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The habit of “losing weight by summer” seems to be a tradition. And the main thing is not just to lose weight, but to be in time! To have time for a month to dump all that “accumulated” over the winter. Sometimes we are talking not about two dozen kilograms, but about two or three! Well, five!
Do you think it’s impossible? Yes, easily! What to do? First, don’t panic! Secondly – read carefully and lose weight correctly – without fanaticism! After all, sometimes it is enough to lose only a couple of extra pounds, and that very desired and long-awaited feeling of lightness, harmony and comfort is right there.
Helping your body lose weight by summer is as easy as shelling pears! Slender, strong, purposeful girls of Chelyabinsk told Woman’s Day 6 motivating stories – 6 secrets of a slender woman.
Ekaterina Sopeltseva, director of the company, 39 years old
How she became slim, beautiful, athletic:
The extra 7 kilograms, settled in completely inappropriate places, interfered with life, and restrictions on nutrition did not give a result. What you are looking for often finds you. So it is with me: I accidentally stumbled upon the author’s course of cleansing the body with herbs and plant nutrition in 10 days.
The goal is to rid the body of toxins and toxins, cleanse the taste buds, switch to intuitive nutrition and, as a result, get rid of extra pounds.
Motivation:
“Baba – she is not an accordion! If I get fat, I’ll go on a diet, and so on without end ”- Ludmila Gurchenko loved to quote her father. A familiar story, isn’t it? The red line, behind which the awareness begins – here it is, excess weight, each of us has our own. As well as the motivation to fight it.
Once a tired woman looked at me, without a sparkle in her eyes, not to say that she was plump, but already reaching the definition of “appetizing.” And if she was not looking at me from the mirror, then God be with her. But I could not survive the appetizing culinary association addressed to me, and decided to act! I understood that I had to help my body – to start the mechanism and was looking for a suitable way for this.
Result:
My weight “before” is 62 kilograms, “after” – 57 kilograms. 5 kilograms is a small but noticeable result! The volumes are gone, lightness has appeared, the mood has improved, and now my task is to maintain and improve the result. Another minus 2 kg is my immediate goal.
I connect physical activity: circular intensive training 3 times a week + daily half-hour gymnastics in the morning, I follow the diet of a proper diet, I eat fractionally – frequent meals in small portions, I drink a lot of water. Sometimes in the mornings I allow myself some kind of “tasty treat”, because the body reacts negatively to all severe restrictions. She completely abandoned tea, replacing it with herbal teas.
How to stay slim forever:
Now I like the self that is reflected in the mirror, but I understand perfectly well that if you return to your previous way of life, then all efforts can be nullified pretty quickly. Therefore, I change habits, change my life and regularly write about it on my pages in social networks, share my story and motivate those who have little faith in themselves and their strengths, communicate with people with whom the values coincide. It is very important! Looking at me, many acquaintances and colleagues were drawn to the correct way of life: someone started going to the gym, someone went on a diet. I am very pleased with such changes around, which means that I am on the right track.
Guzel Latypova, entrepreneur, 34 years old
How she became slim, beautiful, athletic:
She began to lose weight in May 2016. I rode a bike every day, went to Zumba – dance fitness training three or four times a week, attended strength training 2 times a week and played a hula-hoop for 30 minutes a day.
Meals are as follows: for breakfast – porridge or cottage cheese, a snack – nuts or fruits, for lunch – buckwheat porridge with chicken, and for dinner just steamed chicken. The main thing is to drink at least 2 liters of water and not eat at night.
Motivation:
I was going to lose weight for a long time. Two years ago I bought myself a mink coat, which soon could hardly be buttoned on me, and after the winter it was still unable to fasten the zipper on my jacket. Then I decided: I will not change my wardrobe, which means that I need to pull myself together and put my body in order. Another additional motivation was a dispute with a friend for money. I needed to lose 10 kilograms in 3 months.
Result:
For 9 months I have lost 17 kilograms, gradually, little by little. Was 84 kilograms, and now 67 kilograms. Every month 2-3 kilograms disappeared.
How to stay slim forever:
Exercise, follow proper nutrition, eat more fruits and vegetables instead of brown buns and sweets.
Natalia Zueva, Deputy Director for Human Resources, 30 years old
How she became slim, beautiful, athletic:
For over two years I have been fighting an overweight war. The process of losing weight was not easy for me, I was not always a winner: there were breakdowns and depression. I tried many diets: both the Kremlin and carbohydrate diets, and counted calories, and did not eat after six in the evening, and then did not eat anything at all, and I lived like this until the health problems began.
