Friday, August 7, 2009

Effective Diet Strategies - 2 Tips Work For Everyone

By Jose Bautista

Weight loss doesn't have to be complicated! Diet strategies that really work are those that fit into your daily life.

The diet strategies listed here can be used by literally anyone, despite your workout routine or program affiliation. You have to make some lifestyle changes if you want to have a healthier body, but it doesn't have to be complicated.

Properly Timed Carbohydrates: Carbs do not need to be eliminated from your diet. In fact, doing that can harm your efforts more than it helps. Since your body uses carbohydrates to produce energy to get you through the day, it makes more sense to control them rather than fear them.

Understanding how your body uses carbs will allow you to properly time them so they work for your body, not against it. Once you eat something rich in carbs, your body has to either burn it off as immediate energy or store it for later energy. So, if you eat more carbs than you can burn off in the next few hours or so, the excess will always go to your fat cells. It is the same thing when you eat carbs during an inactive time of the day.

Therefore, timing carbs is more effective then cutting them out. Eat them in smaller portions before your most active periods in the day. So, maybe before you intend to workout or just eat most of them in the morning. Do this and you will have more energy and weight loss will be much easier.

Water: You have probably heard that drinking water helps with weight loss, but there is more to the story. Did you know that most people who completely give up soda will lose 30 pounds or more in a single year?

If you are drinking anything with a lot of sugar and calories, your weight loss efforts will drag. The sugar and other ingredients in these drinks actually dry out your mouth so you feel thirstier, and the sugar can make you crave even more sugar.

If you can learn to drink water in an effective manner and cut out these high calorie drinks, your weight loss will speed up.

Water doesn't dry out your mouth and will quench thirst, rather than creating more of it. It is also completely calorie free and can be used as a safe appetite suppressant.

To feel less hunger and eat less at a big meal, drink a glass of water about 15 minutes before you eat. It gives a sense of satiety so you eat less.

If you can drink more water all throughout the day in between meals, you will find yourself feeling more satisfied in general, especially when on a calorie restricted diet plan.

Timing your carbs and drinking more water may seem rather simple, but often it is the simple things that pay off the most with weight loss. One small change leads directly into another and before you know it, you've changed your entire lifestyle.

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