Guest guest Posted February 11, 2003 Report Share Posted February 11, 2003 Sat Nam Everyone, Can anyone recommend sets which I can do with students who are obese. I am concerned that they may not be able to do many of the regular sets. Would appreciate any assistance or recommendations. Thanks. Sincerely yours Hari Sant Singh Give up your sense of mine and yours and become the dust of the feet of all. God resides in every heart. ___________ SikhNet - http://www.SikhNet.com ___________ Get news on Sikhism and the Sikhnet web site Sign up at http://www.SikhNet.com/ ___________ Select your own custom email address for FREE! Get you w/No Ads, 6MB, POP & more! http://www.everyone.net/selectmail?campaign=tag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 2003 Report Share Posted February 11, 2003 With obese people you have to convince them not to follow any diets.. they are useless I used to be 22 kg overweight - 47 pounds (and I am a relatively small guy. They must change the eating habbits... forever. The excess of weigth have to with the ratio about what you eat and what you burn + metabolism of each individual. But.. most of the people have a reasonable good metabolism, very few have a thyroids desease... many times you hear: I do not eat much.. but very important to ask them for a single day, to write down what they swallow (peanuts, beers, whatever)... So, then, making some aerobic exercise on a daily basis.. fast walking for one hour everyday.. etc And also, many people eat everytime time because they are ansious..here pranayama, relax, yoga makes a lot (many asanas make the thyroids to work much better). Also very important is to eat slowly, chewing 20 times from eather side of their mouth. The brain takes 20 minutes to get the stomache information before you realized what you have eaten... And of course forgetabout sweets, planty of grase, fat meat, alcohol... be logical... And go more for vegetables, black cereals & bread, not to much salt, etc satnam ----------------- Nuevo Depósito a 1 mes 6% TAE, contrátalo: http://ingdirect.ozu.es ----------------- Correo enviado desde http://www.ozu.es Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 2003 Report Share Posted February 11, 2003 many times > you hear: I do not eat much.. but very important to ask > them for a single day, to write down what they swallow > (peanuts, beers, whatever)... Sometimes eating too little is the problem. The body will slow metabolism down, and it'll be impossible to lose weight even on 700 calories. Alia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 2003 Report Share Posted February 11, 2003 Sat Nam everyone, Wow! I didnt know that eating too little could slow one's metabolism. That was interesting Alia I wish you could have elaborated on that. A wonderful thing to help with people who are slightly and grossly overweight is the breath of fire. Also the Hand-Leg pose (Hastapadangustasana) along with spinal flexes and twists are good for people who are obese. Once you loosen up the spine other Kriyas become easier. The Hand-Leg pose helps to reduce and loosen unhealthy and unnessecary fatty tissue. I have a friend who is twice my size but she is more flexible than most people I know. It could be because she goes to the night club dancing almost every weekend. I'm not sure but the spinal flexes helped a lot of people I know of all sizes to eventually get into the more difficult poses. Peace and Blessings, Tchima - alia robinson Kundaliniyoga Tuesday, February 11, 2003 11:49 AM Re: Re:Sets for obese students Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 2003 Report Share Posted February 11, 2003 > Sat Nam everyone, > Wow! I didnt know that eating too little could slow one's metabolism. That was interesting Alia I wish you could have elaborated on that. I'll send in this article I found. Maybe it will help out. I hope forwarding this is okay. I'm trying to lose ten pounds but the scale won't budge. I only eat 1,000 calories a day, plus I exercise for at least an hour four times a week. What am I doing wrong? The problem is obvious: you are starving yourself and your body is rebelling by slowing its metabolism down to a crawl. An average-sized, moderately active woman in her 30s - say 5'4" and 130 pounds - needs perhaps 2,000 calories a day to maintain her weight. If she exercises intensely on a regular basis, she may need even more calories. If she's a couch potato, she may need a bit less. Losing weight is purely a matter of math - you must burn more calories than you consume. So, you would figure that the less you ate, the faster you would lose weight, right? That logic actually only goes so far because your metabolism isn't static - it adjusts to your activity level, how