I decided that not eating at all is not a way to lose weight. I revised my approach and stopped at the following: I started going to the gym and the group program hall. 3 times a week I go to group trainings in a fitness club. The trainer helped me with nutrition, wrote it down by the hour and calculated the amount of portions. Now I have 6 meals a day: each serving is 100 grams of protein (chicken, fish, meat) and 100 grams of carbohydrates in the form of vegetables. Not eating after 6 pm is wrong. 2 hours before bedtime, the best food is fish and vegetables, many recommend cottage cheese, but I tried it myself and realized that it retains water.
Motivation:
Since my school years, I was the girl who is usually referred to as “curvy”, and later I became a curvy girl. Watching TV, fashion shows and reviews, looking at my girlfriends, for many years I was ashamed of my weight and my appetizing forms. At one point I decided to end it all.
Result:
I lost 3,5 kilograms in a month.
How to stay slim forever:
In principle, everything is very simple: the main thing is to go towards the goal and not give up.
Ilona Sinitsa, Assistant Legal Counsel
How she became slim, beautiful, athletic:
I came to Zumba and just fell in love with these fiery rhythms! I began to walk 3 times a week, and noticed how the kilograms began to go away. Then there was an interest in other workouts: strength and stretching (stretching). At first I did it every other day, then I got carried away, the load was not enough – now I have training every day.
Gradually I switched to proper nutrition: breakfast – porridge on water (oatmeal or rolled oats) without salt and sugar, for lunch chicken breast, buckwheat, vegetables (tomato, cucumber, lettuce), dinner – cottage cheese without additives and sweeteners or a glass of kefir. During the day, you can have a snack with a green apple or drink kefir.
Motivation:
My personal motivation is to be beautiful and healthy! I, like any girl, in the future plan to become a mother and give birth to a child. And a healthy mother is a healthy baby.
Result:
For a month – minus 5 kg. In 7 months I got rid of 22 kilograms.
How to stay slim forever:
Girls, the process of losing weight should be fun, you should like it. After all, you make yourself beautiful.
You need to understand that there is no miracle pill or medicine that will give a super result without exercise and proper nutrition. Of course, we have “days of weakness” when we allow ourselves to eat a “tasty treat”, but you just need to work it out later – to sweat in the hall.
Yulia Kuzmenko, student, 19 years old
How she became slim, beautiful, athletic:
Since September 2014, I began to monitor my diet and play sports – I was actively pursuing my goal – to lose weight. Every day I ran for at least 40 minutes, I went to basketball training 2 times a week, and every day I had dance rehearsals before the Miss Campus 2014 contest. Honestly, my nutrition at that time was completely wrong, yes, I was losing weight, but only now I understand that in no case should I limit myself to food. This was my daily diet: for breakfast – oatmeal in water without salt and sugar, after 2 hours a snack – a fruit or vegetable, lunch – muesli, dinner – cottage cheese, yogurt, kefir.
Now I have switched to balanced and proper nutrition. The main rule is to drink a glass of water 40 minutes before breakfast, count calories (the daily rate is 2000–2500 kcal) and forget that you cannot eat after 18:00. Can! Be sure to eat in the evening, but only 3 hours before bedtime. Meat and vegetables are the perfect combination for weight loss.
Motivation:
In 2014, I took part in the Miss Campus 2014 competition. I took 2nd place and decided that I did not receive the winner’s crown just because my figure and appearance were imperfect. After the competition, I came home and set a goal: “I will change, I will lose weight!” So I started to lose weight correctly.
Another motivation – I decided to become a participant in the Miss SUSU contest, and realized that I had to meet the requirements of the contest and look no worse than other girls, and at this contest they are all very slim, beautiful, and talented.
Result:
From September 2014 to March 2015, I lost 7 kilograms.
How to stay slim forever:
Proper nutrition should become a way of life. Be sure to go 3 times a week to cardio workouts for fat burning, plus do not forget about strength training – 2 times a week, so that the body is in good shape and acquires elasticity and relief. Do not give up sweets, but replace with dates, dried fruits, fruits, honey or dark chocolate.
Natalia Maksimova, philologist, 22 years old
How she became slim, beautiful, athletic:
I always ate what I wanted and as much as it could fit, but nothing good came of it. In the fall of 2016, I was diagnosed with gastritis, after which I was prescribed proper nutrition: nothing fried, fatty, spicy. So I switched to proper nutrition. There were no workouts, I connected them after I lost weight. Now I go to the gym every day, alternating strength training with yoga.
Motivation:
All my life I have been struggling with being overweight, and, probably, the main motivation was that I recovered greatly after I entered the university, and this was noticed not only by me, but also by everyone around me: acquaintances, friends, parents. I was overcome by depression, tears, and envy of slender girls. I wanted to become happy and slim – it worked!
Result:
She lost 6 kilograms. Weight “before” – 63 kilograms, six months later – 57 kilograms, and I do not stop there.
How to stay slim forever:
Make exercise and proper diet a way of life.