Months of preparation have gone into your marathon training and the big race is now right around the corner. What do you do 48 hours before? Whatever it takes to ensure that you reach the starting line calm, confident and ready for your best run. Contrary to popular perception, a week before race day is […]

A New Year is a time for new beginnings. Could there be a better time to get started on the path to improved health? We give you 16 totally manageable New Year’s health resolutions. Even if you can’t stick with them all, a few of these healthy living habits will set you up for a […]

Name: Rachana Shukla Age: 30 years Now: 68.5 kg Then: 81 kg Lost: 12.5 kg in 8 months Rachana Shukla’s weight ranged between 58 and 60 kg but started increasing after her marriage. “My weight increased drastically, around 15-20 kg, in 2012-13,” says the Hyderabad-based IT professional. “I had a desk job and worked late […]

Name: Dr. Manish Manoria Age: 48 years Then:  117 kg Now: 100 kg Lost: 17 kg in 3 months A professor of computer science and director of the Bhopal-based Truba Group of Institutes, Dr. Manish Manoria had weighed more than 100 kg for several years. “As far as I can recall, my weight has been […]

Entrepreneur Sahil Softa started piling on weight when he started focusing on his furniture business in Sirhind, Punjab.

During and after her first pregnancy, Anuradha put on about 10 kg. One day as she dressed up, she found that she couldn’t fit into her sari blouse.

Her chubby cheeks were adorable when she was at school but Bangalore-based IT professional Pramiti Bhatnagar had enough of them by the time she joined college. And then began an endless battle with the bulge ensued.

The home-and-office routine left Beryl Pais with very little time for anything else. The professional from Mumbai often worked late hours, and kept wishing that she could shed the pounds she was piling on. Gym memberships were bought but she never had the time to use them. The professional exercise cycle at home turned into a clothes hanger of sorts. Things came to a head when she found that she was at risk of diabetes.

Naresh grew up in a small town in Karnataka and a traditional South Indian breakfast was a must. His day usually began with poori-bhaaji, or medu wadas/masala dosa with a generous helping of coconut chutney and sambhar. But weight was never a concern as he was blessed with a sleek frame; he weighed only 58 kg while at college.

Through the year, you find yourself sifting through mounds of dry, shriveled pieces of ginger. But during the monsoons, the roots are moist and full of flavor. Which is why now is the time to get inspired by ginger and its weight-loss properties, and incorporate it in your daily diet. Fresh ginger has several health […]

After a great start, do you find yourself stuck on the scale? You’re wondering why you’ve stopped losing weight, given you have been following the same diet and exercise regimen daily. Hitting a plateau is a common for anyone on a weight-loss plan. Here’s five ways to help you overcome it: #1 You’re eating too […]

Rashmi Sudarshan Age 40 Weighs 87 kg today Weighed 104 kg earlier Lost 17 kg over 6 months Her challenges: Rashmi wasn’t always overweight. She married early, at age 20, and had a baby soon after. A homemaker living in Dubai, she had few options for an active outdoors life. “Even so, I ensured that […]

Forget intense diets or long workouts – the best way to get results from your weight loss programme is by taking baby steps.Research shows that people who made one small, potentially permanent change in their choice of food or activity every week lost four times the weight compared to those that followed more traditional weight-loss […]

Staying focused on a plan is always the hardest part about losing weight. While positive feedback does provide encouragement when you first start dropping sizes, it inevitably wanes. And with our tendency to use food as emotional support, slipping back into old eating patterns when we’re stressed, makes it doubly difficult to stay on course. […]

From multiple diet plans and different kinds of exercise routines to opinions about the amount of water and sleep required, there’s a lot of advice available on weight-loss today. It’s clear there isn’t only one route to losing weight, and most experts believe in solutions that are tailored to individual needs. So how you do know […]

Most people approach exercise with a feeling of dread. Excuses like ‘We just don’t want to go for a workout’ or ‘I’m not feeling up to it’ are commonly made when lethargy sets in after office hours or a draining day of housework. Fitness is the last thing on your mind at this point so […]

Ipsita Swain Age 24 Weighs 69 kg today Weighed 80 kg earlier Lost 11 kg in just over seven months Her story While in college, Ipsita says no one would have called her overweight. “Given my height (5 feet 4 inches), I would say I was little healthy,” she claims. It was when she left […]

Surat resident Chaitali received a rude shock when she was admitted to a hospital mid-last year, and was diagnosed with diabetes. “My fasting sugar level was 400,” says Chaitali, who weighed 87 kg at the time. She hadn’t always been fat but had gained weight due to a hormone imbalance. Her hospitalization, and the fact […]