MAGIC 8 RULES TO LOOSE WEIGHT FASTER

                       

 Dr Sourabh Jaiswal

  Diabetes & Nutritional adviser

. Lets start the magic...........?

Face it, if you want to lose weight over the long haul, your best bet is to make sustainable, long-term lifestyle changes.sometimes life comes at you fast and you need a fast solution. One smart lifestyle change is to eat plenty of veggies—especially for someone looking to lose weight. Vegetables are nutrient-packed and provide plenty of filling fiber with hardly any calories. Plus, non-starchy veggies have a high water content, so they hydrate you while filling you up—the perfect combination for weight loss.

Starchy veggies (like potatoes) and processed whole grains (like whole-wheat bread) are foods I'd normally recommend eating in moderation, since they provide plenty of nutrients, fiber, and healthy carbs. However, high-crab foods aren't your best friend when you're looking to drop water weight. Essentially, when your body stores excess carbs, it stores them with water. So replacing crab-heavy foods with non-starchy veggies that still provide filling fiber without as much water retention is the way to go. For a week before your event, you can swap out the starchy carbs for more non-starchy vegetables to lose some water weight.

Aim for filling at least half of your plate with non-starchy veggies like asparagus, peppers, broccoli, cauliflower, mushrooms, spinach, kale, cucumbers, and more. This is a great idea for everyone's health, not just people wanting to lose weight.

1.Swap the salt for herbs and spices

Another healthy change that will help you look better is to cut back on salt. Sodium causes your body to hold onto excess water, so eating a high-salt diet means you're likely storing more water weight than necessary.If you're in a rush to lose weight fast, cut out added salt as much as possible. That means keep ditching the salt shaker and avoiding processed and packaged foods, where added salt is pretty much inevitable.

Try making food from scratch rather than eating out before your big event to further limit sodium and fight bloat. Even at healthier restaurants, sodium levels tend to be through the roof.

Healthy body promotes healthy mind

✍ Rasool Fatima

In this hectic schedule of day to day life it is very important to give some time to your body by doing some exercise or yoga to stay fit and healthy. The main problem is that you don’t find time to look after yourself, you are always busy in completing work and in this race of world you yourself forget about your health and till the time you come to know about its bit late. And when your mind is in anguished state then your body also don’t cope up with you. As if you see a child you will find him/her enjoying every moment of life because they enjoy the present moment irrespective of any work or stress. As it is well said by Mahatma Gandhi,” It is health that is real wealth and not the pieces of gold and silver”.

Healthy body and healthy mind relation

A healthy body has a healthy mind. Doing exercise 3-4times in a week will keep your body fit and you will do your work actively. You can do meditation or can take small naps to relax your mind. Relaxation of mind is also very important as with the healthy mind you can do your work more effectively and creatively.

Having a healthy mind helps you to enjoy every moment of life and you may find happiness in small things whereas having an exhaust mind makes everything feel bad, even in the healthy environment you may feel dreadful.Mind has direct effect on your face expression, another person can tell your mood just by seeing your face. Healthy mind will give you a positive expression on your face whereas depressed mind will give you an awful look, so be happy that people also like to talk with you.

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LET'S FIGHT BACK DEPRESSION

Written By-Tanya Paul

So first of all let me tell you about two instances of depression which I witnessed closely

INSTANCE ONE

When I was in my first year of graduation,

I remember, that I went into depression somehow . I was having some family problems, as well as problems with adjusting in the new city and losing old friends, and coincidentally I had some issues with my personal life too at that very moment , so eventually I slipped into depression. 

I remember I used to visit my home during the weekends, and my mother used to cry looking at me . My parents were so tensed about me that how I am I going to survive . One day my father took me for a walk and told me that no education, nothing is more important than you, he asked me to leave the college and have a new start but I somehow managed to survive through, and believe me it made me emerge as a better and more confident person. I am emotionally stronger now because of that , and I have the strength of overcoming difficult situations now.

INSTANCE TWO

Now let's talk about another instance of depression which I have witnessed,
A friend of mine( not a close one you though) lost her mother in a road accident ,
initially she was handling the situation strongly , she was taking care of her little brother and was trying to

be the strength of her family ,but eventually as the days passed by when the relatives stopped visiting ,when everyone else resumed with a normal life, that was the movement something hit her hard and she slipped into depression , a severe one . I remember how everyone tried to console her ,I remember the look in her eyes, the way she felt that nothing more is there to live for,but somehow she also managed to struggle her life through that phase
SO NOW LET’S TALK ABOUT DEPRESSION . WHAT EXACTLY THIS TERM IS?

