Stop eating the crust. Stop eating the top bun of your burgers.
There you are already. Losing weight can be easy. We are SURROUNDED by temptations that prevent us to lose weight. Losing weight can be easy if you just take a minute and ask yourself these three questions…
1) Do I really need it?
2) Should I really be sitting down right now doing nothing?
3) Do I really need it?
Overweight victims get too caught up on all these different kinds of diet plans and weight loss supplements out on the web and market. Of course this approach is fine, but make your life easier and try natural weight loss first. Natural is the best way to lose weight because you are not intaking unnecessary chemicals and your body will adapt to the change much quicker than the change from diet plans or supplements. Here are the simplest, yet most natural ways to gain extreme results as a college student.
First, calculate the amount of calories you should intake a day.
Every caloric calculator will give you around the same range of calories you should intake a day. This calculator takes in account your age, gender, amount of times you workout a week, weight, and height.
Subtract 200-500 calories from the total you just calculated.
This is the amount of calories you should intake a day to lose weight. If you actually commit to doing this diet plan without any workouts, you will lose weight. HINT HINT: Drink two cups of water before each meal and at the end of the day and you will prevent yourself from eating an extra 200-300 calories (WOAH, NO WAY).
Here are the five simple, everyday tasks to lose weight.
1. First thing you do when you wake up… Drink ICE COLD water and a cup of Green Tea. There’s actually a difference between drinking cold and warm water. When drinking cold water, your body needs to heat the water to burn calories. When your body needs to heat anything, it needs to use more energy and therefore, your metabolic rate is increasing. When your metabolic rate is high, you are able to consume more food and your digestive system will quicken as well. When your metabolic rate is high, your body is constantly burning calories quicker than a person who has slow metabolism. Drinking cold Green Tea is very good for morning digestion.
2. Workout in the morning instead. You and I both know that the gym is the worst place to go to after class because it’s so packed! To some people, working out in the morning is an awful idea because you have to wake up earlier. Working out before breakfast is actually more beneficial for weight loss. When you work out, endorphins and adrenaline are pumping into your body which are the chemical reactions that increase energy throughout the day. These chemical reactions also lessen the negative hormones that make you stressed. When working out in the morning before breakfast, our body will naturally burn more calories and lose more weight because of the empty stomach you are working out with. In addition, when working out, your metabolic rate has increased. making all consumptions throughout the day burn much quicker than if you were to not work in the morning.
3. Drinking water all day. Invest in a water bottle, maybe a Brita bottle so you can fill up anytime, anywhere. Have you ever realized when you pee, your urine feels extremely heavy? That’s because you are extracting the most negative chemicals in your body that just want to sleep in your stomach. The water is also dissolving body fat which also is another reason why your urine is heavy. When you constantly hydrate, your body is constantly burning calories.
Picture this… When you pour water onto any piece of food, it starts to gets soggy or dissolve, right? When you drink water, picture the water getting extremely hot (due to metabolism). Then, picture the heated water burning the food you have consumed into fuel to make energy. The more energy you have, the quicker this water heating process will be to burn MORE food at a much quicker speed. Get it now? Water is your best friend to losing weight.
You know why people think U.S. Marines are so built and in shape? You will rarely ever see an overweight U.S. Marine because he/she is constantly hydrating throughout the day.
4. Eat slowly and stay occupied after you eat. When you eat fast, you are not allowing your digestive system to relax or take a breather. Therefore, the faster you eat, the more you will eat. On the other hand, if you were to eat slower, your digestive system is able to perform it’s natural duty and consume food in increments. Eating slower is also good to prevent cramps and stomach aches after consumption.
It takes about twenty minutes for your digestive system and brain to connectedly feel full. Try this next time, eat a couple dishes and not eat. For the first 10-15 minutes, you will feel like you are still hungry, but if you wait another ten minutes, you’re going to feel full. So my advice here is to eat slowly, have smaller portions, and remember that you are going to still feel hungry after you eat. Stay occupied after you consume and sooner or later you’re going to feel full.
5. Step on the scale everyday. This is a mental tip that many people tend to forget to do! How can you want to lose weight, but rarely ever check the scale? Check the scale daily. Gaining a pound or losing a pound everyday is fine. However, gaining three pounds after a couple days is not good. Checking the scale everyday is mentally reassuring because you will mentally prepare yourself on what to decide later on the day when it comes to making weight related decisions.
Be simple, be natural, be hardcore! These tips work for me and my friends. Sooner or later, these five easy tasks will become second nature and you will find yourself doing this without even thinking about it!
Did you know adding lemon or cucumber slices into your water will help you lose more weight?
Boston University Health Guru 