Re:Sets for obese students

[Guest guest]

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

 

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resides in every heart.

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

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

 

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[Guest guest]

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

[Guest guest]

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

 

 

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alia robinson

Kundaliniyoga

Tuesday, February 11, 2003 11:49 AM

Re: Re:Sets for obese students

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

> 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 -