The Late Late show host, James Corden stated that his show was stopped when he was tested covid positive, he felt deject and deprived of good health and fitness.
It was then on New Year’s Eve he made a resolution to knock off unwanted flabby fat from his body, look fit and feel healthy
James Corden was successively trained with Hollywood’s person trainers at his home and his convenience yet he found weight loss taboo until he discovered WW, Weight Watcher Program
Famous as a jack of all trades, James Corden has a profound familiarity with his amazing acting skills; he is also known for his late-night show to jam of karaoke with various Hollywood celebrities and also re–enacts musical crosswalks.
Recently he has been making news for his weight loss
He made headlines for loosing 6 stones weight loss, where each stone is the counterpart to 14 pounds,
Totally Corden’s weight loss to about 84 pounds.
How does he do it? According to his interview with The Sun,
James Corden limits his eating to a timeframe, by following intermittent fasting
Benefits of intermittent fasting for weight loss
Intermittent fasting is a strategic eating method of switching between a fasting and eating schedule, it’s one of the fastest way to manage weight loss and to prevent from weight reloading.
- What is intermittent fasting?
While many forms of dieting concentrate of how much to eat, intermittent fasting gives prominence on when to eat,
Johns Hopkins neuroscientist Mark Mattson, has studied intermittent fasting for 25 years.
A study at Hopkins Medicine suggests that, our body have advance to be able to function without food for many hours, or even several days or longer.
In primitive times, before civilization and invent of farming, people in forests survived for long periods without eating. They had limited access to ready food; they had to hunt the entire area for wood to cook, animals, berries, nuts, leaves etc…
Mattson studies say that after hours of fasting without food, the body weakens its sugar levels stores and starts smoldering on stored fat. He refers to this as Metabolic Switching
Intake of some Extra calories and less physical activity in modern times has brought in people towards higher risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease and other illnesses.
Scientific studies have shown that intermittent fasting may help reverse these current trends.
How efficiently does intermittent fasting work?
There are various ways to do intermittent fasting,
- Eating only for the period of an eight-hour/day and fast for the rest of the day
- Or you might choose to eat only one meal a day two days a week.
Plans in intermittent fasting
- 16/8 fasting : The Practice is actually simple You can pick a daily approach, which confine daily eating six- to eight-hour period/day. For illustration, you may choose to adopt a scheme to 16/8 fasting: eating for eight hours and fasting for sixteen hours straight.
- 5:2 approach: This technique adopts an eating way in which you eat regularly for five days a week, for the remaining 2 days, you need to restrict to 500-600 calories a day. For instance you eat normally on every day except some days of the week in between say Monday and Thursday you be a one meal day limited to a calorie deficit day of only 500 calories.
How intermittent fasting helped James Corden lose weight?
This popular technique of weight loss helped James Corden to eat normally as he did but only during stipulated period of timeframe .He mentioned that he did not eat until it was 12 pm.
James Corden’s weight loss transformation is also credited for his constant boxing practice and he religiously followed meditation to burn more calories
Let’s take a quick recap of all that James Corden did to achieve incredible weight loss
Kick Boxing, Intermittent Fasting, and Meditation
Boxing– It is a high intensity workout, which targets mainly on calories and sculpts the body to shape it in a proper way, thereby improving metabolism.
- Boxing helped James Corden to achieve serious weightloss by burning serious amount of calories
- It’s a high intensity workout , a single boxing session can burn up to 1000 calories as compared to other cardio exercises
- Helps to burn out the stubborn belly fat
- Acts as an entire body workout and targets the core
Intermittent fasting – A typical pattern and timing in eating makes body control its sugar levels and metabolism in a systematic way - Changes the body function related to hormones, cells, and genes
- Helps in losing visceral fat from the body
- It reduces insulin resistance and lower blood sugar levels
- Reduces oxidative stress and inflammation in the body
- Highly beneficial to heart health
- Helps in keeping away fatal diseases like cancer, brain tumors, etc.
Meditation – When it comes to mindful eating and thereby managing our weight and health, it is important to have a proper acknowledgment of the mind-body connection.
Just like Meditation helps in managing stress, sleeping, and having a focused mindset, it does impact on our relationship with eating and managing our body weight by curbing the emotional eating process which is a major contributing factor in weight gain
Key takeaway – James Corden’s weight loss journey
During the times when you’re not eating, James adopted water and zero-calorie beverages such as black coffee and tea as prescribed by the WW, weight watchers program.
And during James Corden’s eating periods, “he ate normally” and “did not go crazy with food”.
He mentioned that it’s not easy to lose weight or get healthier when you pack ur eating hours in an intermittent fasting phase, to hog mindlessly on anything and everything. Following a calorific diet power packed with high fiber, healthy fats, lean protein, and enough calcium n vitamins to support body vital functions
He also mentions that intermittent fasting allows a range of different food to be eaten and enjoyed during the process.
People need to be mindful and take pleasure in eating good, hygienic, and nutritious food. He adds that eating with others and sharing the mealtime experience adds satisfaction and supports good health.
He also adds that the Mediterranean diet as a good outline of what to eat, for whatever reasons you are trying intermittent fasting or not.
You can scarcely go wrong when you pick complex, unprocessed carbohydrates like whole grains, leafy greens, healthy fats, and lean protein. Be mindful of eating and digesting..because
*You are What You Eat*
Kathleen B. Simmons is the author of “celebrity Health mag” and she likes to research public figures, she has more than 5 years of experience in content writing, and she use to write on all celebrity lifestyle news, Kathleen has done his education from NY university and she is passionate about her work