Obesity
If you are having health problems like high blood pressure, diabetes, you will be having a great sympathy from your friends and relatives, but if you are obese, you will always be blamed by others for your faults. They will be thinking that your weight gain is purely a result of your wrong lifestyle like lack of exercise and overeating.
But you know very well that you have done many sincere attempts to loose that extra bulge-We know that it was very hard for you to manage the time and money required for the expert consultation, to follow specific diet,especially to exercise with the heavy load……….
Even a most educated class is not aware of the fact that though obesity is a lifestyle problem initially,..it converts in to a obesity disease after crossing of a particular limit of weight gain. Being unaware of this fact , causes continuous torturing for you as an obese person affecting your self confidence. This situation may lead to depressive status of mind of you. Here the vicious cycle starts-depression with low self esteem resulting in poor social life –all this adds obesity and you may feel rejected or failed personality in front of society and also in front of loved ones..!
Get out of all this ….open your wings and be ready to fly in the world of dreams which you were always hoping for..
Obesity or being overweight is a condition characterized by excessive storage of fat in the body. Increased body fat puts a person at risk for many critical conditions such as heart disease, liver damage, diabetes, arthritis and kidney problems.
Numerous tips to reduce obesity have been mentioned in ayurveda. According to your body constitution,
Very good exercises. Exercises like brisk walking, jogging, playing out door games etc help to reduce weight.
Physical and mental exertion. Exerting physically like doing house hold works, walking to distant places to bring groceries, vegetables etc, walking long distances to bring the child back from school, walking to working place, climbing stairs etc are types of physical exertion. Exerting physically as much as you can help to burn more calories. Mental exertion like worrying or involving in finding solutions to problems also restrict food consumption in some and there by reduces the intake of calories
Having sex frequently is also a good physical exertion.
Causes
Excessive weight gain is caused when people consume more calories than the body needs—occurring most commonly due to eating a diet high in fat and calories, being sedentary, or both. This imbalance between calories consumed and calories burned, however, can also be caused by a number of different obesity-related factors such as genetic, hormonal, behavioral, environmental and, to some extent, cultural. There are many other factors causing obesity such as pregnancy, tumors as well as endocrine disorders and medications that include psychotic drugs, estrogens, corticosteroids and insulin.
Symptoms of Obesity includes increased body fat, breathlessness on exertion, lethargy, fatigue, excessive sweating with bad odour etc.

Ayurvedic View
In Ayurveda, obesity is known as Medarog, which is caused by the aggravation of Kapha. Kapha is an Ayurvedic humor which is dense, heavy, slow, sticky, wet and cold in nature. It governs all structure and lubrication in the mind and body apart from controlling weight and formation of all the seven tissues – nutritive fluids, blood, fat, muscles, bones, marrow and reproductive tissues.
In a balanced state, Kapha gives nourishment to these tissues through various micro channels. However, when it is aggravated, Kapha leads to production of toxins in the body. These toxins are heavy and dense in nature and accumulate in weaker channels of the body, causing their blockage. In the case of an obese person, toxins accumulate in Medovahi Srotas (fat channels), thereby leading to an increase in the production of fat tissue (Meda Dhatu). When the body produces more fat tissues, it causes an increase in weight.
The Ayurvedic line of treatment for obesity begins with the pacification of Kapha Dosha. This can be done by eliminating Kapha-aggravating foods from the diet. Next, the treatment also focuses on cleansing of the Medovahi channels through cleansing herbs so that excess weight can be reduced.
Diet & Lifestyle Advice :

• Avoid high carbohydrates like polished rice and potato.
• Avoid oily and fried foods, processed foods, fatty foods like butter, purified butter, cheese, whole-milk yogurt, cream, chocolate, etc.
• Have more bitter vegetables like bitter gourd and the bitter variety of drumsticks.
• Replace refined flour with whole-wheat flour and rice with brown rice or parboiled rice.
• Increase intake of fruits, salads and vegetables.