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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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Don’t Go Grocery Shopping When Hungry! Here’s Why!

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There’s a funny quote that goes like this – “Don’t go grocery shopping when hungry, don’t give your heart when lonely :P” In both the situations, there’s a high likelihood of making wrong decisions because when hungry, cravings can push you to make impulsive choices that would cater to satisfy immediate cravings and similarly, loneliness can make you totally ignore all the red flags and jump into wrong kind of relationship In the context of food, these impulsive choices to satisfy immediate cravings can derail your weight loss goals! Even though the above-mentioned quote underlines the importance of making choices when in a balanced and rational state of mind, we would skip doling out relationship advice, and would like to further explain why you shouldn’t go grocery shopping while hungry, particularly when trying to lose weight. Here’s why! When you are trying to lose weight, every calorie counts, and that’s why cutting down on high-calorie food and eliminating ultra-processed ...
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Is Sara Ali Khan Right? Can Weight Impact Mental Well Being?

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Weight loss is more than just fitting into smaller-sized clothes and looking lean, and Sara Ali Khan, in a recent interview underlined how being heavy and carrying excess weight affected her mentally. At one point of time, Sara Ali Khan weighed over 96 kgs and had to lose almost 50 kgs before making her Bollywood debut! She recalls that at that stage, she thought to herself that since there wouldn’t be a better tomorrow, she could eat whatever she wanted! But is Sara Ali Khan right? Can excess weight impact your mental well being and can losing weight promote a feeling of overall well being? Also, does weight loss is more than just a leaner frame? Let’s find out: There’s no sugar coating the fact that carrying a lot of excess weight can sometimes give rise to issues like social awkwardness, negative body image, low self esteem, isolation, anxiety, stress, insomnia and sometimes even depression. Obesity has also been found to cause sleep disturbances, and poor sleep, as we all kno...
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10 Tests To Find What’s Stopping you From Losing Weight

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Some individuals complain that they have exhausted every weight loss option out there without achieving weight loss – right from doing endless hours of cardio at the gym, counting every single calorie, eating as little as possible, staying completely off guilt food, and not to forget, trying out every gimmicky product that promises to be a “fat cutter!” This happens because most of the so-called weight loss programs out there concentrate on slashing calories and making individuals eat as less as possible, compromising on the body’s nutritional needs. This stragegy results in severe hair fall, compromised immunity, damaged skin, general malaise, and of course nutrient deficiencies. If you have been crash dieting or following a fad diet which deprives you of healthy food, then most probably, you have nutritional deficiencies, and it can be the reason your inability to lose weight. Our body needs nutrients to function, and you need to hear this – a lot of vitamins, minerals are needed in ...
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7 Ways To Prevent Overeating While Snacking

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Experts say the right choice of snacks can actually be beneficial to one’s weight loss journey – they keep hunger pangs in check until your next meal, sustain energy levels, and basically keep you from get hangry (getting irritable and angry because of hunger). But do remember that what you snack on, how you snack, and the frequency of snacking all have a great impact on your weight loss goal. For example, a bowl of unsalted, no-butter, air-popped popcorn may approximately have just 30 calories per cup and wouldn’t derail your weight loss efforts. However, it’s easy to overeat while snacking because we often forget to keep a tabs on the calories consumed. And as we all know, overeating can make it difficult to lose weight and can lead to weight gain. Ideally, it’s recommended to limit calories of snacks anywhere from 150 to 200 calories, with two of them in a day, when you are trying to lose weight. If you are going over this limit, here are 7 ways to prevent overeating while snacking....
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How Does It Feel After Weight Loss?