much you eat, your percentage of muscle mass, the regulation of certain hormones, and other factors. Your body's goal is to maintain its current weight. When you start cutting down on what you eat, your metabolism adjusts by slowing down so you don't burn so many calories. That's why dieters often hit plateaus after losing steadily - their metabolisms have slowed down so that their bodies can maintain a steady weight. When you want to lose weight, you also need to consider your basal metabolic rate (BMR) - that's the amount of calories you burn by just existing, what you would require if you just laid in bed all day. The basal metabolic rate for the above mentioned 130 pound woman is probably somewhere between 1200 to 1300 calories. If she wanted to lose weight (although, frankly, at 130 pounds, she shouldn't be considering it), she should avoid going below her BMR. That's what sends the body into starvation mode. When she's no longer consuming enough to even exist, her metabolism will conserve as much as possible in order for her body to survive. By eating 1,000 calories or less daily, she may lose some weight for a while but she won't be losing the type of weight she desires - she'll be losing muscle, not fat. Fat is stored energy, and that's what the body wants to cling to when it's in starvation mode. Burning the storage - fat - is a last resort. Losing muscle mass slows down your metabolism even more. It's a vicious circle - and your body isn't getting anywhere near the nutrients it needs to be healthy. Exercising an hour a day with such a low calorie intake isn't a good thing, either - you aren't eating enough to build or even maintain muscle; instead you're putting a lot of stress on your body. When you want to lose fat (which is actually what everyone means when they say they want to lose weight - certainly, no one wants to lose muscle, bone or organs!), moderation is the key. Figure out how much you are eating every day and cut the amount down by around 200-300 calories. Instead of a couple of large meals, eat small meals throughout the day, maybe three, no more than four hours apart - this keeps your body from thinking it's starving. Make sure that the food you do eat is nutritious - include lots of lean protein, vegetables and fruit and cut way down on refined sugar and refined starches. A moderate amount of fat - up to 30% of your daily calories - is okay, as long as only a third of that is saturated fat. At the same time, increase the amount of calories you're burning by 200-300 per day - do a half-hour to an hour of moderate exercise - brisk walking or jogging, dancing, swimming (the more intense the activity, the less time you need to spend at it). Even better, make sure you are doing some resistance training - that way you are keeping up your muscle mass (and your metabolism). You should try to lose no more than a couple pounds a week - remember, in weight loss, slow and steady wins the race. Your metabolism won't slow down as quickly, and you're more likely to keep off the weight once you've lost it. Best of all, make the changes in your diet and lifestyle permanent ones - stay active and continue to eat foods that are higher in nutritional value. You'll be healthy and stay slim. And remember, if you have more than a few pounds to lose, or if you have any health problems, see your primary care provider before embarking on a new diet or exercise program. What if you've already messed up, and you're on that 1,000-calorie diet? Don't worry, you can fix it - remember, metabolism isn't static. It can fluctuate in either direction. Gradually start adding more calories to your diet, a couple hundred at a time. Since your metabolism has slowed, if you immediately went back to a 2,000-calorie diet, chances are your starving body would cling to every calorie and you would put on weight. So slowly add the calories back. Stay lightly to moderately active - when you have a low calorie intake, you should not be exercising intensely. Interestingly, people sometimes find they start losing again when they begin adding calories back - their bodies are no longer in starvation mode. When you are eating a reasonable amount of calories again - 1,500 to 1,600 is reasonable for most women who want to lose weight - you can start making adjustments in your activity level and caloric intake. As a rule of thumb, women in their 20s and 30s shouldn't go below 1,500 calories per day for weight loss, and older women should eat no less than 1,400. For the average man, 1,900 - 2,000 calories is appropriate. These numbers will, of course, change according to your height and activity level - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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