Is There A Type Of Food That Helps You Lose Weight?
My friend told me that if you eat a banana every morning, you will lose weight. I also heard that if you eat ABSOLUTELY nothing after supper, you will lose weight very quickly. Is this true?
My friend told me that if you eat a banana every morning, you will lose weight. I also heard that if you eat ABSOLUTELY nothing after supper, you will lose weight very quickly. Is this true?
The reality is that there are no magic answers to losing weight. It is a complicated process, with many factors involved. The most significant factor is the bottom line – to lose weight you need to burn more calories than you consume. There are many sensible things you can do that will make a tremendous difference over the long term if you need to lose weight. It can be done in a healthy way. This is what has worked for me.
Keeping a food journal really does help. It will give you a much better sense of how much you are eating, and when, and why.
Make a few additional small changes – walk everywhere, always use stairs instead of elevators, walk on escalators, get up and move around at least once an hour if your work or your life in general is sedentary, walk every day, use a pedometer. Walking 10,000 steps a day is a really good idea. Build up to a long brisk walk everyday, or most days. Be more active and watch less TV and spend less time on the computer. Buy one piece of exercise equipment to have at home and be strict with yourself about using it. Sometimes you can find mini-steppers or exercise bikes at second hand stores and thrift stores for just a few dollars.
Start a weight lifting routine. Join a gym. Possibly you can find one that has someone who specializes in weight lifting programs for beginners. Weight lifting will increase your metabolism as well as improve posture and appearance overall. Even if you can’t get to the gym you can work out at home using things around the house. Invest in a good weight training book. The Dummies series actually has a good one.
In terms of diet, cut out or reduce things like junk food, pop, fat, fast food. Eat more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean meat, fish. Particularly if you choose a vegetarian lifestyle include natural peanut butter, hummus, dried fruit and nuts. Pay close attention to getting the nutrients your body needs to be healthy.
Make your portion sizes smaller. Use a smaller plate – in our society we have become accustomed to thinking that we need a large plate of food at every meal, and we don’t. About quarter of your plate of food should be protein and at least half of it should be veggies.
Learn to count calories. At your current weight and activity level, you may possibly need about 2000 calories or more to maintain your current weight. So you will lose weight at a reasonable and healthy rate if you cut back to about 1600 or 1700 calories a day.
Eat small amounts frequently, rather than three large meals. Never skip breakfast. Include some protein in your breakfast. It will help get you through the day.
Drink plenty of water, at least 8 big glasses of water a day, and more if it is very hot, if you sweat a lot, or if you are exercising intensely, and eliminate fruit juices. Fruit juices have too many calories, so get your vitamins from fresh fruit, not the juice. You will begin to see changes in your body.
Check out websites about nutrition, exercise, weight training, etc. Here are a few helpful links.http://www.nutrawatch.com/http://www.caloriesperhour.com/http://www.helpguide.org/life/healthy_ea…http://www.wikihow.com/Lose-Weight-the-H…http://weightloss.about.com/cs/fitness/a…http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/fe…
no magic foods…a calorie is a calorie! a calorie by definition is: a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure.
one unit – a calorie measurement doesn’t know where it came from – a peanut or a piece of lettuce – the one unit of a calorie is the same.
the only foods that help lose weight are the foods that add up to a caloric intake that is less than your daily expenditure. Meaning, as long as you burn more than you take in, you lose weight.
a great way to track calories is the website: caloriecount.about.com
I’ve been on prescription pills, cabbage soups, grapefruits, weight watchers, religious diets, slim fasts, fasts, vegetarian, low carb, no carb, dexitrim etc. and nothing worked.
As soon as I Limited my calories to less than or equal to 1,000/day the weight MELTS off. Women can live with 900 calories a day per my doctor.
and I eat whatever food I want – in any combo, way shape or form as long as I eat less than the 1000 calorie mark.
good luck.
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Try the Lil Jack Workout http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKCGe2Ezr… it really works