Underrated Heightism: Why everyone wants a desired height ?

✍ KIRAN GOSWAMI

Heightism means the discrimination of an individual on the basis of height. A person’s height whether it is less or more than the average height is considered anomalous by the society.  Height is a trait of judgment for someone’s personality (the other parameters being colour, weight and gender).

There have been several underlying stereotypes regarding height that everyone of us wants a desired height and gets depressive if it doesn’t happen. 

Struggle for desired height :

The average height of an Indian man is about 5 feet 4 inches while that of woman is 5 feet. If someone suffers from major distortions in these height measures, then they are treated differently. If someone is extra tall, then he has to undergo discrimination and struggle.

But the struggle of a shorter person is a constant battle. The various advertisements of “attain long height” supplements are perfect examples for understanding the pressure to have desired, socially – acceptable height.

People also strive for normal height because of the several prejudices and discriminations they have to suffer from due to unusual height. Heightism or height discrimination is a highly neglected term and nobody accepts to be the supporter of height stereotypes but unknowingly we all are a part of it. Let’s take an example –

Imagine someone who have always inspired you .Someone whom you have always adored and followed. You not only like their talent or working style or looks but you are all over the way they talk, they walk, their confidence, their gesture, their posture, their behavior, their thoughts and their ideas. All in all you are totally up for that person’s personality. You cherish everything about that person. They are your role model and you, often, wish if you were just like them.

Now, there is a kink in the story. Imagine that person is half of their original height now. Go on, think, have the pictorial imagination. Why, what happened? The dream of becoming like them puffed into the thin air. Didn’t it?

This is where height discrimination slips in. We ignore the problems a person of unusual stature has to face but the struggle is real.

The Race of Desired Height:

There are certain reasons which cause people to constantly strive for getting certain height ­–

1.      Job Requirements  –  Height requirements

Arranged Marriages in the time of Tinder

✍ KIRAN GOSWAMI

India is constantly modernizing and westernizing. With the changing ideas and thought process, dating culture is one of the new ongoing trends. Still in the age when India has (almost) accepted love marriages and you can find your perfect match just by swiping right, the developing youth of India is again proceeding to take the shelter of Arranged marriages. Non-availability of perfect partner, understanding issues or trust problems, compatibility factor, salary issues, rejections etc. – reasons can be several but the point is that the lost charm of arranged marriages is coming back, although with some twists.

Traditional Arranged Marriages:

The traditional arranged marriage refers to the process of matrimony where the partner of an individual is selected by their parents or relatives. The process starts with the realization that the girl/boy has grown up and is ready for marriage.

 Usually the social reach of parents and relatives makes it easier to find a suitable match, but sometimes the help of a matchmaker is being taken. The matchmaker takes the whole  responsibility of finding and setting up a match between both the families. 

The suitability of match is checked upon various parameters such as religion, caste, culture, family background, financial stability, character, physical stature, horoscope matches etc. After proper research and judging if all goes well, the boy’s family visits the girl’s house and interviews her. The boy may or may not accompany them. If he comes, the boy and girl can meet privately for few minutes.

After ensuring everything, the match is solidified by engagement and consolidates into marriage later on.

 Modern Arranged Marriages:

While the selection power still remains in the hands of parents and relatives, but modern arranged marriages also support the idea of individual’s consent. The matchmaking help can also be taken by registering online on matrimonial sites such as Shaadi.com and Bharat Matrimony. Though majority of the process remains same, the modernized form of arranged marriage also dwells on the idea of courtship. The couple can date each other and try to build an understanding.

Significance of Arranged Marriage :

There several factors and advantages which have regained people’s faith in the institution of arranged marriages –

1.      Longevity -  The success rate of arranged marriages has done a great job of maintaining their goodwill. There has been one in a hundred case of divorce for the arranged marriage couples and this makes people to follow the tradition.

2.      Commitment -The foundation of an arranged marriage is commitment. It provides stability and creates a secure bond between the couple, thereby instilling the seeds of trust and love.

