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How To Lose Weight – Healthy Ways

March 23, 2008
By J White

How to lose weight, especially with healthy ways, can be daunting at times. You see infomercials with products that promise to get your weight off quickly and easily. What they don’t emphasize is the part when they say “with proper diet and exercise.”

Even without their contraption, you would still lose weight with proper diet and exercise. If you think by buying their product will motivate you to stay on a proper diet and to keep exercising, then go for it. Whatever it takes to get you to the body of your dreams is worth it.

But if you’re like most, you want to do it healthy. No creams or elixirs for you. And quiet as it’s kept, that’s the best way to go.

So what are some healthy ways to lose weight. Well, first let’s start with the obvious- your diet. Two things that will make or break your diet is your choice of foods and when you eat. When you get these two things right, you’ll be amazed at how fast the weight starts melting away.

As for the choice in foods, low glycemic foods such as lentils, whole wheat and grains are the way to go. Plus, foods high in fiber are also great because even though your body processes them and they make you fill full, your body still can’t digest them. As such, they don’t add calories to your waistlines. These and other nutritious carbohydrates should compose the majority of your calories.

You also need to make sure that you’re getting at least 25 to 35 percent of your calories from protein. The amino acids help to build muscle and if you didn’t know, muscles burn more calories than fat, so pack it on!!

And please don’t forget the fat. Fat keeps your brain and other vital organs going and plus helps you to fill satisfied after eating. Olive oil is a great choice because it’s high in mono and polyunsaturated fats. The drawback is that, it lacks the omegas that help to fight cancer and other health problems. You can get it from meat, but try sesame or soybean oil instead since using them keeps you away from the saturated fats found in meats.

As for when to eat, try to divide your calorie intake for that day into at least 4 meals- 6 is even better. Why? Eating like this keeps your body busy digesting food and when you digest food, you have to burn calories. This practice also helps to raise your metabolism, which is also a healthy way to lose weight.

And the last, but certainly not least, healthy way to lose weight is to exercise. When you start exercising 30 minutes a day in your fat burning zone, you’re able to burn fat that dieting alone just won’t tackle. Exercise coupled with diet is by far the healthiest way to lose weight.

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