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How Can Walking Help You Overcome Stress?

overcome stressStress is inevitable given the fast-paced life all of us lead. It is something that can take over us completely if we do not make an effort to overcome it at the right time. There are many ways you can minimize and cope with stress and walking is a great way to overcome stress!

Most believe that walking only helps one lose weight or get into shape. But, it’s way more than that. It also helps you overcome stress. Exercise in almost any form can act as a stress reliever. Being active can boost your feel-good endorphins and distract you from daily worries. Walking is one way to lower your stress levels.

Any kind of Aerobics exercise (more than 2 minutes of walking is Aerobic exercise) has the power to swing an individual’s mood. If it is done every day, it can enhance self-esteem as well.

How Can Walking Help You Overcome Stress? 

Pumps up your endorphins: Walking increases your overall health and your sense of well-being and preps you up to take more steps every day. Walking also has some direct stress-busting benefits. Whenever you do any kind of aerobic activity you release endorphins (feel-good hormones). The higher your level of endorphins, the greater your sense of calm and well-being. No wonder that walking can make you feel so good!

Meditation in motion: After a fast-paced game of racquetball or several laps in the pool, you will often find that you have forgotten the day’s irritations and concentrate only on your body’s movements. As you begin to regularly shed your daily tensions through movement and physical activity, you may find that this focus on a single task, and the resulting energy and optimism, can help you remain calm and clear in everything you do.

Improves your mood: Regular Walking can increase self-confidence, it can help you relax and it can lower the symptoms associated with mild depression, stress and anxiety. Walking can also improve your sleep, which is often disrupted by stress, depression and anxiety. All of these walking benefits can ease your stress levels and give you a sense of command over your body and your life.

So whenever you feel you are stressed, go for a walk and come back feeling good and stress-free!

We hope this article helps you! Do leave your thoughts in the comments below. For more on exercise and fitness, check out Healthy Reads. If you are new to working out, join a LIVE GOQii Pro Class within the GOQii App and get the right guidance, in real time by an expert. Download the app and book an online class now.

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5 Healthy Juices For Weight Loss

Juices for weight loss

One of the golden rules to live by is to include at least 2 servings of fruits and vegetables to our diet every day. While this seems hard for some people because of the sugar content in fruit juices, you can’t deny the fact that one can get numerous micronutrients from them. While juices alone won’t help you lose weight, you can add these nutrient rich, less sugar blends to your existing regime and see drastic improvements! Try these amazing juices for weight loss now!

Best Natural Juices For Weight Loss

Below are some recipes we think can help you in your journey to lose weight. More greens are useful than fruits but this variety and blends will definitely help you a lot to not just detox, but supply your body with the nutrients it needs.

1. Clean and Green Detox Juice

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Ingredients:

  • Apples
  • Kale
  • Celery
  • Cucumbers
  • Basil

Method:

  1. Place all ingredients in a blender
  2. Add 1/4th cup of water. Mix thoroughly. Add water and/or ice in order to make the smoothie thicker or thinner based on your preference

This smoothie is excellent for detox as it flushes out all toxins from your body and contains antioxidants from the basil to make this one of the effective vegetable juices for fat loss.

2. Beetroot, Carrot & Strawberry Smoothie

Ingredients:

  • Beetroots
  • Carrots
  • Strawberries

Method:

  1. Peel beetroots and chop the carrots. Add strawberries to the veggies and blend it in a blender
  2. Add 1/4th cup of water. Add water and/or ice in order to make the smoothie thicker or thinner based on your preference

Beetroot juice will help you work out harder in the gym and this is one of the fruit juices for weight loss that contain a high amount of soluble and insoluble fiber that assists in weight loss.

3. Mint, Watermelon and Kale Juice

Ingredients:

  • Watermelon: 1.5-2 cups
  • Mint leaves: 1 fistful
  • Kale: 3 leaves

Method:

  1. Wash mint and kale leaves and put in blender. Chop the watermelon, remove the seeds and place in blender.
  2. Add 1/4th cup of water and mix well. Add water and/or ice in order to make the smoothie thicker or thinner based on your preference.

Watermelon, by nature, are mainly water and sugar, thus making them a low calorie, weight loss assistant. This is a handy juice for weight loss because of the mint leaves. Mint leaves are a natural appetite suppressant. So forget your hunger pangs after having one of these smoothies!

4. Green Spinach Lemonade

Ingredients:

  • Lemon: 1/4th cup
  • Water: 1/2 cup
  • Spinach: 1 whole
  • Apple (secret ingredient)

Method:

  1. Cut up lemons and remove seeds. Add spinach, lemon and water to blender.
  2. Add 1 apple with skin. Mix thoroughly. Add more apple if you want to sweeten more.
  3. Add water and/or ice in order to make the smoothie thicker or thinner based on your preference

The key ingredient to this, as you may have noticed, is the apple. Not only is it a fantastic sweetener, but it is also a fantastic source of antioxidants and minerals. This is the best juice for weight loss because it contains the minerals and micro-nutrients from spinach and apples but also assists in weight loss due to the lemons.

