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8 Things To Do on a Saturday To Lose Weight Through The Week

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As Saturday approaches – we start planning for parties, get-togethers, outings, and all of them revolve around food, but if you’re working on losing weight, be cautious. Weekends, especially Saturdays, can undo your week-long efforts. Instead of turning it into a ‘cheat day,’ use Saturday as a chance to reset, plan, and ensure a smooth week ahead on your weight loss journey. Check out 8 simple tips in our latest post! 1. Have a Nutritious Breakfast: Start your day right by choosing a nutritious breakfast, known as the most important meal. While tempting, sugary options like waffles, packaged juices, and sweet cereals can load you up on empty calories and keep unhealthy cravings lingering. Opt for healthier choices from the Rati Beauty diet to maintain successful weight loss, even on lazy weekends. 2. Plan and Buy Groceries for the Entire Week: Use Saturday to plan and shop for groceries for the entire week. This strategy significantly reduces the likelihood of impulsively selecti...
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10 Things Fit People Do To Stay in Shape

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What’s the definition of “fit”? It’s a state of physical and mental well being with the ability to perform daily tasks without fatigue and for some people, it’s about looking and feeling good. For some others, being fit is not spending long hours at the gym, it’s the ability to move well with sustained energy. Though there are different definitions on what exactly does it mean to be “fit,” there are some common things that fit people do to stay in shape and in this post, we list out these common factors so that you can also incorporate them in your routine. So, let’s begin: 1. They Practice Clean Eating and Eat Right: If you want to look and feel healthy and fit, the first thing to do is to follow a healthy diet and eat clean. If you are confused what healthy diet looks like, check out various weight loss diets on the Rati Beauty app that help you drop extra weight by putting you on healthy food. A healthy diet sets the road for a healthier, fitter, and happier person. 2. They Are ...
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10 Signs That you Are Losing Weight, Not Just Water Weight

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For people who are trying to lose weight, the weighing scale is a constant companion and it just feels great when you can see the numbers coming down. However, getting fixated with the weighing scale and feeling flustered when the scale moves upwards can demotivate anyone and question the entire process of being on a weight loss diet and working out tirelessly. The good news is that the weighing scale is not an exact measure of your success since it does not differentiate between water weight and fat loss, and you may be progressing in other areas while what’s on the scale might just be water weight. Talking about water weight, it is completely different from the weight gain related to fat layers because it is temporary and happens due to accumulation of extra fluid within the body tissues. On the other hand, fat weight is a permanent layer of fat (unless you do something about it) underneath the subcutaneous layer of skin and around the organs (visceral fat), which would only melt awa...
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7 Tips To Fix Dull and Tired Morning Skin

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So, you had a rough night and woke up in a really bad mood?! Guess what, your skin would reveal to the world that you had a bad night by looking dull, tired, and puffy and that’s why you need to fix the skin to look refreshed and feel good. In fact, there are simple ways that you can follow at home using inexpensive stuff to revive dull skin and freshen up a tired face in the morning. Read about them in this post: 1. The easiest and quickest way to instantly awaken your dull skin in the morning is to splash cold water on your face. You can also use an ice cube wrapped in a soft muslin or cotton cloth and gently rub it all over your face. Cold water or ice stimulates blood circulation and freshens up the skin. It also helps in tightening large facial pores and to refine the texture of skin. Korean women follow a kind of ice therapy called as “Jamsu” where they dunk their face in a bowl full of ice cold water to refresh skin and also fix their makeup. All you have to do is to remember ...
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5 Homemade Remedies For Melasma and Dark Spots

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Melasma is a skin condition where dark, brown, grey, and discolored patches show up commonly around the cheeks, nose, forehead, upper lip, and chin area due to excessive sun exposure, hormonal imbalances, and also during pregnancy. But the most common culprit is sun exposure which can trigger excessive melanin production, so wearing a sunscreen is a must because melasma relapses and flares up when guards are lowered since it is a chronic condition. Though laser and cosmetic procedures promise permanent removal of melasma, the truth is that, relapses do happen, and that’s why maintenance is your best option. Rather than opting for expensive laser treatments, here are some home remedies that youc an try to reduce melasma and dark spots. What Causes Melasma? 1. Hormonal Imbalance: Elevated estrogen level and a drop in progesterone can cause melasma. 2. Facial Waxing: Sometimes waxing can trigger excessive melanin production. 3. Sun Exposure: UV exposure makes melasma and hyperpig...
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17 Easy Ways to Shave Off Calories From your Meals for Weight Loss

