How can yoga help you lose weight?

Maintaining figure and ensuring physical health through yoga practice is a fitness habit for many female friends. Yoga has many health benefits, but most people do not master the key points when practicing it, which leads to the failure of yoga practice to achieve good results. So, how can practicing yoga help you lose weight? How to practice yoga correctly? Let’s take a look at the introduction of this article below.

1. It is best to practice yoga before meals

If you want to do yoga to lose weight, it is best to practice it in the morning on an empty stomach.

Because when you practice yoga on an empty stomach, the energy consumed does not come from muscle but from fat.

If you do yoga after a meal, you are only burning off the carbohydrates you just ate.

It is important to allow the body to obtain energy from accumulated fat in order to lose fat better.

2. Eat something every 4 hours

This is what we call "eat small meals frequently", you can eat 5 small meals a day instead of 3 large meals.

This way you won’t feel too hungry. Of course, this doesn’t mean you have to eat too much at every meal. It is important to try to keep your meals balanced.

This is difficult to achieve at work, so you might as well bring some yogurt, milk and fruit (roasted unsalted soybeans are great).

3. Drink 13-16 glasses of water

Generally drink 8 glasses of water a day, but drink more when losing weight. Try to drink more, don’t drink coffee, you can drink more green tea or oolong tea.

Drinking more water can help the body eliminate toxic substances and effectively eliminate fat.

Milk and soy milk cannot be regarded as water, but if 12-16 cups are not enough for you, it is okay to make up the number.

At this point, you will love going to the toilet, which can also be considered a form of exercise.

4. Don’t be too strict with your body

Yoga is very particular about dialogue with the body. We must listen carefully to the voice from the body. Physical and mental pleasure are essential conditions for health and beauty.

Therefore, when your weight loss plan is too strict and your body can't adapt, then indulge yourself and eat more (but not too frequently, at most once a week).

The above is an introduction on how to lose weight by practicing yoga. After reading this article, I believe you will have a better understanding of how to practice yoga correctly. When doing fitness exercises, there are many things that need to be paid attention to, such as the intensity and time of fitness, etc. Only reasonable arrangements can achieve better results.