Is it the right way to lose weight? Know your body type and eat right to lose weight

If you want to choose the most suitable method for weight loss among various methods, you must first understand your own physical constitution. From the previous test you will know which of the water, fire or earth constitutions you belong to, and then start losing weight according to your own constitution.

【Water body type】

Water has the properties of being cold and flowing downwards. People with water constitution have the same characteristics as water: they tend to be cold and tend to gain weight easily in the lower body. You often think too much, have a sensitive personality, and have poor blood circulation, so you should try to reduce unnecessary worries and increase positive thinking habits.

Although people with water body constitution have poor digestive function and eat less for meals, they still gain weight easily because they like to eat snacks. So whenever you think of snacking, reach for juice. If you don’t have time to juice, please refer to the foods below that are good for water body constitution and replace high-calorie snacks with fruits and vegetables.

The basic physical characteristics are a thin body and dry, thin skin. The shoulders are narrow, the arms are thin, the ribs and abdomen are fatter than the slender upper body, and the hips are also larger. Due to poor circulation, toxins will accumulate in the body, causing swelling, especially in the lower body. For this reason, the key to weight loss for people with a water body type is to manage edema.

For people with water constitution, excessive exercise will instead form toxins. Beneficial exercises include brisk walks or stretching-based programs such as yoga and Pilates. If you want to reduce excess fat, you can also do some gravity training at the same time to maintain elastic muscle lines.

Foods that are good for your water body

Glutinous rice, brown rice, leek, radish, potato, onion, ginger, garlic, curry, tomato, pepper, cinnamon, apple, orange, mango, honey, ginseng, chicken.

Foods that are bad for water quality

Barley, red beans, melon, watermelon, milk, yogurt, beer, pork.

【Fire Constitution】

Fire has the properties of warmth and upward movement. The fire constitution has the same characteristics as fire, with hot body and easy weight gain in the upper body. The upper abdomen tends to protrude more than the lower abdomen, and the skin is reddish. The forearms, shoulders and back are fleshy, but the legs are thinner.

Although you don’t feel like eating all the time, it’s easy for you to overeat or eat very quickly. Your stomach and intestines move faster and you feel hungry easily. When you eat too much food at once due to overeating, digestion becomes difficult and toxins are easily increased. Gastrointestinal heat is also a cause of increased toxins. Therefore, it is very important for people with fire constitution to develop the habit of chewing slowly.

Because of their impatient personality, people with Fire Constitution tend to lose a lot of weight in the early stages, but they give up halfway, resulting in large fluctuations in weight. If you keep losing weight and gaining weight repeatedly like this, it will become difficult to lose weight in the end. If you drag on this weight loss mode for too long and use methods that are not suitable for your physical condition, it will be very difficult. It is better to take the right medicine from the beginning, which will not be too laborious. During the stagnation period, just try to maintain the weight lost and don't gain it back. Take a short break and wait until the stagnation period is over before focusing on losing weight again. This is a healthier way.

The characteristics of fire constitution are that they are full of energy and like to move. Activities that suit them include rhythmic dance, jogging, mountain climbing and other strenuous aerobic exercises. When you lose weight to a certain extent, you can also do some high-intensity anaerobic exercise, which will be very helpful.

Foods that are good for fire constitution

Barley, beans, red beans, wolfberries, Ganoderma lucidum mushrooms, cucumbers, melons, bananas, watermelons, strawberries, shrimps, oysters, and pork.

Foods that are bad for fire constitution

Glutinous rice, pepper, mustard, curry, ginger, apple, tangerine, orange, kelp, ginseng, red ginseng, honey, chicken.

【Soil constitution】

Soil has the properties of inclusion and absorption. The earth constitution also has the characteristics of the land, with a warm and generous personality. The body is just like the soil, eating and easily storing nutrients. Because people have a strong appetite and can easily absorb and store food, they are more likely to gain weight than people with other constitutions. Therefore, if you want to lose weight, even if you eat, you should choose foods that are not easy to make you fat. At this time, detoxifying juice is a good substitute food.

In terms of appearance, they tend to be tall, strong, plump, and have flesh all over their body. The skin is thick and white, but if the health is not good it will become dull and black. Although digestion is good, the excretion function is poor and toxins can easily accumulate in the body. Therefore, the most important word for people with earth constitution to lose weight is "excretion". Although the kidney system and large and small intestines are the most direct organs responsible for excretion in the human body, the liver is the most important first-line organ in charge of various metabolic functions. People with earth constitution are prone to poor liver function, so they should be careful about things that put a burden on the liver, such as stress, overwork, and drinking. Also, their lungs are in poor condition, so it is good to drink some juice made from ingredients that are good for the lungs.

People with earth constitution look clumsy because they are fleshy. But because they look sturdy, they should avoid weight training and try to do more aerobic exercise. Therefore, it is very effective to excrete waste through sweating through some slightly intense aerobic exercises, such as mountain climbing, tennis, squash, etc.

Foods that are good for your body

Rice, radish, platycodon, schisandra, lotus root, burdock, carrot, taro, cabbage, bell pepper, broccoli, mushroom, garlic, pear, watermelon, milk, nuts, beef.

Foods that are bad for your soil constitution

Glutinous rice, buckwheat, clams, crabs, shrimps, octopus, squid, sauces, loach, eel, fish roe, chicken, offal, pork belly, duck, eggs, wine.

【One-week detoxification and weight loss plan】

This plan is a method for losing weight quickly while drinking detoxifying juice without harming your health when you must lose weight in the short term, but it is not suitable for long-term use. This method can be used when you often overeat or when there is a sudden accumulation of toxins in the body, when you are in a hurry to lose weight for interviews, parties, photo shoots, etc., and when there is a stagnation period of weight loss for more than one month.

Excerpted from "The Last Juice Book: One Vegetable and One Fruit a Day So Easy, Drink Detoxifying and Weight Loss Juice Every Day! 》