How to Debloat After a Weekend of Cheat Days

Hello Ziddis! A show of hands from everyone who treats weekends as cheat days! Those who wait for Friday evening to start to hog on some pizza and fried food or street food? Who loves living their lives on weekends? We all do! But what when Monday comes in and you are too lethargic to pull yourself to your nearest treadmill and you don’t like how bloated you look? This blog is for all of us!

How to Debloat

Debloating is not as complex as it may sound. You don’t need deep cleansing of your gut every time but to understand what it needs this time. Here are a few tips that work like magic on how to debloat:

• Hydrate yourself as much as you can
• Move your body by going for a walk
• Try some basic stretches and yoga
• Rest out
• Depuff your face with an ice roller

Most of the time the question isn’t how to debloat but what your body needs.

How to Boost Gut Health?

There are tonnes of ways to boost your gut health. In case of want to have a reset, you may want to deep cleanse it. Here is how you can boost gut health:

• Detox
• Fast once a week or fortnight
• Infuse your water with herbs like mint
• Have salads made of hydrating fruits like watermelons or cucumbers
• Eat fibre-rich food
• Exercise everyday
• Move your body every day
• Do not sleep off right after having a meal

Foods to Improve Gut Health

Your bloating pattern is closely related to your gut health so indulging in foods to improve gut health is helpful. Here are some foods that are our top picks:

• Fermented foods like yoghurt, kimchi, dosa or probiotic supplements
• Electrolytes help you gain minerals while you stay hydrated
• High-fibre foods like fit foods, chia seeds or oats
• Hydrating fruits and veggies like cucumbers, watermelons, leafy greens, etc.

Why Does Cheat Meal Make it Difficult to Naturally Debloat?

Cheat meals are like rewards you give to your body for staying on track. But what happens when these rewards are itself cause the body to derail? Cheat meals often cause bloating. This is due to:

• Overloading your digestive system
• Excess calories consumed in small time
• Causes gut microbiome to be disrupted.
• All of this leads to causing hindrance in your body’s way of debloating naturally.

How to Debloat Stomach?

It is possible to debloat your stomach quickly as well as to keep it up for a longer time.

To Quickly Debloat:

• Drink water water
• Infuse your water with lemon
• Stretch and twist your body in a comfortable motion
• Check for signs of constipation

For Long-Lasting Effects:

• Eat less in one sitting but more meals overall
• Avoid carbonated drinks
• Start practicing yoga

Foods to Improve Digestion

You can find many natural foods to help you in debloating. Make sure you have what will help you.

• Fruits: Grapes, watermelons, muskmelons, ice apples, coconut water, berries, papaya
• Vegetables: Cucumbers, tomatoes, lettuce, leafy greens
• Supplements: Gut cleanse supplements, green juices, probiotics and prebiotics,
• Herbs: Peppermint and spearmint tea, cinnamon, chamomile tea, ginger, turmeric.

Incorporate these foods to improve digestion. Make sure you have the herbs when you wake up and the rest of these throughout the day.

Takeaway

Having a debloated stomach is everyone’s dream especially so that you don’t feel the guilt of indulging in your favourites. Make sure that stays. Focus on getting enough movement for your body and the right food on your plate and voila the bloating is gone.

Understand that bloating is temporary and you should not feel any less confident but it can cause issues internally within your body throughout the day like lethargy. Hence it is important to cut it at its roots.

Sources:

https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/how-to-get-rid-of-bloating-tips-for-relief

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/foods-that-help-with-bloating#15-foods-and-drinks-that-reduce-bloating