mistakes I made while trying to lose weight
The search for ways to speed up your weight loss is over.
With these seven tips, you can be seven pounds lighter in the next two
weeks. Be ready to make some changes, but your thinner self will thank
you.
Make water your best friend
While it should come as no
surprise that water is your best weapon in weight loss, some still
haven't caught on. By increasing your water consumption to six to eight
glasses a day, you will help you body flush out toxins that are impeding
th...
The
search for ways to speed up your weight loss is over. With these seven
tips, you can be seven pounds lighter in the next two weeks. Be ready to
make some changes, but your thinner self will thank you.
Make water your best friend
While
it should come as no surprise that water is your best weapon in weight
loss, some still haven't caught on. By increasing your water consumption
to six to eight glasses a day, you will help you body flush out toxins
that are impeding the weight that you want to lose.
Water helps
to speed digestion as well as many other processes in your body. And if
your body is running more smoothly, then you can burn more calories
along the way.
A new appetizer
If you're looking to cut back
on the foods that you're eating, here's a trick that works for anyone.
Start your lunches and dinners off with a small cup of soup. Of course,
the soup shouldn't be cream based; a broth will work very well.
The
warm soup will help to make your stomach feel fuller so that you eat
less at the meal that follows. This is also a good trick if you are
going out to eat. Have that bowl of soup before you go to curb your
temptation for larger portions.
Take away the salt
A lot of
the extra weight people carry is due to a large intake of salt. Salt
can be found in many of the things that we consider healthy—frozen
lunches, canned soups, and condiments.
Take some time over the
next two weeks to look at the labels of the things that you eat to see
how much salt (as sodium) are in the foods that you have been eating.
Avoiding prepackaged foods is the best way to remove the salt from your
diet.
Take away the sugars
While we don't want to admit it,
sugar is keeping us overweight and unhappy. And sugar isn't just a
candy bar or a milkshake, it's also in the white breads and pastas that
we love.
But if you want to lose weight, it's time to find better
ways of eating. This can include switching to brown rice and whole wheat
bread. And of course, limiting your sugary snacks to once in a great
while.
Get moving
When you're trying to lose weight, you
need to start exercising. If you haven't exercised before, you're in
luck. Studies have shown that you can walk just a few times a week and
burn the calories that you want to burn.
Thirty minutes a day is
the best way to lose seven pounds in two weeks, but if you don't have
that much time, try to split it up over the course of the day—say ten
minutes three times a day, or just try to fit in three good thirty
minute walks a week.
Slow down
One of the main things that
trigger overeating is not taking time for your self. When you're trying
to lose weight, it's essential that you set aside a little time each day
for you and you alone. By giving yourself some quiet time, you'll be
able to slow down and remember that you're worth the extra effort that
you're putting in to lose weight.
Just like mom said
And
don't forget about your fruits and veggies. Though fruits do contain
sugar, they also contain fewer calories than your traditional sugary
snacks.
If you really want to jumpstart some weight loss, eat
steamed vegetables at every meal. Not only do they have a slightly
diuretic effect (makes you lose water weight), but they also energize
your body to keep making great choices.
When you want to lose weight, you need help, but with these tips, you have everything you need.