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Happy 2016! A majority of people make a resolution towards getting fitter. For some inspiration, here are tips from real people with amazing weight loss stories. Now you can learn from them and work towards a healthier you.
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Virali Modi, 23, is a model, actress and motivational speaker. She’s lost 20 kgs in the last three years. All this while being bound to a wheelchair. So how did she do it? Virali practiced breathing exercises and yoga and lost 10 to 15 kg within the first three-four months. Light weight lifting to tone and strengthen her muscles is an integral part of her therapy.
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Ankur Warikoo went from being overweight at 87 kgs to a perfectly chiselled body. Ankur decided to run the Delhi half marathon, which meant he had to run 21 km in three hours. So he started running every day, which helped him lose some weight. He then decided to go for a 6-pack-abs regimen, reducing his body fat and building muscles instead. He focussed on weight training one body part a day. In a month’s time, his body fat percentage had reached 18 percent!
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Meet 21-year-old Kashish Haidri, who dropped 12 kgs in 6 months with Zumba. She would attend one hour Zumba class three times a week. Zumba not only helped her slim down but build stamina and flexibility too. Now she practices Zumba for an hour every day.
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Amit Makhija lost 18 kilos in six months. His diet transformed him completely. His diet mainly comprised green vegetables, salad and chapatti. He would have sprouts and a glass of milk for breakfast, sabji and roti for lunch. Evening snacks included fruits and dry fruits and he preferred a very light dinner. According to him, quick fixes don’t work. He says you need to make healthy lifestyle changes and stick to it.
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19-year old Amrisha Vohra lost 23 kg in eight months without hitting the gym. She started her day with running for 20-25 minutes. During evenings, she walked for an hour or did an hour of aerobics. After dinner, she again brisk walked for 30 minutes. Amrisha tried taking stairs and walking whenever and wherever possible.
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Saksham, a 20-year old lost over 50 kgs in a year! He did not have any personal trainer to guide him, but he kept reading a lot on the internet to help him set a workout routine. When he started working out, his focus was more on cardio exercises. He did not do a lot of weight training. He would run, skip, jump, cycle, etc. His primary aim was to burn more calories, and so he worked out five days a week.
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Kanan, a 47-year old woman, went from being obese to shedding 30 kg, without the help of gyms or any fitness professional. The key to her weight loss was eating healthy and moving a lot. She changed her eating habits, food choices and walked a lot. She decided to start by walking 10,000 steps daily and would go for morning and evening walks routinely.
