I see fast weight loss tips everywhere these days. The television, radio, and even the internet tell me how I can be super slim in just 6 weeks. Eat less, exercise more, buy the super wonder workout machine and just watch those pounds melt away.
I tried everything from weight loss tea to herbal weight loss pills. I tried weight loss systems most people never heard of. Some didn't work, but some did.
I want to share with you some of those techniques that actually helped me to lose weight.
Eat more of the right foods.
Keeping a bag of apples or a bunch of bananas around will help you avoid eating crap. Eating a banana or an apple before a meal ensures you'll eat less. Drinking lots of water and a weight loss tea will also help.
Also, there are some spices that are shown to increase your metabolism. Probably the best known of these is cayenne pepper.
Timing is everything
Most of your calories should be eaten early in the day. Breakfast should contain the most calories, and you should taper the calories down for each meal thereafter. About 5 meals is ideal.
Eat enough
If you try and starve yourself, like people who use fasting for weight loss, your body kicks into survival mode. This means your body stops burning fat, and starts burning muscle. This decreases your metabolism.
What's worse, is that this is a condition you'll not tolerate for long. After starving yourself, you'll binge. This is your body's way of surviving.
Starving yourself sends a message to your body and brain that food is scarce, and that you should eat as much as you can while it's there.
Don't be a diet Nazi
Finally, it's OK to cheat. In fact, to keep your sanity you should plan one day of the week as being your cheat day. Then, on that day, for one meal only, eat anything you want.
Don't look at the calories or fat grams. Put away your supplements and calorie book. This is your pig out meal, so enjoy it.
Life is not about depriving yourself.
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