Can I increase my Chi by eating certain foods (and avoiding others), exercise, breathing methods, beeing around certain people?
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The best way to increase Chi is by deep breathing exercises. Also improves definition of abs, so go for it. Other than that all exercise is good for chi, just don't over or under train.
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yes, eat heathyer and work out and be active
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Dear Righteous,\n\nIt is wise of you to observe that your environment is inspiring you to eat more.\n\nMany people do not ever achieve this particular wisdom.\n\nTwo things can happen:\n\n1. The easy part: you can change certain things about your environment such as using TV sparingly, avoiding places where food is the center of attention, making new friends who place value on physical health and fitness, and other ideas you might come up with.\n\n2. The harder part: you can change the way you respond to your environment ... learning to focus on what you want rather than on what you don't want, nurturing your inner emotional life so that you don't "live to eat", and other inner-life oriented changes.\n\nGood luck on your new venture.
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Seek medical advice first.\nBut you might consider taking up Tai Chi as the health\nbenefits are proven.\nTai Chi helps balance mind, body and spirit and allows \nyou to increase the control you have over your body.
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you have seen several answers saying this i am sure. but eat smaller meals, try to eat about five times a day. three meals and two snacks. the reason for this is it will speed your body metabolism. by skipping meals your bod wil store fat to use as energy in between meals, by eating more your body will not store it but rather use what you provide. you do not have to eat anything in particular, but make sure to look at things like saturated fats and sugars. \nstart an exercise program, nothing fancy just something that will bring you heart rate up faster. doing this with begin to turn burn calories and build muscle mass. if you seem to gain weight or lose it very slow dont panic, muscle weighs more than fat but it looks better. there are two exercises that will help you with your abs: lay on your back, with your arms our and legs strait. lift your legs up about 10 inches and you head up like doing a crunch. it is called a v-up. because you try to make a v shape wit your body.   another is lay on your back with your feet up, pointing to the sky, also cross your feet. next crunch up and touch the bottoms of you feet. this is called rope climbers. to help more cross your arms over and touch opposing sides. you can look in a mens magazine and find other exercises that will help. it is a strange source but it works.
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I think if you eat something small like a granola bar or something, so you at least have some fuel (energy) to use when exercising, it is ok. I heard that if you do that, have a good work out, and then eat, it's actually better because after working out your metabolism is going fast & is ready to burn off what you eat next. I don't know if that's totally accurate, but it is what I have heard.
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I'm a nurse and used to teach martial arts back in the day. If your not interrested in a controlled more health diet and exercise or taking a diet pill...then you don't have alot of options. My suggetion is to go to the doctor get a check up for an ok to start self improvement. If you were open to it he could at that time prescribe you something to help burn fat and control your appetite and give you energy. In return you would eat less then you do now even though you say you don't eat alot but the older we get the slower our metabolism. Your energy will increase and so will your activity. You need to do some crunches and stretches and some arobic exercize to get that heart rate going, to pump some blood get more oxygen in you.\nIf your looking for a miracle theres not one. Sorry. But do yourself the favor and take care of it now. As you get older the problem will just get worse. If you end up as an older weigh ambulatory OR non-ambulatory elder you will be at risk for alot more then a smaller bodied person.
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It isnt proved as of yet that blood type has an affect on what we eat. You have a pretty healthy diet, everything from the *right* food group. i myself like a good nice tasty steak, but that goes st8 to the thighs lol, veges, rice, fruit, eggs, beans? your getting all your needed vitamins and stuff from there with the inclusion of fish where you would be getting omega-3 and stuff, if you add nuts: such as pine nuts, cashew nuts, well just nuts you will be giving your body much needed protien.
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You could eat what ever you want but you will not lose weight and there are other factors to worry about such as high cholestrol. So I quess you really can eat what ever you want but, you can afford to have more calories in your diet vs. a person who doesn't work out.\nI still think even though you work out you should still try to make healthy choices.
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Yes, you have to do a lot of sports, especially if u don't have an accelerated metabolism. I have to admit I eat a lot of bread, chocolates and burgers; but I exercise a lot (I go to aerobics, play badminton, jog, play tennis) and I have an excellent metabolism. And works for me (but I also eat healthy food too).
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Add more veg to your diet eliminate beer and sugars including sodas. and keep on doing you push ups Take up walking maybe even race-walking since you cant run/jog,
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Don't pay too much attention to the advice the previous posters gave you--they're suggesting ways of gaining weight that way is incredibly unhealthy. Sure, fast food and ice cream will make you fatter, but eating those kinds of foods is detrimental to your overall well-being. If you want to gain weight AND stay healthy while doing it, eat bigger portions of calorie-rich and nutritional meals. Exercise less, but don't cut it out of your routine completely. If you snack throughout the day, that's actually causing your metabolism to work more than it would if you ate three separate meals.
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The simple answer, of course, is eat less and move more. However, I'm sure this is not what you wanted. What I suggest is not going on a diet per se, because all diets are doomed to fail, and usually wind up with the user gaining more weight then they lost.\n\nInstead, you need to concentrate on portion control. This does not mean denying yourself anything. On the contrary, you can have whatever you want, so long as it is in moderation. One bite of fried cheesecake is not going to make you gain five lbs. \n\nMy tips - \nWhatever is the size portion you usually get for yourself, try to give yourself half. Eat it slowly, and drink plenty of water. Water is the only beverage you should be drinking on a daily basis, as it has no calories, and is NEEDED by your body. I know there are 'diet' drinks that have no calories in them, but they are not a substitute for water. NOTHING is a substitute for water.\n\nIf you have a craving, give in, but don't over indulge. Order a small icecream, then offer to share with somebody.\n\nAvoid diet foods like the plague. If it says no fat, it is almost gauranteed to be high in sugar. If it says no sugar, it is almost gauranteed to have high fat content. The reasoning behind this is simple. Fat and sugar make things taste good. Without one of these ingredients, it takes more of the other to still taste good.\n\n\nAs for excersise, I'll have to guess. I'm not sure how tall you are, but I can guess that at 180 it can't be too easy to do. What I'm going to suggest is to start out with something like yoga. Focus on the stretches so you can prepare your body to do some serious excersise. When the yoga postions are easy to do, I reccomend moving up to pilates. It's like a high intensity yoga. \n\nThe first step to solving any problem is to admit you have one. The second is to seek help. The third is to try that help, and see where it lands you. I wish you luck.
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better diet, cardio exercise, and weight training
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increase your metabelism eat many small healthy meals. water celery and apples are always good they take more cal to digest than they give you.
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Eat five portions of fruit/veg per day, do 30 mins of brisk exercise a day, eat a wholesome breakfast, have your main meal at lunch and a smaller meal at supper time. Dont eat after 7 pm at night. Drink plenty of water and eat foods that fill you up such as rice. Dont eat more than one starch a day, so only one portion of rice or potato a day. Swimming is also a great way to tone a body up, try going to the swimming baths three times a week
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I have personally tried the following method is and found it to be very effective. \n\nCalorie Intake = CI\n\n35% of CI 1 hour after rising (meal 1)\n\n5% of CI (snack 1) midway between meal 1 and meal 2\n\n30% of CI (meal 2) 1.5 hours after snack 1\n\n5% of CI (snack 2) midway between meal 2 and meal 3\n\n20% of CI (meal 3) 1.5 hours after snack 2\n\n5% of CI (snack 3) no later than 4 hours before you sleep\n.\n.