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These days more and more people are getting intellectual instead of
physical jobs. Sitting in the office chairs all-day long has become a norm
for many of us.
Stress, busyness and rush make us forget about regular food and stuff our
stomachs with cheeseburgers and sodas, which don't do anything good for our
bodies.
As a result of such crazy life rhythm, we rarely find time for exercises,
gyms or balanced nutrition. As a matter of fact, it's one of the reasons why
there are now more that 60% of U.S
citizens that have overweight. However, it is possible to change your
lifestyle and lose your weight if you are willing to.
These 7 day-to-day life tips provided below will help you to drop your
extra pounds, become more energetic and healthier.
- Drink More Water
Our bodies need a lot of water. Water removes waste from our organisms
and carries various nutrients into all our organs and cells. Your body also
loses water by using it for various ways.
For this reason you have to replace it and drink water more often than you
are used to.
Start your day with a glass of water in the morning. Drink a glass of
water before any meal. Take a bottle of water with you when you go to work.
Your body needs approximately 3-5 liters of water
during one day. So don't hesitate to drink plenty of water wherever and
whenever you can.
- Eat Fruits and Drink Fruit Juices
Eating fruits and juices helps you eliminate toxins from your body.
Eating a variety of fruits also helps you get enough fiber, vitamins, and
antioxidants. That's why you should eat fresh fruits
and drink natural fruit juices as often as possible.
Fruit juices from stores are often sweetened. If you want to drink
juices, make fresh juices yourself. If you think it takes too much of the
time, then look for juices with labels that say "100% fruit juice".
These are much healthier for your body as long as they contain much more
vitamins.
- Eat Lots of Vegetables and Vegetable Salads
When it comes to losing extra pounds, vegetables are a great choice. They
are natural and contain different vitamins, minerals and tons of other
useful chemicals known to provide benefits for your body.
Vegetables are low in fat and calories, they help control blood glucose
levels, reduce blood cholesterol and reduce the risk of colon and other
cancers. All these features also help control your weight effectively.
If you feel that eating vegetables alone isn't great choice for you, then
make some salads. Mixing vegetables together gives you even more different
vitamins and health benefits. There are tons of tasty, healthy
salad recipes on the internet. You can also use you imagination to make some
great salads.
- Eat Only When You Are Hungry
How many times you've been to a party where you saw lots of different and
tasty looking meals, which you were offered to try.
Don't eat, because you are offered to. Eat only when you want to.
Many people also like snacking. In between meals or when have nothing to
do. Quit snacking. Most snacks contain a lot of fat and calories.
Replace your usual snacks with vegetables or fruits. These are healthy to
your body and you'll never get fatter, only thinner.
- Carry Healthy Food with You
Many of us work busy office jobs and don't have time to eat regularly. In
this case, bring your own made food with you. Instead of bringing sandwiches
with meat, take vegetable salads, carrots, chicken salads.
Any low fat food will do. This way, you won't have to wait for a break to
fill your stomach. You'll be able to have fixed times when eating food.
It's also important to try to eat about 5 times a day, rather than 3 or
2. Eat in smaller quantities, but more often. This helps you to increase
your metabolism.
- Work Out When You Can
Working out in a gym is not only a great way to grow some muscles, but
also to drop a few pounds. Exercising helps you burn your calories instead
of storing them in your body as fat.
Our bodies were made to be active, so exercising slowly and easily can
actually help you get more energy and make you feel much better.
At the end of the week, try to lose all the stress and burn your calories
in a gym or having some kind of physical activity at home. If you have time,
then try to do easy exercises everyday.
- Don't Lie Down or Sit When You Can Move
Many of us like to watch TV lying on a couch or sitting in a comfortable
chair. Of course, when you come home after hard working day, you're tired,
and all you can think of, is a couch and a remote in your hand.
But such laziness won't help you lose weight. Contrarily, it will make you
grow some more pounds.
So don't lie or sit, when you can walk and move. Instead of staring at
TV, like a goofy, go ahead and work out in your garden for example, clean
your garage, fix your car, go to walk in park or beach.
Breathe fresh air and move more often. Not only does it help to reduce
stress after work, but also ups your mood and makes you more
energetic.
In Conclusion
Remember that all these tips will help you to lose weight, but only if
you are determined and are ready to devote some of your time.
Don't expect to slim down 4 sizes after eating 5 carrots and drinking orange
juice.
Your body, just like many things in this world, needs time. So be
patient. And if you will honestly use at least some of these tips, you are
going to change your lifestyle, which in the end will lead you to a thinner
and healthier body.
10th February, 2006
By Monty Lee
Monty Lee is dedicated to helping people lose weight by providing quality
and natural products.
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