Surprising workout is best way to lose weight for LIFE, scientists discover
EXPERTS have discovered the ideal way to stay slim for life - and it may surprise you.
Losing weight is a long road of difficult obstacles, and keeping it off is even harder, some say.
She told the website : “We know from previous research that frequent dietary lapses can lead to weight regain.
“Those who are successful at keeping weight off long-term have an improved ability to manage thoughts, emotions, and behaviours which can reduce the frequency of dietary lapses.”
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The study investigated whether yoga - an ancient practise which has become hugely popular as a workout in the Western world - is the trick to honing long-term weight loss.
The study recruited 60 women who were overweight or obese, but lost at least five per cent of their weight over three month using diet and exercise.
Then, they were randomly assigned into two groups; one took part in 12 weeks of cooking classes, and the other a 12-week yoga course.
Women said they enjoyed the twice-weekly yoga classes and were glad they had been put into that group.
And the benefits were measurable when it came to their weight.
They lost 3.5 per cent more of their body weight compared to those in the culinary school.
They had greater improvements in areas of stress, mindfulness and mood, questionnaires revealed.
But the authors noted those who lost less weight initially had no added benefit of yoga.
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There were no differences seen between people practising two distinct styles of yoga for six months, according to the findings published in the journal Obesity.
People in both the restorative hatha yoga (focused on holding poses) and vinyasa yoga (a more rigorous movement through poses) groups lost significant amounts of weight.