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Being over the BMI and carrying excess weight puts individuals at a risk of developing heart disease, diabetes, and other chronic illnesses, and losing weight can significantly reduce these risks and improve overall health markers. Apart from these obvious benefits, weight loss has several advantages. It’s not at all easy being overweight, people constantly judge you for your size and pass snide remarks about your eating habits. Being on the wrong kind of diets, falling for gimmicky products, and hitting the gym add to the disappointment. Lack of confidence, negative body image, missing out on social gatherings fearing negative attention, and the fear of being stared at are all common issues people with weight issues face in their everyday life. But once the decision to lose weight has been made and the hard work is in place, and excess pounds come off, life does change! And if you are on the  Rati Beauty diet, you would actually enjoy losing weight because you are not starving or...
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Is it Okay To Buy New Clothes While Losing Weight

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Congratulations! So, your new diet plan is working and you are shedding weight and burning fat! You are feeling lighter and more energetic! But as you begin to lose weight, a new challenge emerges – what to wear? You are yet to reach your goal weight, but you want to dump old clothes and explore new options. Old clothes that had helped you to hide away layers of fat in the past, no longer seem to fit well or comfortably. Since you are still losing weight, you would not be able to fit into the old pair of jeans that you have saved since forever. On the journey of transformation through weight loss, the desire to both feel and look good becomes predominant. As the old clothes no longer do justice to your progress, and with the goal weight still on the horizon, the prudent choice is to refrain from splurging on an entirely new wardrobe. But we understand your eagerness to try new clothes and flaunt your new frame in more flattering fits. The good news is that you don’t have to wait till y...
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Can Weight Loss Help With Knee Osteoarthritis?

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Shedding pounds comes with a whole lot of incredible benefits than just fitting into smaller-sized clothes. Experts say weight loss also alleviates the risk associated with obesity-related diseases like hypertension, high LDL cholesterol, type 2 diabetes, stroke, coronary artery disease, etc. Not just these, there are more health benefits – one of them is prevention and relieving symptoms of osteoarthritis of the knee. Studies have shown that there’s a strong link between obesity and joint pain and being overweight increases the risk factor for developing osteoarthritis 4 times in women and about 5 times in men! See it like this, when weight increases, so does the pressure on the joints, particularly on the knees. Studies have shown that with every 5 kg of weight gain, there’s approximately 36% increase in the risk of developing knee osteoarthritis. This happens because with increased weight, the cartilage in the knee joint starts to wear out, the cushioning in between breaks down, cau...
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10 High-Protein Breakfast Ideas For Weight Loss

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There’s a lot of data to suggest that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but a lot of us tend to dig into foods that are secretly desserts – bread-jam, syrupy pancakes instead of healthy foods. Experts say the wrong choice of breakfast can hamper your weight loss goals, and here’s how. In a study, researchers wanted to learn more about how different types of breakfasts affect how full and satisfied people feel throughout the day. To do this, they conducted a study on 20 girls, with average age of 19 years with a body mass index (BMI) of about 28.6. The study lasted for 7 days. During these days, the girls were given different types of breakfasts. They had three different options: a normal protein (NP) cereal-based breakfast, a high protein (HP) breakfast, or they could choose to skip breakfast altogether. They followed this routine for 6 days, where each girl had a different type of breakfast every day or chose to skip breakfast. On the 7th day, the researchers did severa...
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6 Big Benefits of Losing Just 10 Percent of Your Body Weight

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Losing weight is not just about fitting into smaller-sized clothes, it’s also about getting healthy with an improved sense of well being. Research says losing as little as 5% to 10% of your body weight can enhance your overall well-being and lower the chances of developing heart disease and diabetes. But there’s a popular opinion among individuals that they would be able to reap the benefits associated with weight loss only if they reach their end goal. Research has shown that’s not the case, and there are a whole lot of benefits associated with a slight drop in body fat, which hardly anyone talks about. According to a study done by researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, the greatest health benefits come from losing just 5 percent of total body weight and that would push you out of the danger mark, lower the risk of heart disease, stroke, and metabolic syndrome. Even though 5% may not seem much, if your current weight is 80 kgs, then a 10% drop would ...
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9 Signs That you Losing Weight Loss Healthy Way

