Namita, a certified trainer and fitness consultant offers handy tips to guide a working person towards knocking off stubborn office fat, look great and perform better in her just launched book "9 to 5 Fit" brought out by Penguin India.
"If you have been working for a few years, you will be familiar with stress, anxiety, pressure, and deadlines. And if you travel on work, you know what it means to have skewed schedules, disrupted sleep patterns and a hectic and extreme lifestyle. It's hard to stay fit with a nine to five job," says Namita.
"Offices are minefields of bad diets... In the 20 years of working as a weight management and fitness specialist I have seen people going from a size small to extra large," says Namita, who conducts sessions on exercise, lifestyle and weight management.
The author, who practises at Bombay Hospital says it is never too late to make simple yet effective lifestyle changes, alter food habits and thinking.
"If you are overweight, reducing your weight by 5 to 10 per cent is proven to decrease your chance of developing a heart disease," says Namita who had successfully battled the weight monster herself.
Unlike her previous bestseller "The Four Week Countdown Diet" Namita in her latest guide has focused on specifics like how to tackle food while flying and what to do if you are addicted to eating out.
"Frequent flying, especially overseas, has a telling effect on your weight and digestive system. It's to do with eating and doing nothing but sitting for anywhere between seven and 20 hours," says the author who says airline food is usually high in fat, salt and sugar.
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