I had a great desire to learn how to fly a paraglider, but when I turned to the paragliding school, it turned out that equipment for my weight of 123 kg simply did not exist. But I always had excess weight. Even from my school days, I don't remember ever weighing less than 100 kg. However, the desire to fly was so strong that in three months I lost 26 kg, even though I did not limit myself in delicious food. And it turned out to be quite easy!

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I had tried various ways to lose weight before, even fasting three times a week. This gave an effect, but it was exhausting and left no strength for sports. And as soon as I failed to achieve the desired result, the weight returned.

So, when the paragliding instructor said that I would still be able to fly, but I needed to work with a nutritionist, I didn't really believe in success, but I didn't have much to lose. However, now I am very grateful to him for this.

So, I want to tell you the basic principles of proper nutrition and a healthy lifestyle. Of course, this will not replace full-fledged work with a nutritionist, but these tips will definitely give a result.

Here are 5 rules that helped me lose weight:

Rule 1. Eating and fasting windows.

Food should be consumed within eight hours, and then not consumed for sixteen. It is during this 16-hour period that active burning of fat cells occurs.

At subsequent stages of weight loss (depending on your willpower and well-being), you can make this period 6 hours of eating to 18 hours of fasting.

Rule 2. No snacks.

You should only have main meals. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner. In between — don't eat anything. Immediately after a meal, you start storing fat, and after about two hours, burning begins. If you eat even something small, and even with minimum calories, it will interrupt the fat burning process again for 2 hours.

Rule 3. Proper food combination.

In one meal, you should not eat porridge and meat/fish/eggs at the same time. Porridge only with vegetables, or meat/fish/eggs also with vegetables. If you're interested why — read about glycemic and insulin indices of products. But you probably don't need it — just remember how to combine them.

Rule 4. Forbidden products.

Exclude from food: alcohol, sweets (sugar, honey, fruits, etc.), juices, dairy, flour and other gluten-containing products, potatoes and other starchy vegetables, processed meat (sausages, frankfurters, etc.) — everything only in its natural form. Over time, you can return something to the diet, but personally I don't even want to anymore.

Rule 5. Get enough sleep.

Go to bed before 23:00, wake up at 6-7 in the morning. During sleep, weight loss hormones are synthesized. It is desirable to sleep in a cool room.

That's all the basic rules that will give a result. During meals, you can not especially limit yourself in the amount. Eat to satiety, don't count calories.

The more excess weight you have, the faster you will lose it. As you approach your ideal weight, the process will slow down. Then you can already reduce the volume of food (both portion sizes and the number of meals) and find time for sports. For example, now I eat twice a day — at 10:00 and at 16:00 and train four times a week, but the topic of sports is already material for a completely different publication... :)

Good luck to you — you will succeed! :)