Monday, February 8, 2010

Losing Weight in 10 Steps

1. Before starting a diet find out how many calories you consume and how much your body requires to maintain your actual weight. The Internet can help you with this, as it is full of different calorie calculators that will allow you to keep track of your calorie intake.
2. Reduce your calorie intake by 10%. Reducing this more will cause your body to lose muscle not fat.
3. Instead of 3 large meals have 5 smaller ones. Eat every 3 or 4 hours and you will have more energy which will allow your metabolism to burn fat.
4. Eat high fiber foods like whole grains. These are harder to digest and require a lot of energy for assimilation.
5. Exercise. You do not have to spend all your time at the gym. Three moderately intense workouts a weeks are all you need to start burning fat.
6. Make small adjustments to your diet. Replace sugar with sweetener and in between meals with fruits. This way you will reduce your saturated sugars intake and you lose more weight.
7. Drink a lot of water as this will force your metabolic rate to increase and burn fat.
8. Consume a lot of complex proteins. The South Beach Diet is great for this.
9. Keep tabs about everything you eat and make sure you count all the calories you consume.
10. Weight loss supplements can help you lose fat a lot easier. Protein supplements help you build muscle which increases your metabolism. Such supplements are available at any drug store and will give your metabolic rate a bleeding age over fat.

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