Work your fingers to the bone and Entrust

By - Shravani

Hello Friends,  I am Shravani, and I want to share few of mine  experiences with you, that completely changed my life and my way of thinking.  Here  I would like to mention two incidents. One that occurred with me and the other with my friend but these experiences actually changed our lives.

The first incident happened with my friend who is a medical student. That time she was in class 12^th . She was given a recognition for her hard work, intelligence and punctuality by teachers during junior college. Teachers would always appreciate her and help her in her studies.

But there was one black sheep in the teaching fraternity. This teacher resented the compliments earned by her. Despite the fact that she had a potential to excel academically it happened that out  of vengeance , the teacher instead of capitalising  on the positive side gave more emphasis on the shortcomings on her part with sole aim to demoralise her. In a situation like this, the vindictive attitude of the teacher is detrimental .

Thus, she was very much depressed and helpless. Looking at her in depression, even we thought that she would never come out of this terrible depression that seized he then. But because of her well-wishers within the peers who used to constantly motivate her and also  our  teachers who held  very high esteem in her , advised  to wink at the scathing comments made by the teacher in question.

The advice rendered by the friends and well-wishers did help her to tide over the crisis. And thus she took her lessons very seriously, deciding that one  should not get influenced by any extraneous comments which were aimed to mar her progress.

From this incident, all of us learnt a very important thing i.e. there are people who always try to pull your legs but don’t   fall for them. Always your hard work will give the results. “Hardwork Never Fails”.

Here, there is one more incident which happened with me when I was in Mumbai. And now,  when I recall that incident I feel that before trusting any one you should think twice. Trust on any person plays an important role. Be careful when you trust.  I often refer myself as the luckiest traveler, because till now, I have very good experiences while travelling but, travel can be challenging, stressful and even bad things can happen.

So going ahead with the incident, it happened that, I had to catch a bus running to Goa at 11 pm from Vashi Toll naka. So, the bus stop was far away from my place and also it was on  a highway from where it was nearly impossible to cross

EMPTY NEST SYNDROME

✍ TANYA PAUL

When the little birds fly away

Whole of their lives they invest in their children , not just financially, but emotionally and physically too.

They spend the most precious and energetic years of their life taking care of their kids,

and when the time comes, when they expect those children to return the same love and care, their sons and daughters leave for bigger cities and towns, leaving those old parents alone in their nest.

So let's talk about empty nest syndrome, the most common problem we have today.

I have an old couple in my neighbourhood , who have 3 children , while the daughter is married in another city , both the sons are settled out of India . I remember once I was having a walk in the park with my friend , we randomly greeted him and talked to him , and at the end of the conversation , that uncle said

“ बेटा तुम कभी कभी घर आ जाया करो , घर में रौनक आएगी ”

I still remember the look of loneliness in his eyes,

I remember how happy he was to talk to us .

WHAT EXACTLY IS THE TERM EMPTY NEST SYNDROME ?

A couple in late adulthood may suffer from this , with all their children having migrated to other cities 

for education or job reason.

It is a feeling of sadness and loneliness which parents feel, a negative psychological feeling which somehow also affects their physical and emotional health.

Having an empty nests make parents miss having those baby birds around , they sometimes indulge themselves in having negative thoughts.

Height Never Matters

✍ Shravani Prabhudesai

Every person wants good height and personality. Usually a good & enough height is associated with the look and personality of a person. It is generally seen in society that a taller person is given more preference over a short person in almost every field. So it is a common general desire of everyone to gain an impressive height. 

But it is not possible that everyone gain perfect height, body build, it is not in our hand, there are some people who feel embarrassed or bullying by others because of their height and other body shape issues. It is a serious issue to discuss and to understand what is most important for us.

The true height of a person is his or her character and deeds. Short height is usually seen as a negative factor. No one ever talks with a short men in a positive way. specially when people are aware of the fact that you are insecure about your height, only then they tease you.

Shortness in children and young adults nearly always results from many factor like - heredity, below-average growth in childhood, nature of work and play in childhood, hormonal imbalance like thyroid hormone while shortness in older adults usually results from loss of height due to kyphosis  of the spine (convex curvature of spine), or collapsed vertebrae from osteoporosis. Other some factors are race, geographical status, physical exercise, nutrition, stress, living standard, housing etc.

