Want an easier way to lose fat? Stop starving yourself, counting calories, or eliminating your favorite food groups.
Those extreme techniques only burn you out and leave you more frustrated than ever.
The truth is that real fat loss comes with lasting, healthy lifestyle changes. You’ll get to your goals quicker when you start focusing on these 5 Lifestyle Habits:
Lifestyle Habit #1: Get more sleep. To put this simply, you need to sleep more. Most adults need an average of eight hours of sleep each night. When you don’t get adequate amounts of rest, you’re more likely to be hungry, overeat, and gain weight.
How does this work? Something like this.
If you’re tired, you won’t feel like cooking a healthy meal, and you’ll opt for fast (fattening) food instead. This very same lack of energy will also likely cause you to skip the gym. On top of that, sleep deprivation causes your metabolism to slow down, and if you’ve not heard, that is not something you want when trying to shed a few pounds.
Lifestyle Habit #2: Watch less TV. Many people are in the habit of sitting in front of the TV for hours on end after a stressful day at work. Yes, you may be worn out and need a break, but sitting on the couch, zoned out, watching TV is not the way to lose inches.
Lifestyle Habit #3: Eat a healthy first meal. You don’t HAVE to eat your first meal right when you wake up. Listen to your body and eat when you’re hungry. Your body has been fasting so you want to fuel it up with proper nutrition to get your day started right!
Lifestyle Habit #4: Drink more water. Lasting fat loss is about changes. Unfortunately, some of the changes one must make are difficult. If you’re hooked on soda or other sweetened beverages, then your fitness goals may remain out of reach until you replace these drinks with water. You should also know that your brain often confuses thirst with hunger. So, at the first sign of hunger, don’t grab a snack or calorie-filled drinks. Instead, grab a glass of water.
Lifestyle Habit #5: Increase The Intensity Of Your Exercise. Weight loss is about burning more calories than you consume. Therefore, it should make sense to you that eating right and exercise must go hand in hand. If you want to speed up weight loss and keep the weight away, add or increase the amount and intensity of physical activity in your daily life.
For many people, this is the most difficult lifestyle change of all, but the benefits are well work it. Aim for 30 to 60 minutes of intense exercise on most days of the week. When exercise is a normal part of your everyday routine, you’re more likely to be consistent with it!
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