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dear renukaji !
you are absolutely correct . my daughter also calorie conscious and restrict the oil &rice in her in take. she will ask her mother not to cook for her dinner since she is she is fond of mother food & control her eating restriction. she will be verifying her weight 3-4 times a day .she is having thread mill &practicing too !!
guruvayurappan
Dear sir,
Tell your daughter that weight changes by 1 kg throughout the day.
So weighing ourselves 3-4 x a day will only increase our anxiety.
Tell her weighing herself some 3-4 x a week should be alright.
It's good to be weight conscious but as long we do not miss out in our nutrients.
Tell your daughter if she is cutting oil in her food make sure she gets healthy oil in the form of nuts and also Avocado has good healthy oil content.
Being weight conscious should not make us undernourished so make sure her protein intake and vegetables intake is sufficient.
She can restrict rice if she wants.I myself only eat rice once a week.
The other days I take other forms of Carbohydrates like Oats,Corn,Pasta,Quinoa,Chapati,boiled sweet potato.
So we have to strike the right balance.
Tell your daughter working out on threadmill only burns fat and if done excessively we can also lose muscle.
So tell her do not exceed 40 mins of cardio on thread mill and also lift some light weights for toning of muscle so that metabolism increases.
When we build some muscle we can eat a bit more and still not gain weight.
On certain days..she can have higher intensity interval training where one runs at higher speed on thread mill for some 30 seconds then walk for 60 seconds then sprint again for 30 seconds.
Do this for not more than 20 minutes.
This is called interval training...may be just once a week she can do interval training.
Tell her that in between work out it is also important to have rest days where we do not exercise to rest joints and muscles.
Moderation is the key..believe me it works.
I have been doing this since the age of 30 and I can still fit into the clothes I wore when I was 25.
