1. Stretch your meals to, at least, 20 minutes or longer. Your stomach, mouth and brain are all connected and it takes 20 minutes of chewing before your stomach signals your brain that you are full. To feel full and successfully lose weight on any weight loss program, you need to eat slowly for 20 minutes or longer.
2. Drinking 8 glasses of water a day is important to your health, your normal diet and to help lose weight. Water is necessary for the metabolism of your stored fat. Weight loss cannot occur without an active metabolism which requires large quantities of water. Another way to use water to lose weight is to drink a large glass of ice water just before meals. The cold causes your stomach to shrink slightly which will make you feel full faster.
3. When you go fat free or low fat, you also cut out much of the taste of the foods you eat. Add the flavor back with herbs and spices. Strong flavors such as vinegar, garlic, chili powder, cayenne, curry powder, rosemary and tarragon can be used to doctor up any food you are eating. For your low fat and fat free diets, experiment with different herbs and spices until you find some you like. Staying on your fat free or low fat diet will be easier and your weight loss will be speeded up.
4. Increase your metabolism by as much as 40% by using hot and spicey foods such as hot peppers of all varieties and mustards. Research shows these foods all increase your metabolism. For double duty, give up fat filled mayonnaise for mustard and add hot peppers to your food for greater flavor and increased metabolism.
5. To lose weight faster, reduce your intake of caffeine. Caffeine leads to an increase of insulin in your body which retards the burning of your stored fat.This is a simple chemical reaction in your body that you can change. Reduce your caffeine intake by 50% and see what happens. Here is a rough guide to use when looking at the amount of caffeine you currently take in: Brewed coffee (6 oz. cup) - 100mg; Instant coffee (6 oz.) - 70mg; Tea (6 oz.) - 50mg; Soft drinks (12oz.) - (Coke, Dr. Pepper, Mountain Dew) - 50mg; Dark chocolate (1 oz.) - 20mg and Milk chocolate (1 oz.) - 6mg.
6. Incease your intake of fiber rich foods. They will help fill you up faster and will help all the food you eat pass through your digestive system more easily.
7. Eat in a small plate, this will allow you control the amount of food you eat.
8. Eat less, more often. Not only will it increase you metabolism through the day, but it will also help you control your diet.
9. Try salad as a main lunch.
10. Before you for for seconds always wait for at least 10 minutes you might not actually need them.
11. Have dessert! Don't cut off dessert, your body needs fat. Being healthy means that your body gets all the nutrients it needs, so have dessert, but control at the same time.
12. Pasta ain't going to do you any favors if you want to lose weight either. Refined pasta prevents your body from weight loss. Instead of pasta you could try barilla, which is a good substitute which are high in fiber and protein.
13. Don't avoid nuts as a snack, because they have fat, they also have protein and other nutrients. Eat a pack of nuts, instead a pack of chips.
14. Sugar-free doesn't mean calorie-free.
15. Instead of having a soda at the restaurant have normal water, it will save you around 1000 calories per meal.
16. If you're feeling down before a working out, have a soda or coffee, caffeine will speed up your metabolism for a while.
17. Research has shown that snacking on peanut butter is an effective way to control hunger without leading to weight gain.
18. Don't make a drastic cut in your calorie intake. People make the mistake of doing so, however, it will only cause your weight to stall.
19. Sugar is not good for your body. The more refined it is, the more damage it will do your body.
20. Don't have white bread, research proves that people who eat white bread are more likely to have bigger bellies. Instead try having whole grain white bread, it will help you in your weight loss plans.
21. Try having a burger with just lettuce, tomato and onion.
2. Drinking 8 glasses of water a day is important to your health, your normal diet and to help lose weight. Water is necessary for the metabolism of your stored fat. Weight loss cannot occur without an active metabolism which requires large quantities of water. Another way to use water to lose weight is to drink a large glass of ice water just before meals. The cold causes your stomach to shrink slightly which will make you feel full faster.
3. When you go fat free or low fat, you also cut out much of the taste of the foods you eat. Add the flavor back with herbs and spices. Strong flavors such as vinegar, garlic, chili powder, cayenne, curry powder, rosemary and tarragon can be used to doctor up any food you are eating. For your low fat and fat free diets, experiment with different herbs and spices until you find some you like. Staying on your fat free or low fat diet will be easier and your weight loss will be speeded up.
4. Increase your metabolism by as much as 40% by using hot and spicey foods such as hot peppers of all varieties and mustards. Research shows these foods all increase your metabolism. For double duty, give up fat filled mayonnaise for mustard and add hot peppers to your food for greater flavor and increased metabolism.
5. To lose weight faster, reduce your intake of caffeine. Caffeine leads to an increase of insulin in your body which retards the burning of your stored fat.This is a simple chemical reaction in your body that you can change. Reduce your caffeine intake by 50% and see what happens. Here is a rough guide to use when looking at the amount of caffeine you currently take in: Brewed coffee (6 oz. cup) - 100mg; Instant coffee (6 oz.) - 70mg; Tea (6 oz.) - 50mg; Soft drinks (12oz.) - (Coke, Dr. Pepper, Mountain Dew) - 50mg; Dark chocolate (1 oz.) - 20mg and Milk chocolate (1 oz.) - 6mg.
6. Incease your intake of fiber rich foods. They will help fill you up faster and will help all the food you eat pass through your digestive system more easily.
7. Eat in a small plate, this will allow you control the amount of food you eat.
8. Eat less, more often. Not only will it increase you metabolism through the day, but it will also help you control your diet.
9. Try salad as a main lunch.
10. Before you for for seconds always wait for at least 10 minutes you might not actually need them.
11. Have dessert! Don't cut off dessert, your body needs fat. Being healthy means that your body gets all the nutrients it needs, so have dessert, but control at the same time.
12. Pasta ain't going to do you any favors if you want to lose weight either. Refined pasta prevents your body from weight loss. Instead of pasta you could try barilla, which is a good substitute which are high in fiber and protein.
13. Don't avoid nuts as a snack, because they have fat, they also have protein and other nutrients. Eat a pack of nuts, instead a pack of chips.
14. Sugar-free doesn't mean calorie-free.
15. Instead of having a soda at the restaurant have normal water, it will save you around 1000 calories per meal.
16. If you're feeling down before a working out, have a soda or coffee, caffeine will speed up your metabolism for a while.
17. Research has shown that snacking on peanut butter is an effective way to control hunger without leading to weight gain.
18. Don't make a drastic cut in your calorie intake. People make the mistake of doing so, however, it will only cause your weight to stall.
19. Sugar is not good for your body. The more refined it is, the more damage it will do your body.
20. Don't have white bread, research proves that people who eat white bread are more likely to have bigger bellies. Instead try having whole grain white bread, it will help you in your weight loss plans.
21. Try having a burger with just lettuce, tomato and onion.
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