Currently a mother of three, Yulhee boasts beautiful visuals that are no less than those of her days in girl group Laboum. Her recent updates on Instagram and her interactions with fans have also become a hot topic. In the photos she posts, her slim, toned physique and sharp jawline catch the eye. Just looking at the photos, doesn’t it seem like she’s been slim her entire life? However, she surprisingly confessed that she weighed 82kg on the day she gave birth, which has become a hot topic. She added that her current weight is 49.7kg.
From 82kg to 40kg, she lost over 30kg. When interest in her secret grew, Yulhee answered that instead of eating one or two delicious meals a day, she kept her fasting period as long as possible. As you can guess from Yulhee’s words, she probably lost weight through intermittent fasting. Intermittent fasting is also a method of eating only during a certain period and fasting for the rest of the time. The key to an intermittent diet is not the amount of food but the fasting period. By keeping your stomach cutting off the supply of nutrients to your body for a certain time, your body uses fat instead of glucose as an energy source. This process causes you to lose weight.
Yulhee also added that she “doesn’t exercise very intensely” and that she walked and stretched consistently. Walking, which can be done anywhere and anytime, is good for dieting as well as for blood vessel health. In particular, it is said that when you walk with widened and narrowed strides, you burn more calories than when you walk with a constant stride, so it would be good to keep this in mind when you walk.
Stretching also has the advantage of relieving muscle tension and promoting blood circulation, which increases the effect of exercise. According to this, it is good to do ‘dynamic stretching’ such as light jogging or jumping jacks before exercise, and ‘static stretching’ in place after exercise, so keep that in mind!
Following the secret to losing weight, Yulhee emphasized, “A truly successful diet is not about losing weight, but getting rid of all the fat that’s accumulated in every corner.” She also added that when it comes to losing fat, you should lose weight slowly over the long term rather than aiming for a short-term goal. If you try to lose weight too quickly, you may experience the yo-yo effect.
Even if you succeed in a short-term diet, you may experience side effects such as skin aging. If you lose weight too quickly, your skin elasticity will decrease as fat decreases. Wouldn’t it be sad to yo-yo and develop wrinkles while trying to lose weight? If your goal is to lose weight, refer to the know-how Yulhee shared and try a healthy diet!
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