There is a lesson to be learned from every mistake. But for Ramya Subramanian, it took a long series of mistakes before the self-awareness “switch” developed. But the VJ, anchor, actor, and now ‘Fitness Coach for Indian Women’, she’s happy that the many mistakes in her life have shaped her. , but now roles are chasing her. Then she tried to lose her weight for all the wrong reasons and all the wrong ways. Now she’s a competitive powerlifter and says losing weight is always a guarantee of your health. (IE) and chose to eat when hungry, allowing the body to determine satiety thresholds. These real human choices, she says, help people realize that while fitness coaches and helping others are far more purposeful, stardom is meaningless. So, on a rainy night in Kodaikanal, between filming her new movie, she’s looking for sneakers to walk around the grounds of her hotel.
“I did everything wrong. I tried everything recommended online instead of consulting a professional first.”
In his late teens, Ramya started out as a “pretty-faced anchor in a saree”. Two things bothered her: the lack of plus-size children’s clothing and her social gaze that made her self-conscious and nervous about wearing anything else. . She tried all sorts of fad diets, friends’ suggestions, and diligently followed everything floating around online, but the bulge didn’t work. “My grave mistake was not consulting an established nutritionist, assessing my health, or asking for a fitness guide.” And then I lost my years of disciplined approach.So I took a sabbatical and signed up with a professional.That’s when I started a proper gym routine, allowing my body to I knew what I needed and gave it all. I started with strength interval training, or HIIT-based workouts,” says Ramya. Not only did she quickly lose her fat with a structured regimen, but she also built her muscle with the help of a protein-rich diet.
Her dedication and willingness to literally punch beyond her own weight caught the attention of her personal trainer, Jotuna, who suggested she give powerlifting a try. Not only did it do wonders for her body, but it made her mentally more competitive and gave her a sense of accomplishment and confidence. It also helped break my body consciousness because a male gym buddy encouraged me to go to the arena and was my biggest cheerleader.Powerlifting changed me forever . After that, we were offered action-oriented films as well as conventional ones,” she says.
Start young, especially if you have PCOS
That’s also when Ramya decided to help other women like her by counseling them about fitness. Read the book and eventually founded a fitness coaching academy with nutritionists, clinical dietitians, doctors and fitness experts. However, in their 30s and 40s, most women develop health conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure, which are complicated by stress. That’s why it’s becoming more and more important for women to build a fitness routine from a young age — start doing some kind of sport and start as early as age 8 or 9. When you reach middle age. Fitness isn’t just about losing weight to look better, it’s about staying fit because you live an active lifestyle. You don’t have to build your body that way,” she says. It suggests that it’s also important to make people like it so that it doesn’t look like a jerk. “Be consistently happy. Talk to an expert, experiment, choose from yoga, Zumba, cardio, weight training, HIIT, and more. is to do
A circadian rhythm that follows the sun like a hunter-gatherer
Ramya discovered the virtues of her predecessors who were hunter-gatherers, performing all their activities in daylight and retreating to their shelters at night. “I just follow the sunshine. Circadian rhythm fasting is a type of timed eating where you eat most of your meals and expend energy earlier in the day. has a functional time of 8 to 12 hours per day, which makes the most sense because it coincides with the body clock that regulates day and night hormones such as cortisol and melatonin. Rhythm influences the action of insulin and leptin.Our sleep schedules, body temperature, hormone levels, and digestion are all heavily influenced by circadian rhythms.If we could respect this correlation, our disease burden would be greatly reduced. It can be mitigated,” she says.
“I practice eating intuitively”
Having suffered the worst of fad diets of all kinds, Ramya decided to follow an intuitive diet. She chose to eat only when her hunger pangs set in, and learned to recognize her own satiety level in the process. You also listen to your body and eat what feels right for you. Sometimes two meals are enough for you, other times you can have three or four small meals. It’s a long-term solution for weight management and mental health.In this scenario, food is no enemy at all.Change your diet and eat Don’t forget that it leads to disability,” she says.
One person’s food is another’s poison: find your own plate
“People often ask me how I manage my diet. Everyone’s body condition, type and metabolism are different, so what works for me may not work for you. She follows some basic and sensible practices.
“(1) Do not eat familiar and exotic foods. Keep your food choices local and sustainable.
(2) Store away from frozen food and processed food.
(3) I eat 4-5 servings of vegetables, protein-rich foods, and have at least 3 liters of water. Indians don’t have enough protein, or in proportion to their body weight, so they rely on carbohydrates instead. Protein worked for me as it gave me renewed energy to help me get stronger and stay positive in my training sessions.
(4) Chew your food at least 20-30 times before your next bite to break it down completely and absorb it better. I set a timer for 20 minutes for each meal.
(5) Do not eat fast. Your brain doesn’t understand what you eat and it can’t process your satiety index. As such, it cannot warn you when you overeat and the excess food piles up as unwanted fat.
(6) Do not overeat. “
“How to avoid the fat plateau”
It took Ramya a lot of trial and error to get rid of the stubborn fat. “Over time, if we continue to eat less than usual, the body will understand that this is the new normal and will adapt to the change. After all, our bodies don’t care about aesthetics.” Its job is to protect us by storing as much fat as possible for times when we may not be fed from the outside. With overeating and starvation, your body eventually adapts and learns to survive within your new limits, so you can’t keep losing weight like you did at first. call. This can be undone by eating slowly, consciously, planned and distributed, but this is not easy to do and you need to be really patient to undo it during the process. ‘ she says.
(Stop Weighting is published by Penguin India)
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