SunstarTV Bureau: You might have heard of mini weight loss hacks in many times. But sadly, most of them are not helpful. Some suggest of watching horror movies help to burn calories, while some suggests a snip of apple to reduce appetite. Again some suggests massage your ears to increase metabolism. Well these all hacks are just ‘Hoax’. It’s like watching nightmare on Elm Street.
So here we are present 5 useful weight loss hacks guaranteed to actually work.
Avoid excess sugar and starch intake
If you want to lose weight fast, you have to cut out intake excessive sugars and starches of your diet. This will help you quickly lose pounds of excess fat and inches off of your waist. Without getting all science, when you consume carbohydrates like soda, candy, refined sugars, and donuts, your body not only produces more fat also slows down the burning of fat.
Carbs in your body hold on a ton of water weight as well. So if you cut down your carb intake, your body is forced to burn up the carbs. That you have holding onto for energy as carb that helps to burned up in your body which further will have no other choice but to burn fat for energy. By putting fewer carbs in your body you will turn into a ‘fat burning machine’.
The standard American diet has over 300 gm of carbs per day to cut body fat fast. Eat 100-150 gm of carbs per day and make sure to stay away from junk foods and choose unprocessed foods like meat, fish, eggs, fruits, and Vegitables. These foods will allow your body to tap into your fat storage for energy. Inside note even if the food is healthy, it still counts towards your daily carb intake.
Incorporate more Protein in your diet
Protein helps to slows down digestion which means you will feel full and satisfied for longer. Its appetite reducing will help you of eating few calories throughout the day. You can control bad food cravings and overeating by consuming protein rich foods such s Greek Yogurt, eggs, cottage cheese, milk, chicken, steak, turkey breast, fish, beans, peanut butter, Tofu etc.
Studies have shown that two eggs for breakfast can boost weight loss by 65 per cent compared to eating the same amount of calories from carbohydrates like a bagel. By eating protein early in the day you are starting your morning off right and you will be less hungry throughout the day.
Cut out snacking
Snacking can break your weight loss efforts. The truth is you should focus more on eating three healthy filling meals and not so much on snack foods that don’t fill you up any way. For it to be considered a snack it needs to be less than 150 calories and most snacks foods far exceeded that number. Sure you can eat a small piece of fruit or some veggies but that will count toward your daily caloric intake. And quite frankly won’t curb your hunger enough to make you eat less at your next meal.
So if you are aiming to lose weight fast, cut out snacking completely.
Count and write down your calories
Research indicates that we are terrible at estimating calorie counts. If you want to lose weight fast you must get in the habit of counting your calories. You need to keep a food journal handy 3 nutrition labels and jot down the foods you eat. So you can add up how many calories you eat per day. Write down every morsel of food that passes your lips and you may be surprised at just how many calories you are actually eating every day.
Cardio exercise
If you want real results then exercise is just as important as diet. Exercise is great for boosting your metabolism. When you have a fast metabolism, your body will burn calories at a higher rate even when you are resting which make it harder to gain weight in the first place. You should aim for 150 minutes of moderate exercise per week for weight loss. But the amount of exercise you do will depend on how much weight you want to lose. There’s no specific exercise you have to do but it needs to be an activity that breaks a good sweat.
Cardio exercises that burn the most calories are jumping jacks and rope jumping. Jumping jacks burn 100 calories in ten minutes while rope jumping burns 130 calories in ten minutes. If these exercises get to be a little difficult for you then fast paced walking mixed in with a little jogging may be the way to go. ‘As you long as you sweat’ and keep your heart rate up for the duration of your exercise session then you had a very good fat burning workout.
