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“The Five Simple Steps for Losing
Twenty Pounds Quickly and Safely”
By Registered Dietitian Jayson Hunter
It’s unfortunate, but true: Many women feel the need to starve
themselves when they have twenty pounds they want to lose so they can
look great for a special occasion. Whether it is a wedding, class
reunion or some other special event there is a tremendous amount of
pressure on women to look great. And this pressure often leads to the
yo-yo dieting and weight gain that is so prevalent in our society today.
You know the pattern: You starve yourself and seem to drop a ton of
weight fast. But then when you go back to your normal eating patterns
you gain not only the weight you lost back, but you gain even more!
And it’s all the result of one thing: Starving your body of the
nutrients it needs.
As you’ve probably read somewhere by now, your body’s metabolism
actually burns more fat when it’s fed more often. So if you want to lose
dress sizes and inches fast you need to be good to your body. And that
means eating the foods it craves to help it melt fat.
So here are 5 simple steps you can follow to help you lose twenty pounds
of pure fat. And these steps will help you keep the weight off and end –
once and for all – the yo-yo dieting dilemma.
Oh, but before I forget, at the end of the five tips I will tell you
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1. Increase Non-Starchy Vegetable Intake
You have probably seen this many times before, but I guarantee it is one
of the most important steps to losing weight. Why you ask? One reason is
because eating non-starchy vegetables increases your fiber intake which
makes you feel fuller quicker.
Another reason is that vegetables are energy consumers. It takes more
energy to digest a vegetable than a type of carbohydrate. You could
actually be in a negative calorie balance if you compared one carrot’s
calories to the amount of calories it took to digest and utilize that
carrot.
There are studies that show on average for those that ate 4 or more
servings of non-starchy vegetables a day were the biggest losers when it
came to weight loss
2. Protein Should Be At Every Meal
To optimally preserve your lean body mass while losing weight it is
extremely important to consume some type of lean protein at every meal.
Protein is a great nutrient to prevent you from overeating because it
will fill you up quicker.
It is also another nutrient that is energy costly, which means it takes
more calories to digest and utilize protein than it does a carbohydrate.
Your best sources of protein are beef, chicken, fish, eggs, and dairy.
3. Eat Whole Grain Carbohydrates
Consuming whole-grain carbohydrates regulates your insulin levels and
keeps your body from producing too much insulin. This, in turn, keeps
you losing weight.
Large amounts of insulin promote fat storage and fast digesting or
simple carbohydrates produce large amounts of insulin. You want to limit
or avoid these fast digesting carbs.
By doing this you not only improve your health, but will speed up your
fat loss.
Some studies believe that up to 70% of successful weight loss stems from
keeping insulin levels in check and to do this means eating whole grains
and avoiding simple carbs.
4. Eat More Healthy Fats
Consume adequate amounts of healthy fat foods such as olive oil,
walnuts, almonds, or other Omega-3 products.
Healthy fats are great antioxidants. They also help with brain function
and many other essential processes that take place in the body on a
daily basis.
Essential Fatty acids also help prevent certain diseases such as heart
disease and cancer. Some studies are starting to show that consuming
Omega-3 products may boost your metabolism by as much as 400 calories a
day.
5. Eat Frequent Meals
There is a direct correlation with eating patterns and volume of food
consumed as well as insulin levels.
Eat 4-6 small meals day a day instead of the usual 2-3 large meals.
Eating frequently will help regulate and boost your metabolism to burn
more calories.
By eating smaller portions throughout the day, you tend to eat less food
overall. You also control your blood sugars because, by ingesting a
steady state of nutrients throughout the day, your body has no need to
significantly elevate insulin levels to handle large amounts of food.
Now of course I do recommend you exercise while making these 5 changes
to your diet because nutrition and exercise go hand in hand for fat
loss. If you make these simple changes to your diet and take part in an
exercise program that has you burning calories then you will drop dress
sizes and inches quickly, safely and permanently.
Jayson Hunter RD, CSCS is the author of the Carb Rotation Diet. To
discover the 5 absolute truths Every Serial Dieter Who Seeks
Rapid-Weight loss MUST come to grips with visit
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