradually improve your eating habits.
Food choices: Rice, millet, glutinous rice, Job's tears, cowpeas, lentils, soybeans, cabbage, spinach, carrots, taro, sweet potatoes, potatoes, pumpkin, black fungus, shiitake mushrooms, longan, eggs, milk, lean meat
2. Slow Movement. This means both engaging in gentle, light exercise and gradually increasing the intensity. After a relatively sedentary winter, physical strength often declines, and a sudden increase in exercise intensity can easily cause injury. Furthermore, rushing into a high-intensity weight loss program is usually difficult to maintain; the key to forming a stable habit is gradual progression.
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