Lose 10 Pounds in One Week with These Seven Tips
February 12, 2010 by secretslimming · Leave a Comment
Lose 10 Pounds in One Week with These Seven Tips
Are you about to attend a wedding and need to fit into that perfect dress? Or, are you trying to get ready for the beaches during spring break? It does not matter why you want to lose weight just that you want to. Below you will find seven tips on house to lose 10 pounds in one week.
- Rest is important. You need to make sure you are getting eight hours of sleep each night. Your metabolism is boosted by sleep, so you need to make sure you are getting rested so your metabolism can help you lose weight.
- Drink water and nothing else. Coffee, soft drinks, and alcohol are all terrible things for you to drink when you are trying to lose weight. Sticking with water is the best choice for losing weight because it contains zero sugar.
- Unlike popular belief, you need to continue eating and keep your stomach full. However, instead of eating two or three big meals, eat four to five small meals of healthy food. If you avoid eating you will actually gain weight as your body begins conserving food because of the lack of intake.
- Cardio is a key to losing weight. Even fifteen minutes of running, swimming, cycling, etc., is enough to help you lose a few pounds in a short period of time. Also, avoid taking the easy road in life. Park away from your building so you have to walk, take the stairs instead of the elevator, any extra effort you do not usually do will help.
- Avoid unhealthy foods that are common to most of our diets. Food like pizza, burgers, fries, and many more are unhealthy and should not be eaten. Substitute for healthy food. You can get healthy pizza with natural ingredients or begin eating salads and pastas.
- Along with the meals you eat, you need to eat healthy snacks as well. Snacks like chips are unhealthy and will hurt your diet. Substitute fruits like apples, pears, grapes, or whatever fruit you enjoy for a healthy alternative.
- Finally, take up an activity that you have not done in the past. Activities like boxing or dancing are great ways to lose weight. Go down to your local recreation center or health center and get a list of activities offered and join one.
Everyone wants to lose weight, especially when certain occasions approach such as a wedding or spring break. Look your best for whatever occasion by following the simple tips listed in this article. It is possible to lose 10 pounds in one week, so why wait any longer?
Proven Methods For Safe Weight Loss
February 7, 2010 by secretslimming · Leave a Comment
There are numerous ways to lose weight, some good and some not so good. You will read here about some of the better ways for safe weight loss.
- It’s important for everyone with a weight problem to realize that since the weight didn’t all come on overnight, it’s best not to try to take it all off too quickly. Therefore, it’s imperative for you to have a plan of losing just a few pounds per week. Realize that you are on a life changing mission and not some kind of diet or routine for just a few weeks or months.
When establishing the amount of weight you want to lose, and the timeframe you wish to do it in, set achievable, realistic goals. If its 30 pounds in 3 months, for example, determine how much per week you need to lose (2-3 lbs.). If its 50-100 pounds or more, than the time frame has to be increased.
This will make the goal seem much easier to reach, and will also enable you to see that since it’s not that much weight per week, you can do it in a healthy, natural manner.
- Skipping meals is not the way to go. You may feel content at first, as if you’re losing weight this way, but that method actually has an adverse and opposite effect on your body. Instead of getting rid of fat, it eliminates muscle and stores the fat!
So, plan on 3 main (but not big) meals per day, with 3 healthy snacks between. This eating routine tends to eliminate overeating and boosts the body’s metabolism. This causes you to burn more calories quicker.
- Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It jump starts your metabolism, and giving your body food at this time is giving it energy when it most needs it. What you eat after you first wake up it will be used to consume fat all day.
- Drinking lots of water is crucial to your body. Water acts as a diuretic, eliminating water weight from your system and constantly flushing out impurities. In addition, it helps to give you a “full” feeling and helps to keep your cells healthy and hydrated. Eliminate the sodas and fruit drinks and drink 10-12 glasses of water per day.
- Make sure to include plenty of vegetables and fruits with your meals. Many of them also act as diuretics. For your carbohydrate fix, include grainy breads, rice or pasta. It’s best if you only eat carbs for lunch or breakfast, as that’s when your body needs the energy from them. After that, they turn to fat.
- Of course, we would be remiss if we didn’t mention exercise. Walk as much as you can. You’ve probably heard something about taking 10,000 steps per day. This seems to be the amount of walking steps that can have a tremendous effect on weight loss.
There you have it- some very simple and safe weight loss tips. Tomorrow never comes, so begin making your plans to start today, and if you can work on this with a partner, you can encourage each other along the way.
Lose 20 Pounds With An Achievable Plan
December 25, 2009 by secretslimming · Leave a Comment
If you want to lose 20 pounds or more there is a realistic and achievable plan for doing so. Many people become intimidated when trying to lose a lot of weight as it can be a daunting task.
But there is a good way to break that down making it seem easy and very doable.
Since weight gain usually comes over a long period of time you don’t want to try to lose it too fast.
Most weight loss experts agree that losing 2 pounds per week is a safe and effective amount to lose because you’re less apt to gain it back.
Going with that premise one should look at losing 20 pounds in approximately 3 months. There are typically 13 weeks per every 3 months. Divide 20 pounds by 13 weeks and you get just a little more than 1.5 pounds per week.
This is an excellent amount of weight to strive to lose per week. Why? Because it’s very achievable for most people. When it’s achievable we tend to stick to it. For people wanting to lose 40 pounds or more it’s also realistic. It will just take a little longer.
Now for the actual plan of attack:
You will have to change your diet level somewhat and will probably need to increase your activity level. These are things that will never change for those looking for effective weight loss.
However it doesn’t mean you’ll need to make drastic changes. Remember you only need to lose 1.5 pounds per week for 13 weeks. You can do this!
You don’t need to change your eating habits all that much. Continue eating many of the same things. Just don’t eat as much at each sitting and cut out a little of the bad things you know you’re eating. This alone will reduce your daily calorie intake.
When you add in drinking water and exercise you will even have more success in your attempts to lose 20 pounds.
My neighbor quit drinking a six pack of soda each day (began drinking water instead) and started walking for an hour each night during the time he usually sat and watched TV. These were the only changes he made. He lost 40 pounds in 7 months!
You can also increase your chances of losing 20 pounds if you eat a healthy breakfast each morning. This will get your metabolism going and help burn fat. In fact the more times you eat during the day the more your body will actually burn fat.
*** The key is not eating too much each time but eating a little more often***
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