Missing link to weight loss

Guizhou is one of the poorer province in China. It is located near around the south western part of China. Guizhou adjoins Sichuan province to the north, Yunnan province to the west and Guangxi province to the south. Guizhou is home to many of the several ethnic minorities. The province boast some of the most spectacular mountain views, ravines, waterfall and other natural scenic views one could ever imagine. Asia largest waterfall, Huangguoshu Waterfall or better known as the Yellow Fruit Tree Waterfall is located in the Baihe River in Anshun Guizhou.

Guizhou transport infrastructure is surprising good, in particular the highways that cut across mountains and its overhead suspension bridges that links sky high line between mountains are truly indeed testimony to the incredible feats and accomplishment of its local civil engineering efforts which the province is extremely proud of.

Meal for the average people, in particular of those in villages and remote towns consists of simple dishes such as vegetable, lean chicken meat and rice. In the morning before day break, farmers would bring their animals such as buffaloes and goats to travel for miles, sometimes taking as long as two hours or more to reach the farm lands. Around 4pm in the evening, one could see buffaloes and its farmers prodding along the highways to return home after hard day's work plodding in the field during the day.

I went to tour China's province Guizhou two years ago and one thing strikes me. I noticed that there is hardly any obese people in the population, be it in the capital of the province Guiyang nor in other remote villages and towns both near and far from the city.

Even though most of the remote towns and villages are interconnected via modern highways and roads, it surprised me though the city and surrounding towns lack public transport amenities such as bus or taxi. Most people travel by foot, and I am not sure how they did it, but some walk as far as miles to get from one town to the next.

Perhaps that explains why people in Guizhou are generally lean and not obese. While people in other parts of the world, modern cities struggle to trim off fat and weight loss business is multi billion dollar business, those in the places like Guizhou struggle to keep themselves from being underweight.

In summary, eating and lifestyle can be the missing link to weight-loss efforts. As the saying goes, you are what you eat. Forget about wasting money in going to the gym for workout or taking those expensive weight loss control pills. Do the proper thing, eat what is necessary and well balanced nutritious diet and make it a point to walk if you can, after lunch or dinner to keep fit!. Walking is one of the best form of exercise to trim off fat and keep your weight in check.