Fast Weight Loss

By John McCalister

Have you ever been a victim of fraudulent weight loss programs? Have you become tired of diet pills that don’t work? Have you lost all hopes of becoming slim?

In a 2008 survey, Consumer Reports found that successful dieters lose weight themselves, without the help of a commercial diet program or “slimming” pills. In fact, their successes are the products of their good eating and exercise habits.

Based on this knowledge, we have found the five best ways that will help you shed pounds without hitting a nerve:

1. Exercise:

The golden rule of losing weight is exercising regularly. However, you don’t need to jump in any vigorous physical activity that leaves you tired and breathless. Instead, go for a 55-minute brisk walk in a nearby park. Does it sound monotonous? If yes, then carry your iPods along. Try this exercise regimen for five days every week and you will lose 10 per cent of your body weight in less than 6 months.

2. Have a “big” breakfast

Apart from exercising, what should be the first thing on your daily to-do list? It’s having a full, high-carbohydrate breakfast that includes one or more of the following items:  breads, cereals and rice. Why is this so important? In 2008, US researcher Dr. Daniela Jakubowicz found that people who have big breakfasts lose weight faster than those who starve in the morning. This is because having a high-carb diet in the morning speeds up body metabolism and lowers food cravings throughout the whole day.

3. Drink Water

Forget the myth that water just quenches your thirst. Michael Boschmann, MD, a German researcher, says that water plays a pivotal role in weight loss. According to him, drinking eight glasses of cold water per day will help your body use up calories by heating and absorbing the water. Drinking before every meal except the “big” breakfast is especially useful since it makes you feel full earlier, thereby limiting the total amount of food you consume.

4. Try Vegetable

Now most meat-lovers here would cringe just reading the word “vegetables”, let alone incorporate them in their daily meals. However, a healthy diet is composed of a much larger proportion of vegetables than of meat. Vegetables contain dietary fiber, which the enzymes in your body cannot digest. In addition, they are low in fat and calories. All these features make vegetables the ideal food that you can gulp without gaining excess energy.

5. Eat slowly

Have you ever wondered why you often overeat? Part of the blame should go to your habit of eating fast and not chewing the food well. Research at the University of Rhode Island, Kingston, found that people who eat slowly consume almost 70 fewer calories per meal than people who don’t. Chewing their food well gives their brains enough time to know when their stomachs get sufficiently filled. Take the case of Nora Ephron, the famed American film director and screenwriter. The New Yorker described her as a person who eats “slowly” in “small, tidy bites”. No wonder, even at 68, she has been able to maintain her slim and trim figure.

By following these ways, you will be thinner in no time at all. Subscribe to our blog to know more about how to lose weight fast!