Many people find success with a combination of diets and exercise whereas for some this simply isn’t enough and they have to use weight loss supplements and maybe work that bit harder than others.
Friends and family are always willing to give you dieting tips and advice, and it is always well meant, but unfortunately sometimes the advice is more and in some cases can actually be harmful to your body. At the end of the day you have to decide for yourself how you intend to lose weight. If you decide the traditional method of diet and exercise for your weight loss efforts then hopefully the following tips will be of assistance to you:
1. Avoiding junk foods:
Junk foods are not necessarily only foods you would buy from a takeaway or a fast food joint, they are any food stuff that contain more calories than it takes to digest them. Your body burns calories when digesting food, and if the food you have eaten equates to say 200 calories and your body uses 100 calories to digest it your body has a surplus of 100 calories. Now what do you think happens to these surplus calories? They turn to fat, that’s what!
These junk foods carry what are known as empty calories and it is these calories we need to avoid. Many fruit and vegetables on the other hand are what are known as negative calorie foods;and are the complete opposite to empty calorie food.
Negative calorie foods possess fewer calories than it takes to digest them which means the more you eat of them the more weight you will lose. Nuts of all kinds are also excellent negative calorie foods and will help you lose weight also.
2. Decrease portion size:
Decreasing the size of your portions doesn’t mean you are to eat less. What most people do is have a 1 main meal a day, usually in the evening after work, and a reasonably big breakfast and a snack for lunch. By decreasing the size of your portions what we suggest is that you have say 5 or 6 meals a day, at regular intervals and of much smaller proportions.
Every time you eat your metabolism increases and as a result a fat burn takes place, also eating regularly and often with help suppress your appetite.
3. Cut back on your calorie intake:
Don’t be too drastic about this, you don’t want to starve yourself as this will have a negative impact on your attempts to lose weight and is bad for your health. This should be done by replacing calorie rich food with negative calorie food, if you are one of these naughty people that has a 250 calorie chocolate bar at lunch everyday, replace it with an apple. s we have mentioned it’s not about eaten less but eating smart.
4. Get exercising:
Exercising alone will not be the answer to your weight loss prayers and this is more the case as you get older and your metabolism slows down, but when combined with a diet or weight loss program the results will be quicker and amplified. Weight training would be the best choice as the more lean muscle you have the faster your metabolism is.
Exercise and diet are without question the most effective way to lose weight, but if you still have a weight issue after employing these measures it would be wise to seek the advice or help from your Doctor.