Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Proper Diet For Weight Reduction

By Patrick Strickland


Although there are latest diets that pledge better results but do not really live up to it, there are effortless ways to reduce weight. Exercising 4 to 6 times per week and eating nutritious foods will be the best way to reduce weight for long-term purposes. Although these steps that I've mentioned are all secure, efficient, and long term, there are still other ways which you can do to increase the rate of burning your calories.

If you are thinking a lot of water everyday, well, that is a good start. If you drinking fruit juice, energy drinks or any other kind of sports drink; all would probably claim having 100 calories, but you have to keep in mind that 100calories from healthy solid food is different from 100 calories from these liquid stuff.

These drinks only give you excess calories, which is not beneficial to you. Drinking water every meals, while working out and even when traveling could give you more energy but not calories.

Following that, you need to watch out what foods you take in, you can segregate them between whole or processed foods. If the prevailing amount of the foods you take in are mostly processed or instant foods and you don't work out, just sit, or lay all the time, then you are more likely to have an extra amount of sodium.

Processed foods usually contain high content of sodium too that you must keep down to stay healthy. If you are used to eating canned and processed foods then, it is more likely that you will end up with sodium retention, and this is not healthy. Too much of anything is not healthy at all.

Begin taking in 5 or 6 little meals the whole day. You are not required to follow the usual 3 heavy meals that typically makes dinner being the voluminous meal.

The ideal time to eat a heavy meal is breakfast where you will be working the rest of the day. Having a light nibble of your favorite food may be done about 2 hours before breakfast.

Following this routine when you eat will surely make your body feel that you are sustaining it with enough source of power for energy. This way, your body will be able to decrease the level of calories it might be storing as excess fats.




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