Garima Gupta

Garima Gupta is a mind-body wellness coach and holistic weight loss specialist. Her background in psychology gives her a unique insight into how dieting or exercise will not help anyone lose weight unless their mind, too, is looked after. I believe that the Mind is the missing piece of the weight loss puzzle. When I gain weight, isn’t there something going on in my life that contributes to it –like maybe financial stress, exam, pressure of parenthood etc.? During the phase when I feel most energetic and fit, isn’t my life and emotion in greater balance those days? The mind, our emotions are a physical reality. Each feeling is created through chemicals and nerve signals inside the body. It surprises me that we continue to talk of weight loss in purely body-level way –‘count calories, eat A versus B, work out’! Whereas the truth is, our mind is actively involved in creating weight gain. Our body also uses its inherent wisdom in this choice. We gain weight because we needed to. Wanna know a fab secret? If we are able to remove the conditions that made our mind and body choose weight gain, then weightloss becomes natural! Funny thing is, the science that tells us all this is already there. Sports medicine, mindfulness practitioners, doctors, psychologists, physical trainers, all know how health is a combination of mind and body. They know equally well that weight does not come off unless the mind and body are attuned to it. Yet, they continue to serve stale information, keep us focused on exercise or diet, and never give us the complete picture. (I am not pointing fingers.