I don’t want to gain three pounds after the holidays! A female traditional Chinese medicine practitioner teaches two tips on losing weight to save you and me

Every Mid-Autumn Festival, faced with the abundance of mooncakes and pomeloes, as well as barbecue parties with relatives and friends, how can people get through it safely and avoid the problem of "gaining three pounds during every festive season"? Chinese medicine practitioner Wang Xinmei said that if you want to prevent yourself from gaining weight after the holidays, in addition to learning to share delicious food with friends and family and reducing your burden; remembering these two tips for losing weight and putting them into practice during the holidays is a good way to help you and me save our figure!

Is it appropriate to eat mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival? Be careful, the average calories contained in one pill is more than that in a bowl of rice!

Chinese medicine practitioner Wang Xinmei said that the most appropriate time for family reunion during the Mid-Autumn Festival is to admire the moon and eat mooncakes. However, most mooncakes available on the market contain ingredients such as flour, butter, lard, bean paste, date paste, eggs, sugar, nuts, etc., and a large amount of oil is often used in the production process to make the crust crispy and the filling soft and fragrant.

Therefore, no matter what flavor of mooncakes, most of them are high-fat, high-sugar, and high-calorie foods. A mooncake can easily contain 300 to 400 calories, and eating one is equivalent to eating 1.5 bowls of rice. A Hong Kong-style mooncake may even contain up to 700 calories, equivalent to 2 to 3 bowls of rice. If you can't help but eat a few more bites, it will not only easily increase fat on your body, but also cause excessive burden on your body. People with three highs should be especially careful.

Barbecue invitations come one after another. Overeating without restraint may cause gastrointestinal problems such as bloating and abdominal pain.

It is also worth noting that in addition to mooncakes, many people choose to get together with relatives and friends for barbecue during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and some people even barbecue for several days. In a happy and joyful atmosphere, it is easy to overeat and eat heavy, greasy food without realizing it. In addition to concerns about excessive calories, many people often experience symptoms of "food stagnation" in traditional Chinese medicine, such as abdominal distension, acid reflux, and belching after eating a lot of barbecue, which is painful and uncomfortable.

In response to the above discomfort, Chinese medicine practitioner Wang Xinmei suggested that people with stomach bloating problems may try massaging the Zusanli, Hegu, Zhongwan, Guanyuan and other acupoints to help regulate qi and stomach, eliminate accumulation and stagnation, which is a good auxiliary relief method.

In addition to acupoint massage, "Compendium of Materia Medica" and "Compendium of Materia Medica" also mentioned that tea can cleanse the intestines and stomach, relieve gas and help digestion. Simply put, drinking tea in moderation helps digest food and eliminate greasiness in the stomach and intestines. So if people feel uncomfortable because of eating too much and having abdominal bloating, they might as well try drinking some tea to help improve the situation.

Worried about the full moon and your family being happy? A female Chinese medicine practitioner teaches you two secret ways to lose weight so you don’t gain weight during the holidays

Given that many people often experience the above-mentioned health problems after the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, or worry about gaining weight due to overeating. Therefore, Chinese medicine doctor Wang Xinmei specially shares with everyone two tips for losing weight that she often uses during the holidays to help you and me save your figure and avoid gaining weight:

Tip 1: Make your own slimming and fat-reducing tea to regulate qi and moisten the intestines

★Slimming and fat-reducing tea

Ingredients: 1 qian of hawthorn, 1 qian of roselle, 1 qian of tangerine peel, 3 qian of cassia seed.

Method: Put these herbs into a medicine bag, add 800cc of boiling water, and steep for 15 minutes before drinking. Repeat the steeping process until the medicinal taste becomes lighter.

Function: Remove fat, eliminate accumulation, regulate qi and moisten the intestines, and help improve gastrointestinal metabolism. If you have special gastrointestinal symptoms, please consult a professional Chinese medicine practitioner before taking it.

Tip 2: Do the Peng Wings Exercise to get your body moving

★ Dapeng Spreading Wings Exercise

Movement: Stretch your arms diagonally backward at about 45 degrees, opening and closing like a roc flapping its wings. Generally speaking, this kind of movement will cause a slight soreness in the triceps of the arms. If not, you can try holding a plastic bottle filled with water in both hands to increase the weight and advance your training.

Function: It can help eliminate side breast and arm sleeves, and tighten the muscle lines of arms and back.