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It’s widely agreed that weight loss is a journey where quick fixes have no impact and can in fact lead to potential side effects. Some of the side effects of crash dieting that are commonly seen are nutrient deficiencies, hair fall, hormonal imbalances, digestive issues, mood swings, etc. Unlike fad diets, or extreme measures, achieving weight loss through balanced, sustainable approaches offers a lot of benefits that extend far beyond just a certain number on the scale. For example, by following the diet plans on the Rati Beauty diet that prioritize nourishing food choices, regular physical activity, and mindful lifestyle adjustments, you would not only lose oodles of weight, but also reduce the risk of chronic diseases and develop life-long habits that promote wellness and good health. That’s why losing weight the healthy way would ensure there are no side effects and you would reach your goal weight smoothly.  Since weighing scale is not the only way to measure weight loss succe...
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10 High-Protein Snack Ideas For Weight Loss

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Many clinical trials have shown us how consuming the recommended intake of dietary protein helps to boost weight loss. Though protein is not that magic bullet that would single-handedly melt away all extra fat, it definitely helps a good deal. Studies show that the mechanism by which a high-protein diet helps to burn calories involves these aspects : 1). Proteins have a higher diet-induced thermogenesis (increase in metabolic rate that follows the ingestion of food) than carbohydrates and fats. 2). Protein decreases fat mass and prevents a decrease in fat-free mass (which includes your body’s water, organs, bone, and muscle content), which helps maintain resting energy expenditure. 3). Protein keeps you full and satiated for long, curbing cravings and appetite. Since a high-protein diet is an effective strategy to employ while losing weight, let’s replace your unhealthy morning and evening snacks with these healthy, weight-loss friendly, high-protein snacks instead. 1. Broccoli T...
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Can you Have Roasted Bhutta While Trying To Lose Weight?

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With the arrival of monsoons, everyone’s favorite monsoon snack aka bhutta/desi roasted corn, magically begin to appear at every nook and corner of the street. The aroma of sizzling bhutta, roasted on charcoal and laced with spices and lemon, makes them irresistible and you need mammoth will power to pass by without giving it a try. They are an inexpensive, fresh, and healthy treat, but are they diet friendly too, and can you have bhutta while trying to lose weight? Let’s find out: 1. No oil is required to roast the corn, it gets “charred” over the charcoal, so it makes for a zero-oil delicious snack. Also read: “10 No-Added Sugar Snacks For Weight Loss.” 2. Rich in nutrients, like vitamin B6, beta carotene, and minerals like magnesium, zinc, copper, potassium, iron, etc., all of which help to nourish the body and boost metabolism. It also has fiber which aids in digestion, helps to curb appetite, and is good for gut health as well. 3. It’s low in calories too, with a whole corn co...
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7 Unexpected Foods that Melt Pounds Away

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Cucumber, broccoli, and oats are extremely popular in weight loss circles as diet-friendly foods, but there are so many others that do not receive as much hype, but are weight loss friendly too and you can have them even on the strictest of diets. These foods receive less attention, but they can be excellent helpers in supporting weight loss goals. Pistachios, for example, are believed to be a calorie-dense nut, but according to a study, regular consumption of unsalted pistachios, led to reduced weight and waist circumference. It’s important to not just count calories, you have to make those calories count as well and make sure they are packed with beneficial nutrients when you are trying to lose weight. In this article, we list out 7 unexpected foods that melt pounds away. Read on: 1. Pumpkin Seeds: In the world of chia seeds and hemp seeds, pumpkin seed holds on to its own with their high protein, healthy fat, and fiber, content. It also has minerals like magnesium which ...
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8 High-Protein Lunch Ideas For Weight Loss

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Protein is a macronutrient that keeps you fuller for longer, preserves lean body mass (for that toned look while you lose weight), and protein’s higher thermic effect burns a lot of calories too. Research says that a high-protein meal increases concentrations of peptide YY (PYY) and glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) hormones, both of which are associated with satiety, appetite suppression, and therefore help to reduce subsequent food intake and help cut down significant calories at the end of the day. So, include a protein source at every meal, particularly at lunch. A plate that’s predominantly filled with veggies and protein can help you feel full while minimizing the space for high-calorie, less nutritious foods. So, here are some high-protein lunch ideas for weight loss so that you do not snack on unhealthy food for the rest of the day! 1. Brown Rice, Chickpea, Beetroot, Feta Salad: This salad is not only delicious but also packed with nutrients from brown rice, chickpeas, beetroo...
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