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When you make little tweaks and adjustments to your daily diet, you can reap major benefits in terms of weight loss, and one way to ensure that happens is by shaving off extra calories from your meals and snacks to enter into calorie deficit, burn fat, and shed pounds that make you uncomfortable. In this post, we list down 17 easy ways to shave off calories from your meals for successful weight loss. 1. Plain Yogurt instead of Greek Yogurt: We often consider flavoured Greek yogurt healthy and a weight-loss friendly food, but that’s not true. Fruity and sweet Greek yogurt that claim to have the richness of fruits have added sugar and preservatives in them, and quite a lot of extra calories. By switching to plain Greek yogurt, you can get lean protein with up to 15 gm of protein and also a good dose of probiotics, minus extra calories. 2. Make your own Salad Dressings: Though salads are extremely healthy, we unknowingly add a lot of calories by mixing up sauces, vinaigrettes, and othe...
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16 Practical Ways to Make Exercise a Daily Habit to Shed Extra Weight

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You can definitely not outrun a bad diet, but since weight loss is all about 80% diet and 20% exercise, to sculpt out a good physique and to boost weight loss efforts, regular physical activity is a must. And you should choose the kind of workout that would challenge the body because if it does not challenge you, it wouldn’t change you. Regular exercise is not only for a great physique or to lose weight, it’s good for mental health too. To look toned, lose fat, and get healthy in general, pick up those running shoes and head out of the door! However, it’s not easy to convert daily exercise routine from a painful chore to a pleasurable activity; especially when there’s lack of motivation and have to push yourself to go through the daily grind. Now, it’s important to condition your mind to turn daily exercise from a daily and painful chore to an enjoyable activity that you should be looking forward for that adrenaline rush because when you exercise with full gusto, your body releases che...
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12 Kitchen Tools and Devices that Make Losing Weight Easier

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Kitchen is the place from where your weight loss journey should ideally start, not the gym! After all, as everyone rightly says, “abs are made in the kitchen.” So, when you makeup your mind to lose weight and get healthy, look no further than your kitchen. If you have been whining about lack of time and motivation to hit the gym, kitchen is a much more powerful place to kickstart the whole “get fit” process. It’s a fact that when you cook your own food, you are more likely to consume fewer calories, without the risk of toxic ingredients such as transfat and MSG that encourage fat accumulation in the body. Taking the reins over your kitchen would also mean more control over the ingredients involved. The best way to ensure that your meals are weight-loss friendly and aren’t packed with too much salt or sugar, and other ingredients, is by making them yourself. However, for some of us cooking can be a chore and with all the planning and time that it takes, we can soon experience “cooking f...
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10 Beta Carotene Rich Foods That Would Make you Look Younger

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Healthy food can do amazing things, like helping you lose weight, but you can also flaunt flawless skin by eating the right kind of food. Beta-carotene in particular, can prevent premature ageing and make you look younger by promoting growth of new skin cells, keeping skin smooth and wrinkle free. Beta carotene, which gets converted to vitamin A inside the body, is an antioxidant that not only protects skin cells from damage, they are extremely vital for cellular repair as well. Beta carotene increases the skin’s defense against UV radiation too. The amazing news is that you can loads of beta carotene from natural and locally available foods, and if you dream about wrinkle-free, smooth skin, do make a conscious effort to include these colorful foods into your daily routine. Since they are low in calories as well, you can expect to drop some pounds as well. Just a small pointer – since vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin, including healthy fats such as nuts, would help in better absorpt...
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11 Bad Habits That Sabotage Weight Loss

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Weight loss is much more than eating healthy eating and regular exercise because even when you are working hard, certain “bad” habits can actually jeopardize the pace of your weight loss and in some cases completely stall the whole process. In fact, undoing these bad habits which we unknowingly follow will go a long way and can actually accelerate the pace at which one is losing weight. Someone rightly said, the difference between good habits and bad habits is that good habits are extremely rewarding and you cannot expect results without making changes and breaking out of bad habits. If you desperately want to lose extra weight and get healthier, band-aid solutions like crash diets and fat burners would never work. What can bring about weight loss is getting on the right kind of diet, such as on Rati Beauty app, a bit of exercise, and breaking out of specific bad habits and replacing them with good ones. Old habits die hard, but if you want to see results, do bring about smash these h...
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15 Tips That Double Up Weight Loss Results

