Breathing Yourself Thin
By Qizhi Gao
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Bigu Qigong is a Qigong exercise, which harmonize the mind, breath with certain body position to achieve hungury control and improve inner organs function. Bigu Qigong is easy to learn and very effective for the goal of optimal weight wituout side effect.
(Sylvia) Gorup had dieted and regained weight several times through the years. She had been exercising five days a week and "kind of watched what I was eating,," but hadn't seen any change in her weight.. (In Bigu Qigong Class) She lost 18 pounds during the two weeks and continued to lose afterward . . . Lost 30 pounds in about five months and has kept the weight off,. --- It worked for me, Qigong takes, keeps her extra weight off, The Wichita Eagle, Living, Health & Fitness, June 29, 1999
Brandy Brinkley is a mother of two and shes tried dozens of diets, but nothings worked. I hope to get more healthy and I would like to lose 20 pounds" Well Ive lost almost 10 pounds in 14 days, really exciting because I didn't work out and I ate the same food as I would prior to coming here (Bigu Qigong Class)"
" --- Breathing Yourself Thin, KAKE TV Interview. Feburary 3rd, 2011.
Qizhi Gao
Dr. Qizhi Gao, D.O.M., Dipl. OM, as a world well-known Chinese Medicine practitioner and educator, has been practicing Traditional Chinese Medicine since 1980 and has 40 years experience as a Qigong Practitioner and Instructor.
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Breathing Yourself Thin - Qizhi Gao
Copyright © 2016 by Qizhi Gao.
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CONTENTS
Endorsement
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1 Why Do You Need to Lose Weight?
Chapter 2 How Do You Lose Weight?
Chapter 3 What is Bigu Qigong?
Chapter 4 How Do You Do Bigu Qigong?
Chapter 5 How Does Bigu Qigong Work? Eastern and Western Theories of Weight Loss
Chapter 6 Why Bigu Qigong?
Chapter 7 How Do You Get the Best Results from Bigu Qigong?
Chapter 8 What Will You Do in the Two-Week Course?
Chapter 9 What Do Research, the Newspaper, and TV Say?
Endorsement
You’ve decided to Change Your Life, Lose Weight, make your Health Priority Number One. This is no easy task, but Dr. Gao will help you attain your goals. I’ve known Dr. Gao for the past 15 years as my instructor, caregiver, colleague and friend and can attest, first hand, to the results revealed in this book. Why wait? Start your new life now!
Kevin Rieg MD
Acknowledgements
Special thanks to Dr. Loretta Forlaw, PhD, and Dr. Sandra Wilks, DOM, who helped to accomplish this book. As Bigu Qigong instructors, they offered many valuable suggestions. Also thanks to all my Bigu Qigong instructors, Bigu Qigong students, and friends who helped with proofreading and typing. Here is a list of only a few: Tom Overholser, Sandy Evenson, Pam Robinett, Leigh Anne Petersen, Laurinda Wade, Steve Wenke, Madeline Norland, Aliesa George, Bill J. Hawks Jr., Aimon Kopera, Teresa LaCoss, Angela Pottebaum, Jamie Tabor, Yee-Meii Wong, Peggy Case, Nance Tegan and many more. A big thanks to Linda R. Parsons for the final proofreading and editing. And last, I want to thank my lovely wife, Carrie. Without the support and encouragement from her and all my friends, I would not have been able to finish this book.
Introduction
The philosophy of this century is the common sense of the next.
—from a fortune cookie
In 1996, I taught a program for Qigong instructors that included both classic and modern Qigong exercises for the purpose of prevention and treatment of disease. At the end of the program, one student said to me, Dr. Gao, we learned so much on Qigong in this class from common disease to cancer. But we didn’t learn how to help weight problems, which more than 50 percent of people are overweight in this country.
So I decided to share Bigu Qigong.
Bigu Qigong is a Qigong exercise that harmonizes the mind and regulates breathe with certain body postures to achieve hunger control and improve the function of internal organs. Bigu Qigong is easy to learn and very effective for the goal of achieving and maintaining optimal weight without any side effects.
I conducted my first study of Bigu Qigong on twelve volunteers. The study results were really encouraging, as I expected, and I presented them at the Third World Conference on Medical Qigong in Beijing, China, in 1996. The result was as follows:
[For the twelve subjects] in the two-week study, there was a significant mean weight loss of 11.2 pounds (5.06 kg) (p<.0001); mean weight loss per day was 0.9 pounds (0.41 kg).¹
I conducted a second study in 1999.
At the conclusion of the two-week study, 58 of 74 attended more than 10 classes. There was a … mean weight loss of 5.7, 5.69 and 7.66 pounds for … subjects from the normal weight group, the overweight group and … the obesity group respectively. Even 16 of the 74 who attended only 6 of the classes on the average still lost 2.5, 2.6 and 3.44 pounds, [in each] … group respectively.
The subjects each reported a significant increase in energy levels post exercise for nine of the thirteen days. Hunger levels were significantly reduced ten of thirteen days. Blood pressure did not significantly change between pre- and post-measures.²
Weight management classes utilizing Bigu Qigong were offered at my clinic. Class