Steps to Exercise — Page 32
- 32 - BEST RECIPE FOR CORRECT WEIGHT Usually, fat people try to reduce their weight by dieting. This method is not only dangerous for health, but also can prove fatal. Instead, we present a leaf from the life of the Holy Prophet of Islam that will prove to be the best practice for maintaining your weight. 1. Do not eat to a full stomach. Leave the food before you are fully satiated. You may think that you are eating less and may become weak. This is not correct. The commandment to leave your food before you feel fully satiated is based on great wisdom. Only recently, modern science has uncovered this very fact. According to the doctors, you remain feeling hungry until the blood-sugar ratio reaches a certain optimum level. Because this level is not reached immediately when eating, you keep feeling hungry even after eating to the full. This is a false hunger and if you try to satiate that hunger you will be over- eating. The Commandment of the Holy Prophet will always serve as a guiding light for all. 2. Have a Simple Diet. The Holy Prophet used to eat simple food and started that tradition among his companions as well. This practice is in accordance with the Qur’anic injunction… (Eat and drink but do not be wasteful). If we keep our food simple and desist from eating too much fatty and spicy food, stop the waste of food in our daily life and adopt the life-style that Tehrike Jadid has presented to us, we will be able to maintain good health. 3. Adopt the Habit of Working with Your own Hands. It is well known that the Holy Prophet used to work with his own hands and this was the practice of his companions as well. This is such a clean habit that it keeps your body t and alert and sloth and laziness cannot come anywhere near you. Even if you have no other physical exercise, this practice is good enough substitute.