Adopt a balanced diet instead of starving

The secret behind losing weight is utilizing more than the daily calories you intake. When you utilize more calories than the daily intake, your body starts breaking down the accumulated fats.

There are different ways of losing weight and the most common among them is the starving method which people adopt. They reduce their daily intake of calories by not eating anything or eating very little. Then their body on not getting enough calories for proper functioning starts breaking fats. Well this is what people do to achieve their goal of weight loss but I won’t suggest this to you due to the harms it can cause in the longer run.

I will not suggest starving due to a simple reason; our body needs some very essential proteins and vitamins, on starving fats are broken down to run the normal functions yet fats cannot fulfill the requirements of those essential protein and vitamins. As a result our body grows weaker and our immune system weakens and we are prone to diseases and viral.

A balanced diet is what will help you reduce weight without causing any harm to your body organs. You can reduce your daily calories intake by eating foods containing less calories and carbohydrates instead of starving. Avoid things having lot of oil used during the preparation process. Avoid foods having high carbohydrates like potatoes and rice. Fast food is an enemy of your health so try to avoid burgers, fries, soft drinks etc.

If you follow these tips alone for 2 weeks, I can assure you 1 lbs. weight loss without any work out during these two weeks.

You can consult the following websites to know about calories per meal:

http://www.webmd.com/diet/calories-chart

http://www.fitwatch.com/caloriecounter.html

http://www.calories-in-foods.com/

Water o water

Recently I happen to read some articles that suggested that water is no magic potion for losing weight but rather people consuming water before meals consume less food which results in weight loss. That’s what the article said and I agree to it partially. I said partially because there are many other wonders that water can do for you resulting in weight loss and many other benefits are realized.

Drinking enough water say 10 to 16 glasses helps improve your metabolism rate. A good metabolism will definitely help you reduce few pounds. I have often seen people eating like monsters and still manage to have balanced weight and the reason for it is simple; a good metabolism rate.

There is one more important benefit that can be realized by drinking enough water throughout the day, and that is the calories you lose when you pee. Drinking less water than the amount required by your body leads to calories left out in your body because of urinating less often.

Other benefits of drinking water are fresh and glowing skin, healthy kidneys, energetic day and more.