5 Easy Ways To Lose Weight

For some, losing weight is not easy, people tend to do a lot of stuff to lose weight like skipping meals, dieting, eating weight loss pills, and other unhealthy stuff which can give quick results but have bad effects in the long-term. Folks hit the gyms and overexert to get results, but don’t know that making some small changes in their lifestyle can help them lose weight in a small span of time.

Here at ShoutLo, we present to you 5 top-but-considered-cliched-tips by everyone which you can follow. Not just you will lose weight but also gain various health benefits.

Weight loss tips

Drink Lots of Water

Drinking water can make you lose weight! Yes, you heard it right. Various studies have proved that drinking 1 to 2 liter of water per day increases the number of calories you burn, which is also known as Resting Energy Expenditure. This technique is more effective if you drink cold water as your body uses extra calories to warm up the water to your body temperature. Drinking water before the meals is also helpful as your stomach becomes fuller and so you consume less food or we can say fewer calories.

Eat Dinner Early

Normally, we have dinner after 9 or unfortunately after 10 but the ideal time for having dinner is 7 p.m. It is found that the long time gap between meals helps the body to process food more efficiently. Also, if you don’t eat after 7 p.m., it will create a 13-14 hour of fast which also helps to lose fat. Our body has the ability to change its energy or fuel source i.e. fat or carbs depending on which source is readily available, so if you eat your food at 7 p.m., your body will burn fat instead of carbs or glucose.

Workout

Exercise is an important part of losing weight, not only it helps to increase your strength and endurance but also helps to eliminate fat and building more muscle. As a Zumba/ fitness instructor, I guide people to workout at least 3 to 4 times a week. There are several types of Weight Loss Exercises that are helpful in losing extra kilos like Aerobic exercise, Cardio, weight training, etc. It totally depends on your choice which one you choose - be it fast walking, running, cycling or any other.

Weight Loss Exercises

Cut Back on Sugary Products

Everyone just loves sugar but the fact is, it has been adding extra calories throughout our life and we don’t even know about it. Sugar alone does not have many calories but the food items that contain sugar in it can have adverse effects on the body. According to the American Heart Association, it is recommended not to consume more than 24 grams (100 calories) of sugar (for women) and 36 grams (150 calories) (for men) per day. Let us take an example of soft drinks. If you check the nutrition label behind a regular bottle of a soft drink, it has nearly half of the sugar we require in a day. Well, that is Scary! isn’t it? But you don’t need to worry as our body has enough hormones to take care of that, as long as we are not over-consuming it on an everyday basis. So what’s the solution? Well, you don’t need to cut sugar totally, just keep track of it and have less junk food items/drinks which contain sugar in it.

Have Green Tea

Green tea is one of the healthiest beverages on the planet which not only has a lot of antioxidants but also various beneficial substances that are good for health. Green tea contains caffeine which is well known to be a fat burning stimulant. It also elevates our energy level. Green tea increases the metabolic rate which helps us in burning more calories. We can have green tea 2 to 3 times a day.