8 Easy Ways to Lose Weight Without Starving!

If you are one of those who just love eating, but needs to shed out a few kilos, then here is great news for you! You needn’t starve or skip your meals to accomplish your New Year Resolution of losing weight. In fact you can also treat yourself with fat and your food fantasies once a while by just following certain rules. The crux is to maintain healthy balance of what to eat and when to eat.

Here are the secrets known to everyone. However not religiously followed:

1.  Never avoid your Breakfast:

It is commonly said that have your breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper. This is because a healthy breakfast keeps you full and energetic for quite a number of hours. Have oats, milk and eggs, nuts, butter toast, yogurt, fruits for breakfast and avoid oily stuff. If you think that skipping your breakfast will help you lose weight, you are on the wrong side of the game. This is because by skipping breakfast you are likely to eat more during your day and end up gaining extra calories.

2. Eat Healthy:

Eat a balanced diet. Include fruits like bananas, oranges, watermelon, strawberries, fresh steamed vegetables, beans, soups, nuts like almonds, walnuts, peanuts, salads, whole wheat sandwiches with lettuce, onions, spinach, tomatoes, baked potato, low fat yogurt. The idea is to consume more protein-rich diet instead of fat-based diet. Also, eat slowly, instead of gulping food into your stomach. avoid food items that contain a lot of fats or carbohydrates.

3. Intake a lot of Fluid:

Drink plenty of water, at least 8-10 glasses per day. This will prevent you from getting dehydrated, remove toxins from your body and keep you fresh. Even green tea is quite a healthy option to keep fit. Apart from helping you to lose weight, green tea also fights heart diseases, diabetes, early aging, arthritis, etc. You can also go for juices and lemonade, instead of going for regular tea or coffee.

4. Time intervals:

It is always advisable to go for small meals after some intervals instead of having 2-3 heavy meals in a day. Go for healthy snacks in between your breakfast, lunch and dinner to burn those extra calories that keep you conscious and stressed. This will also improve your metabolism and keep you healthy even in the event of losing weight.

5. Food you should to Avoid:

Avoid food containing a lot of starch such as rice, pasta, maize, chest nuts, pizzas. Also avoid sweet potatoes, white bread, maida based products, chips, sweetened soda, processed food, sugars, cookies, pies, aerated drinks, candies, popcorns, desserts, chocolate fudge, table sugar, fast food, oily and junk food. Cut down on alcohol and smoking. Go for whole wheat items as a substitute.

6. Exercise:

Instead of cutting down on healthy food, exercise regularly. Perform yoga exercises, meditate, join a gym, work out and follow the instructions carefully. If you cannot go to a gym regularly, get a cross trainer and work out at home. Brisk walking every morning or evening is also a great way to shed those extra calories. Cycling, skipping, running, jogging are also useful activities to lose weight.

7.  Treat yourself occasionally!

Treat yourself with chocolate mousse or a yummy ice cream or your favorite pizza once a while if you are following your healthy regime. This will help you keep a balance between dieting and eating what you like without being guilty.

8. Some simple tricks:

Have your dinner early by 7 p.m. to avoid sleeping immediately after dinner. Now you can have ample time to go for an evening walk, drink plenty of water and do your household stuff to lose weight.  Use smaller plates for eating to prevent eating more than you require, during a buffet try to sit as far as possible from the buffet table. This will discourage to refill your plate continuously. Add one good eating habit every month and you are all set to achieve your goal of losing weight!

Losing weight need not be painstaking or a sacrificing activity. It can be fun and very fulfilling. you just need to be a little disciplined in your eating and sleeping habits. Now, you are all set to attend the forthcoming wedding of a cousin or take part in your inter-collage competitions or host a party without worrying about losing weight. Just follow the above guideline and love yourself irrespective of the kilos you shed.

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