5. Cucumber Kiwi Juice

Ingredients:

  • Kiwi – 2 whole
  • Cucumber – 1 whole
  • Lemon – 1/2
  • Water – 1/4 Cup

Method:

  1. Chop and peel the kiwis and cucumber. Blend together.
  2. Add water and/or ice in order to make the smoothie thicker or thinner based on your preference

This recipe is the best juice recipe to get rid of belly fat because it is high in water and low in sodium. Low sodium juices reduce the overall bloating of the body and because this juice is lower than 50 calories, it is a fantastic way to satiate your hunger and be in a caloric deficit. A must try option for effective weight loss.

There you go! We hope these juices aid you on your weight loss journey. More importantly, consult with your doctor before trying these in case you have any allergies.

Which recipe did you like the most? Leave your thoughts in the comments below! For more recipes, check out Healthy Reads. To get more tips and guidance on your weight loss journey, speak with a GOQii Coach by subscribing for personalized health coaching here: https://goqiiapp.page.link/bsr

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Healthy Eating: Hydrating Summer Bowl

hydrating summer bowlDuring summer, our bodies crave for some chilled drink or ice cream due to the immense heat. But the fact that anything available outside is loaded with refined sugar and unhealthy fats, it might not be the best option as you need to keep your immunity up and stay cautious about your health. But we understand your craving and hence, here’s a healthier alternative – your very own hydrating summer bowl which will help you beat the heat and you can enjoy it guilt-free! 

What You Will Need 

  • Sabja Seeds – 1 tsp 
  • Fresh Hibiscus flower – 1  
  • Diced mango cubes – one small bowl 
  • Pomegranate – 1 small bowl 
  • Grapes (cut in half) – 1 small bowl 
  • Fresh Coconut water – half glass 

How To Prepare 

  1. Soak the sabja seeds in half a glass of coconut water for fifteen minutes. 
  2. Boil a cup of plain water, soak the hibiscus flower petals in this hot water for a minute or two. Then put it into the refrigerator to chill. 
  3. Next, in a big bowl, add the sabja seeds along with the coconut water. Then add all the diced fruits and the chilled hibiscus water. 
  4. In the end, add some crushed ice for the crunch and enjoy this guilt free summer bowl. 

Health Benefits Of the Hydrating Summer Bowl 

  • Sabja seeds are rich in fiber and help combat the heat inside the body
  • Coconut water hydrates you and is full of electrolytes – a must have during summer
  • Hibiscus makes it more antioxidant rich, helps lower blood pressure, improves immunity, releases constipation, reduces inflammation and also helps reduce hair fall.

We hope you try this Hydrating Summer Bowl! If you do, do share your pics with us on social media, tagging GOQii! Let us know your experience in the comments below. For more healthy recipes, check out Healthy Reads.

To get more such recipes, nutrition and diet tips from a GOQii Coach, subscribe for personalized health coaching here: https://goqiiapp.page.link/bsr

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Happy International No Diet Day!

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Shhh! No, don’t say it. Nooo, don’t even think of it! Today, we will not discuss anything about diet because May 6th every year is celebrated as No Diet Day. Today is the day of challenging the idea of one “right” body type and embracing body diversity.

What is International No Diet Day? 

At the heart of International No Diet Day is the celebration of body acceptance. In a society that runs around appearance and size, this day helps to refocus on what is the real essence of life – a healthy lifestyle and self-love.

Mary Evans, a British feminist started this in 1992 after battling body shaming, anorexia and bullying for years. She encouraged fellow women to join her and wear “Ditch the Diet” stickers and fully embrace their bodies for a day. After that, May 6th participants wear blue ribbons, put away the scales and completely enjoy the way they are.

Bodies are beautiful irrespective of shapes and sizes – this is what we need to accept. For far too long, health has been associated with unrealistic body types and unhealthy, dangerous FAD diets. No Diet Day is the day when we incorporate the promotion of a healthy lifestyle for all body types.

How Do You Celebrate No Diet Day? 

  • Recognize that your body is completely beautiful as it is and reduce your push towards shedding weight to make it look a certain way. Everybody is unique. 
  • Stress-free about your final outcome and more about how you can stay active and keep your body healthy.
  • Rapid reduction of weight or emphasizing on unrealistic body types is a way of causing yourself harm instead of getting healthy.
  • So today eat what you love, eat what you have always loved from childhood but were staying away from it because of diet or thinking about calories. Remember to keep it in moderation though. Avoid binging. 
  • Cook yourself with your favourite foods! 
  • You will be surprised how liberating it feels to not judge yourself by a number, so push your weighing scales away. And just enjoy your being.
  • Also learn about various eating disorders the youth suffer from which are detrimental and encourage people for self-love.
  • Look at the positive side about your body instead of focusing on the negative aspects. Think about everything you like in yourself.
  • Take this day to be kind with your body, take a long bath or just dance all your worries out.

And lastly, be proud of who you are and not ashamed of how someone else sees you. 

We hope this article helps you enjoy your No Diet Day! For more exciting topics and information, check out Healthy Reads. You can also begin your Healthy Story with GOQii by subscribing for personalized health coaching here: https://goqiiapp.page.link/bsr

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