Yoga and Weightloss

It's a bit of an unlooked for (but nontheless appreciated) side effect of yoga, but whenever I start doing it regularly I tend to lose weight. Why is this?

• Exercise - It's not exactly a cardiovascular workout, but anyone who's been to a well led class and put some effort in has probably felt as though they were working pretty darn hard at least 50% of the time. Yoga also builds more muscle which continues to burn energy even after the workout.
• Stress - Enemy of the silph-like figure. Stress makes me eat more and slob around lethargically. Yoga is so stress busting... regular classes reduces my desire to stress eat and gives me energy to do things around the house of an evening.
• Alcohol - An evening session of yoga also gives me a form of entertainment, and for some reason after a good session of yoga I much prefer a big glass of water to a glass of wine with my meal.

However worth noting the more you do yoga the more in tune you get with your body and the more you love it's curves. So do it enough and you won't care!