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Worry about your weight? Find your way to lose weight
Obesity has been on a steady incline for the past two decades. More and more people are effected. often people use slingshot diets or starving themselves and it simply does not work. Most forms of “get thin quick” dieting actually do more harm to the body than good, causing negative side effects like rapid jumps in insulin levels, putting you at risk of diabetes, high and/or low blood pressure, heart disease, and even slowing down or preventing weight loss altogether.
Our hunter-gatherer ancestors did not need to eat “x” amount of calories (they didn’t even know about calories at all or how to monitor them, actually) and things like obesity and heart disease were all but completely non-existent. Stop skipping meals and wasting time and money on those diet fads and reach your goals safely with these easy instructions to maintain fat burning tips!
Drink More Water
The average adult human body consists of 56-60% water and chances are that you are not getting enough of water throughout your day. By the time you actually begin to feel thirsty you’ve already lost 2-3% of your body’s water, and the physical effects of dehydration such as decreasing mental performance and physical coordination become impaired at around 1%.
Most adults need about three quarts of fluid a day and a lot of that comes from food, so anywhere from 8-12 glasses is a good guideline to follow. Not only does a glass of water (in the morning) helps your organs function more efficiently, but it also helps kick start your metabolism, which is the primary objective in the weight loss battle!
Reduce Your Sugar Intake
Believe it or not, almost every processed food you can pick up at your local convenience or grocery store that comes in a bag or box has some type of sugar in it. Even those labeled “sugar-free” and even nutrition and protein bars often have these sneaky little synonyms tucked away in their ingredients lists and can be a huge hindrance to your fat burning mission. If you see things like Dextrin, Maltodextrin, Barley Malt, Glucose, Fructose, Sucrose, Ethyl Maltol, and even Corn Syrup and Corn Syrup Solids, it’s a form of sugar.
The average American consumes at least 64 pounds of sugar each year (about 22 teaspoons a day), with the average teenage boy at least 109 pounds (34 teaspoons). When you break it down like that, it’s easy to see where the sudden influx in Type 2 Diabetes is coming from. Always make sure to read your labels and know what they are!
Get Up and Go
With so many jobs in the 21st century now being performed in the seated position, it’s becoming more apparent that it has a negative effect on the human body. Humans have evolved for endurance and constant movement, and living a sedentary lifestyle can lead to a variety of health problems as well as obesity.
It’s important that you get at least 30-45 minutes of exercise a day on top of your daily moving about. It doesn’t have to be vigorous, something as simple as taking the stairs or walking the dog an extra block or running couple of miles and its helps tremendously keeping your metabolism in fat burning mode.
All of these things are going to do nothing but help you towards achieving your weight loss goal, but nothing matches a healthy lifestyle better than a healthy attitude. Push yourself to be better, to make better choices, and most importantly forgive and forget all the unhealthy choices you’ve made in the past.
