April Weight Loss Challenge
Earlier, I saw a report about Zhao Wei's successful weight loss, which motivated me to lose weight. After the Lunar New Year, being a glutton, I ate all the New Year goodies. I have a small frame and am slightly overweight, but recently my weight reached over 120 pounds. Even a few years after childbirth, the fat in my lower body is still very stubborn. As the weather warms up, there's only a layer of fat left, uncovered by a coat.
In middle school, I was overweight for a period and tried all sorts of diets. I tried vegetable soup for every meal and the apple diet. While I lost weight quickly, it rebounded even faster after resuming normal eating, and my physique also deteriorated. As I've gotten older, to prevent my metabolism from slowing down, besides attending one to two yoga classes a week with my yoga teacher, I also soak my feet in warm water with ginger slices at night to promote smoother blood circulation, which helps in slimming my legs more easily.
Furthermore, diet is paramount for weight loss. You can neither consume excessive calories nor starve yourself. Breakfast and lunch should be normal meals, just avoiding overly sweet or oily foods. Dinner, however, should be replaced with a balanced and nutritious salad. I often choose cucumber, avocado, cherry tomatoes, beetroot, apple, corn, and quinoa. For dressing, I use olive oil, balsamic vinegar, lemon juice, and black pepper. To ensure a more balanced nutritional intake, protein is also essential, such as boiled eggs, crab meat, or chicken, to make eating more enjoyable.
To accelerate the effects, I also incorporated a lotus leaf and bitter orange flower tea therapy. I use two grams of lotus leaf, five bitter orange flowers, five roses, and two grams of jasmine flowers. After washing them, I steep them in hot water for 15 minutes and drink two to three cups a day. This tea helps detoxify the intestines, remove dampness, reduce fat and abdomen, lower blood pressure, and slim the body.
In these past two weeks, without feeling hungry, I easily lost five pounds, and my digestion and skin have also improved. Sisters, let's also slim down in April to welcome summer!
In middle school, I was overweight for a period and tried all sorts of diets. I tried vegetable soup for every meal and the apple diet. While I lost weight quickly, it rebounded even faster after resuming normal eating, and my physique also deteriorated. As I've gotten older, to prevent my metabolism from slowing down, besides attending one to two yoga classes a week with my yoga teacher, I also soak my feet in warm water with ginger slices at night to promote smoother blood circulation, which helps in slimming my legs more easily.
Furthermore, diet is paramount for weight loss. You can neither consume excessive calories nor starve yourself. Breakfast and lunch should be normal meals, just avoiding overly sweet or oily foods. Dinner, however, should be replaced with a balanced and nutritious salad. I often choose cucumber, avocado, cherry tomatoes, beetroot, apple, corn, and quinoa. For dressing, I use olive oil, balsamic vinegar, lemon juice, and black pepper. To ensure a more balanced nutritional intake, protein is also essential, such as boiled eggs, crab meat, or chicken, to make eating more enjoyable.
To accelerate the effects, I also incorporated a lotus leaf and bitter orange flower tea therapy. I use two grams of lotus leaf, five bitter orange flowers, five roses, and two grams of jasmine flowers. After washing them, I steep them in hot water for 15 minutes and drink two to three cups a day. This tea helps detoxify the intestines, remove dampness, reduce fat and abdomen, lower blood pressure, and slim the body.
In these past two weeks, without feeling hungry, I easily lost five pounds, and my digestion and skin have also improved. Sisters, let's also slim down in April to welcome summer!