A person is  said to be short in medical terms if his height is less than 5ft 10 inches for males and 5ft 5inches for females.

Parents with slow-growing children often ask pediatricians for growth hormone to save their kids the indignity of being short. 

Here, I would like to mention about one of my friend who is short in height. She has an inferiority complex. She always feel  herself lonely in a group of  people. In reality, she is really beautiful  and is gifted with a sweet voice, but because of her short height she has a complex. She feels that tall people or people with normal height look good and beautiful.. Because of this, she never mix with people and always stay alone. She always feel embarrassed about it. We friends always try to convince her that, one’s stature is not something which one has control over. God doesn't give everything to everybody.

Love at Teenage : An emotional Bubble!!

✍ SAUMYA MEHRA

Teenage the age between 13 Years to 19 years. It is a stage of transition from childhood to young adulthood. Children feel many changes in their physical body, mentality and behavior as well because of hormonal changes. 

Attraction and attachment towards opposite sex in Teenager children are the result of mental , physical and hormonal changes in one’s body or life . Almost every thing is right till a limit, likewise attraction, attachment and friendship between teenager boys and girls, but most of time this sensation assume by teenager as LOVE.  Teenage love is not a problem if does not affect student’s career but the desire of a teenager is totally changing due to so called love at this age. 

Why a teenager gets mad in love:

Lack of understanding – 

At this age child starts thinking and observing things but in a very different way which  may be sometime wrong prediction . And also parents need to understand their child like giving freedom with limitation. And when a child feels he/she is not being understand by anyone, he/she just find people of his age to be understood.

Aimless life-

The students who have no definite  aim in life, usually fall over these things easily because in student life whose focus is not in studies , their focus falls to another things. Some students get busy in achieving their respective aims , some get busy with their personal problems but some just posses a blank mind and a blank mind always invites such type of things.
Let me tell you about myself. I got 7.4 CGPA in my 10 boards and that is very less for me because i was one of the brilliant students in my class . My father scolded  me for 2 years. And when my 12^th started i thought this is the right time to prove my self again and i studied hard . And as i was a teenager many guys expressed or confessed their love for me but i thought if i fall for these things then i am surely going to the hell again and in this way i did not get any idea of having a love affair in my mind .

Lack of love at home – 
If your child fails to find love at home he/she will surely go out for finding love or will be attracted towards loving persons easily. It is also observed that which children loved by parent, they are more emotionally stable and share everything with parents.So give your child proper love and he/she will never go out for love

 Hormonal changes –
This age is  considered as the most mutable age in every manner . Various hormonal , physical , mental change occur in this age. Children are curious in nature, they want to explore every new thing, so by nature and under influence of body changes they attract and start feeling emotionally attached with someone. Even children tend to attract toward their opposite gender teacher and neighbors. It is a common natural feeling, but children need to be teach about this temporarily feeling and not to get affected much.

Exam Marks : Real Parameter for a Perfect Future?

 Author: Ishwarya J

"Freedom" for students for sure has terms and conditions - the top most being their "Marks".

Be it the most irrelevant topic to academics, but you will still find the amazing skills of parents in trying to make space to talk about your "Marks".

It's definitely right from their perspective because of the conventional thought that marks play a lead role for a perfect future and this strong misconception is unknowingly pushing the students into a world of competition where they are prevented from experiencing the "Real Future".

This seems casual but a deeper insight to this has lot more to deal with because  students are accustomed to think in the terms of marks only and are pressurized that marks are to be the only objectives that they should be having and rest should be thought of only after they have  scored more than the “respectable marks”.

It isn't the parents or the students who have to be blamed but, the educational system.

I totally agree, that sounds quite common but I don’t see any change in any of the courses even after realizing this.

Where in India are we relying on practical knowledge? 

We allot lab sessions in various courses just for the sake of fake picturisation of “practicality”. We are not bothered about having practical sessions until high school but the struggle that your parents and teachers take for you to secure highly well off marks starts from your kindergarten itself.

That's so ridiculous to even think of! 

I don’t say that marks are not of any importance but they definitely aren't future deciding factors!

It's so absurd that until intermediate you’re asked to focus on ranks, marks etc. and not to think of any other co-curricular or extracurricular activities and then when you’re into some under graduation course and looking for a job, you’re judged based on your extra activities apart from your academics.