Myth: Discontinuing yoga, increases weight ! Is this true ?
Well, here is a question from one of the attendees. "After doing yoga (asanas), if you stop doing it for a while, I heard that people gain weight. Is this true ?"
This is my take on the answer. You gain weight, if you eat more than what your body needs or if you dont burn enough calories (by doing exercies) of the excess food you had or if you have problem in thyroid glands. Period. Yoga has nothing to do with it.
Ive been told, that many have felt hungry, after doing yogasanas. Well, its suggested that you practice asanas on empty stomach. After 45 min session of stretching and twisting and breathing.. its natural that you feel hungry. Just be careful on the amount you eat. If you eat more.. you are going to gain weight.
May be we practice yogasanas for a while and after each session we might tend to eat little more than your usual limit. And once we stop doing asanas, but if we tend to intake the same amount of food, we could gain weight. Do you agree ?
Well, what is the secret of maintaing the body weight ?
Stick to a food habit. That is, Eating around same time daily. Eating same amount daily. Eating same kind of food daily. Dont switch, chinese one day, pizza next day, rice-sambhar next day and mexican the following day. Once in a while (or once a week) should be fine. Most important avoid snacks or keep it to very little ( I know, its difficult to control sometimes, when you start onthe chips.. Damn!)
How do I stop overeating ? People tend to eat more, when they are hungry. Our body takes a while, to calm the hungriness, after having food. So, eat slowly. Or there is a quick way to control having more food. Eat 4-5 almond nuts 5-10min before having food or when you are hungry. The (good) fat in the nuts, tend to make believe your brain, that you had enough food. Then have food and you wont consume more.
(Ok.. caution. Be gentle on the Almond nuts. Not more than 4 or 5).

PS: when I pay 12.99 on a buffet, I dont count calories :-) And I dont go to buffer that often. Once or twice a month mostly.