3 Simple Rules This 46-Year-Old Fitness Coach Followed To Lose 25kg In 6 Months
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The traditional Indian diet is heavy in carbohydrates but low in protein, which makes it harder for South Asians to burn fat and maintain muscle mass.
Factors such as stress, sleep quality, hormone balance, and recovery also play a significant role in determining how effectively the body burns fat. (Image: Canva)
For many people, losing weight can be a challenge. It can be due to health issues, access to healthcare and workout, food poverty and more. And when you specifically talk about South Asian people like Indians, Sri Lankans, Bangladeshis and more, they face certain obstacles in their fitness journeys that mean they cannot just find a diet and workout plan online and follow it since a lot of them are geared towards the Western body types.
There is a genetic component that results in unique weight loss challenges for South Asians. Many South Asians face unique weight loss challenges. Genetics makes them prone to storing belly fat and developing insulin resistance, which is the process by which a person’s body struggles to process the sugar in their food.
According to a report by Science Direct, South Asians often have the “thin-fat” phenotype. This means you may have a normal weight, but a high amount of unhealthy visceral fat (fat around internal organs). Also, due to our traditional diet, that are heavy in carbohydrates but low in protein, makes it harder for South Asians to burn fat and maintain muscle mass.
Zee Ali, a fitness expert who specialises in weight loss for South Asian people, took to Instagram to share how he lost 25 kgs in 6months. The 46-year-old posted a video where he shows his transformation and also shares 3 easy rules that he followed to lose weight:
Sleep and water are secret weapons: I went to bed by 10:30pm every night and drank 3-4 litres of water daily. More sleep = more energy. More water = less hunger. Simple.
A routine keeps you in charge: When you plan your sleep, gym, and walks in advance, life can’t get in the way. No plan = no control. Pen and paper wins
Eat more protein to stop snacking: Even eating way less food overall, I kept protein at 180-200g a day. It kept my muscles and killed my cravings – kept my metabolism high and burned belly fat fast
Summing up his fitness transformation, Zee Ali added, “That’s it. No extreme diet. No starving myself. Just a simple routine repeated every day. I went from 101 kg to 76 kg in 24 weeks, fitter, leaner, stronger and happier at 46 years old.”
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