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When trying to lose weight, a lot of us want to see results quickly, and often fall into the trap of fad diets and gimmicky fat burners that seldom work. What would actually bring long-term results is following  healthy weight loss diet plans (such as on Rati Beauty app ) and a bit of exercise. Along with these absolutely basic factors, there are some other elements that help to accelerate and double up the weight loss results. And we are completely talking about stuff that are natural and not about any powders or potions here. So, let’s find out more about these elements that are going to make your weight loss journey smooth. 1. Eat the Right Kind of Food: As we have always maintained, “you can never outrun a bad diet” because you can go into a “calorie deficit” to lose weight only by eating the right kind of food. Relying just on workout or exercise to lose weight will make it a long journey, and to cut that time in half, eat healthy, practice portion control, and put on your p...
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8 Red Lentil Face Packs for Beautiful and Youthful Skin

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There’s a secret ingredient tucked away in your kitchen cabinet which has the ability to tackle a lot of your skincare woes – from clearing tan to tightening pores, it also adds a glow and nourishes skin, and we are talking about red lentils or masoor dal here. It also acts as a natural scrub and deeply cleanses the skin and exfoliates skin deeply. Another great thing about red lentils, the nutrients and antioxidants present in red lentils help in preventing premature ageing. Do you know red lentil face packs can help fade away dark spots and acne scars effectively. So, here are 8 ways to use red lentil face packs for beautiful and youthful skin. To make all these masks, use powdered red lentils or soak a few spoonfuls of red lentils in water for a few hours and make a fine paste out of it. 1. Red Lentils, Egg White and Milk Face Pack for Skin Tightening: Mix masoor dal powder with milk and egg white. Make a paste and apply it on your face and let it dry. After about 10 minutes, y...
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12 Essential Products to Swear By if you Sweat a Lot

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Summer is almost here and the balmy and pleasant weather would soon give way to intense heat and humidity, and for those of us who sweat a lot, the increase in humidity also means greasy skin, clogged pores, and higher chances of breakouts. Though summer is also the season of floral prints and bright hues, it’s also the time to switch up products to battle the heat and greasiness, and stock up these essential products to tackle sticky skin if you sweat a lot. 1. Sunscreen: It’s an absolute skincare essential that one should use all around the year, irrespective of the year. But during summers, switch to light, sheer, matte, and oil-free sunscreens that do not clog the skin or add to the shine. Also, opt for light sunscreens and do not forget to reapply it every two hours if you are spending a lot of time outdoors. Our suggestions would be Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Body Mist Sun Block SPF 30, Lotus Herbals Matte Sunscreen Gel. 2. Makeup Primer: If you have got oily skin, this is a must...
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10 Ways to Lower Body Fat Percentage Fast

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When trying to lose weight, our goal should to be target body fat while preserving muscle mass, otherwise instead of looking toned and lean, one may look loose and saggy. Crash dieting is therefore not advisable since you lose majorly water weight and muscle mass, instead of actually burning fat. Body fat mainly comprises of subcutaneous and visceral fat – the former is fat stored under the skin and visceral fat is layers of adipose tissue around the abdominal cavity and internal organs. In fact, one should never aim at going zero fat because certain amount of fat – around 3 to 5% in men and 10 to 15% in women is absolutely essential for survival. In fact, fat percentage below 32% for women and below 25% for men is generally considered normal. And going above these “normal” percentages can predispose one to obesity-related diseases such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and even stroke. Therefore, it not only is important to lower body fat to look and feel lighter and healthier, it’s ...
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How To Lose Weight without Counting Calories All Day Long

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Calorie deficit is the strongest key to unlock the door to weight loss and it is absolutely essential to maintain a steady calorie deficit for the body to tap into stored fat to use as fuel source when it exhausts calories made available through dietary source. When people take in more calories than they require, the surplus calories are stored as fat in the body, and when that happens on a daily basis, you tend to put on weight. Since calorie deficit occurs when someone takes in lesser calories than those burn, if you are someone trying to lose weight, you should aim to keep the calorie intake at an optimum level, cutting down 500 calories ideally. For women, the number of calories must not drop below 1200 calories per day, and for men, it should not fall below 1500 calories per day. Since weight loss is all about creating calorie deficit, we should be looking at ways to lower calorie intake without really compromising on nutrition and health. But we all would agree that it can get a ...
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