Tuesday, April 5, 2011

How You Can Lose Weight

By Reinaldo F. Gonzalez


With all the available diet foods in the market today, all of them claiming to make you lose weight in a week or two, some even promises to make you lose those fats in 3 days time; you have just got to wonder, are they for real or just another bogus? The truth is that, to lose weight you have to work for it. You have to sweat it out to burn fats. This may really be tiring; requiring patience and handwork but the thing is, it's proven effective.

If you are thinking a lot of water everyday, well, that is a good start. If you drinking fruit juice, energy drinks or any other kind of sports drink; all would probably claim having 100 calories, but you have to keep in mind that 100calories from healthy solid food is different from 100 calories from these liquid stuff.

This is the reason why these type of drinks as unusable extra calories. You can try drinking water during meals. You can also drink water whenever you do your exercises. You can also consider drinking water whenever you're traveling or going somewhere. Doing this solely can provide you with realistic advantage.

Watching out for the foods you eat like processed foods such as canned and frozen foods can cut down your excess intake of sodium. Try to eat more whole foods, which are more healthy and nutritious.

Most processed foods contain large amounts preservatives, depicting a large amount of sodium. Increased level of sodium will result to water retention therefore this could make you appear bulkier than your actual size.

Eating small meals, a maximum of 5 to 6 throughout the day is enough to fill you up rather than eating three regular meals a day, which may tempt you to take bigger calories and will increase possible fat, stored in the body.

The ideal time to eat a heavy meal is breakfast where you will be working the rest of the day. Having a light nibble of your favorite food may be done about 2 hours before breakfast.

Following this routine when you eat will surely make your body feel that you are sustaining it with enough source of power for energy. This way, your body will be able to decrease the level of calories it might be storing as excess fats.




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