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Can I Indulge in Weight Loss Starting from my Face?

Simha Mudra: King of Facial Exercises

Chubby cheeks and a dimple chin might be adorable during childhood but not thereafter as we all crave for high cheekbones, flawless skin and the perfect symmetry. Each of us secretly wish to exchange some of our features to stay beautiful and work hard for a chic body. Some focus on flat abs, some on curvy hips, muscular arms and few others wish to lose face fat. There are specific exercises for reducing desired body parts such as crunches for abs, lifting weights for your arms and so on. But is it even possible to lose face fat?
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Fat in your Face
Face fat is generally the result of excess weight gain, but it can also be due to genes. While some carry excess fat around their abdomen or thighs you might be one of those rare ones who carry it on your face! Generally, it is due to overconsumption of fats, carbs or salt that one starts developing a puffy face. You face is no exception and it acts like every other feature in your body. Once you start leading an unhealthy lifestyle and eat improper foods, your face too starts gaining fat just like other parts of your body.

Lose it or Spruce It!
After a weight loss program, we hear positive comments on our body but most comments that we receive regarding our facial looks are negative. People feel sorry for our deflated cheeks and even wish that we had not lost any fat on our face. So indeed, losing fat on your face is possible and it is good. Just like how good and bad balance this earth, we do have some bad news to balance this good news. It is possible to lose face fat, but you cannot specifically target weight loss in this area.

With this, I guess most of you reading through would have guessed the best way to lose face fat. Yes, its by losing overall excess body weight and leading a healthy lifestyle. In this journey, please don’t focus completely on cutting down calories as this might land you only with muscle loss and not fat loss. It’s always better to rely on a well-balanced meal that meets your nutrient requirements as well as focuses on controlling portion sizes. Complement this with increased water intake, decreased junk intake and plenty of sleep.

Exercising is the best way to lose face fat but don’t overdo it. You might land up with a sagged face. Balance strength training and cardio workouts along with your regular ones to bring your total body weight to a healthy one.

Apart from this, there are many popularly known simple exercises that people believe in and definitely worth a try!

1. How about doing a fish face? What we sometimes do unintentionally exists as an exercise form! Smile while pursing your lips and suck the inside of your cheeks into the gaps that exist between the sides of your teeth. Repeat it at least 5 times for firmer and toned lips and cheeks. While you might not lose fat, it helps to give you a tightening effect.
2. The Simha mudra is considered to be the best asana for the face as it tones all your facial muscles. Do it to experience a positive change but beware, please do it in isolation otherwise people might run out of the room fearing the presence of a lion! Kneel down on the floor and place your hands on the thighs. Drop your jaw and open your mouth sticking your tongue out towards the chin. You tend to breathe out through your mouth and in the meantime, make a deep sound from your throat that replicates a lion’s roar. Try doing it for a couple of times.
3. Remember kids playing noughts and crosses during their free period at school? Let’s recreate it in our face. Pronounce the alphabets X and O one after the other, give a pause and then repeat it again. Do this for a couple of times to tighten your jaws, make them stronger and in turn decrease fat muscles on the face.
4. We know that blowing a balloon is a good exercise for the lungs as it improves breath control while doing the activity. But now, blowing a balloon can decrease your face’s chubbiness as it involves your face and neck muscles and tones them. This is not scientifically proved but one can always try it out as there is no harm involved but in fact works good on your lungs
   
   

Aging can also help an individual lose facial fat but ironically one cannot fix a particular spot for weight reduction on your face. It might happen that some people lose more fat around their face and neck regions once they start exercising or following a weight loss program while others lose weight elsewhere in the body. This is completely not in your hands. Sticking to healthy lifestyle practises, eating a well-balanced diet and exercising regularly can help an individual reduce fat.  Registered dietitian nutritionists at www.firsteatright.com can help you regulate your lifestyle habits and stay healthy. Beyond that, if your face remains as chubby as it can be, take it in your stride and feel good about being bubbly. Ultimate goal must be to ensure a healthy lifestyle that keeps you devoid of diseases and health problems. 

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Let's Go for A Swim, Fish Face!