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Step 1
Follow an Ayurvedic food chart and eat the quantity of food recommended for your body type. Eating more than your body can digest before your next meal creates fat deposits. Buying the recommended food may cost less than your current grocery expenses.
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Step 2
Maintain regular meal times and have balanced meals. Uncontrolled eating habits also contribute to weight gain.
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Step 3
Learn how to combine food items properly. Eating incompatible food items at the same meal slows down the digestive process.
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Step 1
Start the day with a tbsp. of honey and the juice of half a lemon mixed into a glass of warm water.
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Step 2
Follow it up with a breakfast of wheat cereal or Mung bean sprouts with a cup of skimmed milk.
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Step 3
Have a refreshing midmorning glass of juice--preferably orange, pineapple or carrot.
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Step 4
Choose a lunch of salad and whole grain bread or whole wheat chapatis. Use carrots, beets, cucumbers and tomatoes in your salad. You may eat these vegetables raw, steamed or boiled.
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Step 5
Drink a glass of buttermilk with your lunch. For a boost to your digestive system, add a little salt, ginger, cumin seeds and coriander.
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Step 6
Try a mid-afternoon snack of coconut water along with dried fruits, lemon tea and vegetable soup.
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Step 7
End the day with a dinner of whole grain bread or whole wheat chapatis, steamed vegetables and fruits. You can have any fruit of the current season except banana and apple.
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Step 1
Eat more fruits, vegetables and low calorie meals. Bitter vegetables help weight loss.
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Step 2
Use as little salt as possible, or eliminate it altogether. Avoid milk products like cheese and butter.
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Step 3
Drink carrot juice and mint tea regularly. Mint helps to flush fat. You can use green mint in your meals as well.
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Step 4
Have some cabbage regularly. Cabbage stops the conversion of sugar and carbohydrates to fat.
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Step 5
Take some honey. Honey helps to move fat in the body so it can be used for energy. If you plan to fast, a drink of honey, lemon juice and warm water will keep you energized.
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Step 6
Try the Ayurvedic gum, Guggulu or Commiphora Mukul, which is meant for weight loss.
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Step 7
Begin an exercise regimen. Yoga is part of the Ayurvedic lifestyle.
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Step 8
Learn how to lose weight at the "Ayurveda Marketplace" Web site (see Resources below).
