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hey guys im haley and im new to the forum. i have been practicing yoga on and off since i was 11. i am 16 now. and i have been serious about it for about a year now. i am a bit overweight and im working towards losing about 50s pounds. i have been doing pilates in addition to my yoga. i take in about 1200 calories when i dont cheat ( stil trying to get my mind and body in balance with each other) and im losing. but i want to feel better and lighter. can you guys suggest any particular yoga moves that will help me with my mind body disconnection? i also was wondering if you guys had any food tips. craving cures, or ways to prevent them. thanks a bunch.  | |||
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thanks so much you guys! yes, i try to eat as organic as possible. my parents have been trying harder too. but they buy alot of chips and ice cream ( my weakness) and things of that nature. im really inspired now. and im gonna try harder. my mom uses quinoa ( whoa spelling) and flaxseed,. but i rarely use it. i think ill start using it more. and eating more natural. thanks so much  | |||
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    Location: London, England | Hi namaste, i agree with the other two-it's perfectly natural for a woman of your age to have a little more body fat-just stay eating well, and exercising in lots of different ways, make eating and exercising fun, and then you have a blueprint for lifelong health, or at least you have done everything humanly possible. In other words, try not to concentrate on losing weight, but on feeling good-it gives us a more healthy body mind perspective-just my humble opinion, dont want to sound like an old fogey (definitely heading that way ) Nick | ||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 8442   | Haley - if you can get your parents to buy a flavour of ice cream or chips that don't appeal to you, that might help. That's one of my little strategies  Strawberry ice cream and bbq chips - no problem! They may call to me but I never feel tempted to answer | ||
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nAmAsTe_beauty - 2006-07-31 9:29 PM thanks so much you guys! yes, i try to eat as organic as possible. my parents have been trying harder too. but they buy alot of chips and ice cream ( my weakness) and things of that nature. im really inspired now. and im gonna try harder. my mom uses quinoa ( whoa spelling) and flaxseed,. but i rarely use it. i think ill start using it more. and eating more natural. thanks so much wow kool welcome ohh i no what u can do are u in any sports ??? I NO join some softball soccer track or run at home with ur friends dance in your room (it's very fun to do that ) and i don't think u need to lose 50 lbs that 's to much in the picture u look really pretty and u don't look that big to be wanting to lose that much weight | |||
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nAmAsTe_beauty - 2006-07-30 11:22 PM hey guys im haley and im new to the forum. i have been practicing yoga on and off since i was 11. i am 16 now. and i have been serious about it for about a year now. i am a bit overweight and im working towards losing about 50s pounds. i have been doing pilates in addition to my yoga. i take in about 1200 calories when i dont cheat ( stil trying to get my mind and body in balance with each other) and im losing. but i want to feel better and lighter. can you guys suggest any particular yoga moves that will help me with my mind body disconnection? i also was wondering if you guys had any food tips. craving cures, or ways to prevent them. thanks a bunch. How did you arrive at the 1200 calorie number? That is often considered the bare minimum for a grown woman. Also be aware that as a teenager, you have somewhat different dietary requirements for a growing body than for someone who is older and whose body has reached full adulthood. At 1200 calories, you may in fact be working against your desire for weightloss by not giving your body enough adequate energy to run at full efficiency and it may be trying to "hold on" to those extra calories as it compensates for a lack of adequate energy. I like this site, http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm for trying to figure out an appropriate caloric level for weight loss. Read the whole page underneath the calculator section as well. The larger we are and the more active we are, the more calories we need just to sustain ourselves. The key is not targeting an overall caloric level, but finding a caloric differential of intake vs output that allows you to slowly lose weight over time. General nutritional guidelines suggest a differential of 500-100 calories a day will produce a 1-2 lb. fat loss per week (on average) over time. That's the theory anyway! Just a few other thoughts on your post as well. 1. Try to avoid using the word "cheat". Approach all foods as choices. The goal should be to make more good choices than less than optimum choices and keep trying to increase that ratio of good to not so good. If you choose a "treat", enjoy it! But do it from a place of mindfulness to put it in more yogic terminology. Don't create a guilt cycle with your food and don't assume that "perfection" is necessary. Consistency and longevity count for far more in terms of overall successful weight loss and management than perfection does, IMO. 2. Craving cures. Can you explain this a bit? I separate cravings into two categories, physical and mental/emotional. You can in fact create your own physical hunger pangs based on what you eat. Do some research on glycemic index values of foods and you will find that foods/carbohydrates that we digest quickly create a biochemical response process in our bodies that can actually make us hungrier than we would be had we chosen foods lower in overall gylcemic impact. One of the most common examples of this that has become embedded in the humor of our culture is chinese food. Lots of high sugar sauces thickened with cornstarch. The joke is that you have a big chinese dinner and you're still hungry an hour or two later. No joke, but humor based in reality. It's like trying to make a fire with pine vs. oak. Highly glycemic foods are like creating a fire with pine. They flare up quickly, produce a lot of energy in a short amount of time, but then you need to add more fuel to the fire fairly soon to keep it going. Build a fire with slow burning hardwoods (low gylcemic carbohydrates) and you can keep it going for hours. These kinds of cravings tend to build quickly and are typically non-food specific. It's more a feeling of "OMG, I have to eat something NOW!". Cravings for specific foods like pizza, chocolate, ice cream and so forth are more the mental/emotional desires borne out of habits and wants and often boredom. IMO, these have to be dealt with more from a position of willpower and counter desires to achieve something higher and better for yourself. And I'm not saying no pizza or chocolate or ice cream ever again. All things in balance and moderation. Just choose them from a position of control over yourself and the foods you choose to bring into your body, rather than simply reacting to a desire to want something to make you feel good for the moment. Also drink some water. The body often confuses "thirst" for "hunger". Stay well hydrated during the day and you may find that you are less "hungry" as well. 3. Food tips. How much time do you have? Eat a good breakfast to start your day, every day. It will help jump start your metabolism for the day and give your body energy it needs to get going. Try to eat a meal or a healthy snack every 2-3 hours. Build major meals around a some balance of low to medium gylcemic carbohydrates, lean proteins, and healthy fats/oils. Pay attention to portion control. A serving of protein is roughly the size of a deck of cards. A serving of whole grains is 1 ounce or 1 small slice of bread or about 1/2 cup cooked of things like pasta and rice. If you look at your dinner plate, try to fill up half of it with veggies, 1/4 with protein, and 1/4 with whole grains/starches. Veggies are your friend! And finally, love only those foods that love you back! And congrats for taking control and trying to improve yourself. Diets don't work very well. Don't "go on" a diet. That implies that at some point you will "go off" your diet. Think instead about CHANGING your diet. Albert Einstein had a wonderful quote about insanity that I relate all the time to weight loss and weight management. "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results." If you want different results in the weight and shape of your body, you cannot do the same things that produced your current weight and shape. And if you do change things up in terms of changing the way you eat and the amount and/or type of exercise you engage in, and experience the results you seek, you cannot reasonably go back to your "old ways" without reasonably expecting the "old results". Eat, move and meditate to support and improve that wonderful and beautiful physical form that is your body and your mind and it will reward you and thank you again and again each and every day! | |||
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