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Practical Tips To Lose Weight Fast

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Dt. Roma DaveDietitian/Nutritionist • 17 Years Exp.Msc- Food & Nutrition
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Drink at least 8 glasses of water each day. Water is the best weight reducing agent known to man.
Resist the temptation to eat everything that looks delicious, all in one sitting.
Spread your meals out to cover 5 to 6 snacks each day. This helps control hunger as well as paces out the production of insulin.
Walk instead of driving everywhere. Walking for at least 45 minutes a day helps burn as many calories as a workout.
Reduce the size of your plates. This will ensure that there is less food piled up on it.
Increase your intake of water-based vegetables such as capsicum, cucumbers, tomatoes and zucchini. Apart from being healthier, these also are low in calories.
If you absolutely have to drink coffee, go in for regular coffee instead of coffee with a whole lot of frills. After all, the small calories that come along with the frills do count towards the overall picture.
Choose to eat meals at home rather than opting for fast food or eateries. When you eat home-cooked food, you can keep a watch on your calorie intake. This cannot be done when eating outside.
Never skip breakfast. This slows down your metabolism and will be detrimental to your health as well as your weight loss plans in the long run.
Balance out your meals with proteins and fibrous foods along with carbohydrates. Remember that too much of carbohydrates leads to weight gain, so balancing it out will ensure that you are well nourished as well as well balanced.
Eat your food slowly and relish it. Chewing is part of the digestive process. Don’t rush it.
Never eat when you are not hungry. This is the worst thing that you can do to your body. Stashing calories into your system when they are not needed is definitely something to be avoided.
When you plan to go healthy, choose to eat fruits instead of opting for fruit juices. Fruit juices usually contain sugar and, in some cases, preservatives. These can cause the calorie count to go up.
Cleaning helps a lot to clean up your system. When you spend time cleaning, it actually helps burn calories at the rate of four calories each minute!
Take a brisk ten-minute walk before at least one meal each day. This helps burn down calories as well as reduced your appetite.
Cut out on TV time. Being a couch potato will make you look more like a real potato.
Reduce on your intake of alcohol. This will go a long way in helping you stay in shape.