You know that it is no secret that helps you starve yourself, but to have a body properly balanced and beautiful life … enjoy! You used to think of yourself as a person who does not have time, money or aid to deal with herself: you’re not a Hollywood diva, who has nanny, personal trainer and chef, all ready for give the best service, quality time and advice … to remain a diva!
What are the chances of your real-world woman to be beautiful, seductive and supple … without you starve, but mastering the secret to help you increase your metabolic rate and burn more calories? You laugh, are exactly the same! Even if you do not have the privilege to climb on stage to walk the red carpet too often, the attention directed to you should be similar – and from here everything is beautiful transform in a story of success!
Think of yourself as a diva waiting to be polished and resort to these techniques to burn more calories at each meal, to make today the best day to start your success story!
1 Drink cold water
Drinking an 8-ounce glass of cold water burns 9.25 calories more than drinking water that is room temperature. Studies also show that drinking water enhances weight loss in overweight, dieting women. And it is speculated that the higher the consumption of water, the lower the amount of fat deposited or stored in the body. Want another reason to increase water intake? It turns out that, when cells are low in water, they store more fat instead of metabolizing it for energy. Bottom line? Drink more water and burn more fat. Sounds simple enough.
2 Walk fast, then slow
By now, you should know about interval training and how much more effective it is at burning calories than walking or running at the same pace. Try this: When going up a flight of stairs, take large steps, skipping a stair each time, and you will use larger muscle groups. Do this swiftly for 10 seconds, then slow it down. Or run up stairs quickly for eight to 10 seconds, then back off to a slower pace for 15 seconds. You can do the same thing when you are walking. Instead of pushing your toddler in the jogger stroller at the same pace, mix it up: Run fast, then slow it down. The variation will keep your toddler entertained, and your metabolism will stay revved longer throughout the day.
3 Eat protein
Your body uses more calories to metabolize protein than carbohydrates. "A protein-based meal will elicit a thermic effect that is close to 30 percent of the total calories," explains Jack Groppel, PhD, co-founder of LGE Performance Systems in Orlando. For example, if you consume a meal that contains 600 calories of protein, you'll burn approximately 180 calories just by eating it.
4 Spice it up!
Cinnamon can make fat cells more responsive to insulin and may enhance weight loss. Try adding a dash to your coffee. Researchers have found by adding 1 teaspoon of red-pepper sauce and 1 teaspoon of mustard to meals, study participants experienced an increase of in metabolic rates by as much as 25 percent. Spicy foods also cause you to drink more water, which may also enhance weight loss. Drinking moderate amounts of coffee may also increase the rate at which you burn calories by up to 10 percent. Be sure not to fill your coffee with cream, sugar and other syrups, or you'll defeat the purpose of a fat-burning coffee break!
5 Fidget more
People who are natural "fidgeters" burn more calories overall than non-fidgeters. Researchers call this activity NEAT -- short for non-exercise activity thermogenesis. And obese people may have less of a biological need to fidget. An obese person sits, on average, 150 minutes more each day than naturally lean individuals. Due to a lower NEAT score or tendency to fidget, obese people burn 350 fewer calories a day than do lean people. Even after losing weight, those who had been obese still had a tendency to sit more and were less likely to have a high NEAT score. Fidgeting may significantly increase your metabolic output. Try standing instead of sitting. Bounce on your heels. Shift positions while sitting. Move around more. Fidget away fat!
6 Drink coffee!
I advise you to drink coffee, but in moderation, 1-2 cups per day.Only using this technique you will be able to increase your calorie burn rate with up to 10%.
Be careful not to put sugar in coffee, cream, condensed milk and other ingredients to improve its taste, so that you will not only make a turn into a calorie bomb and wanted to get the opposite effect!
If you want to potentiate the effect of coffee and feed your metabolism, I suggest you drink a cup of mocha – protein drink.This will give you the same feeling of satisfaction, it will quench your hunger for a long time and will increase significantly and protein intake, with only 80 calories of rich and creamy taste!
7 Chew gum
Chewing gum can help burn 11 more calories per hour. So says Dan Benardot, PhD, RD, author of Nutrition for Serious Athletes. Due to questions about some artificial sweeteners, play it safe and chew gum sweetened with xylitol or maltitol, or look for naturally sweetened gum at a health food store. If you chew gum all day without changing your food or fitness habits, it's estimated you may lose 10 pounds of body fat in one year.
8 Love snacks
The more often you eat, the more you will be able to keep insulin levels constant (so you banish cravings and hunger) and you will maintain high metabolic rate to burn more calories.
But I suggest to choose foods carefully to include them on the list of snacks: give up sweets, biscuits, cookies and sweets, choose fresh vegetables (celery sticks or carrot is a correct and safe alternative) and soy nuts , protein bars and biscuits.
9 Drink Green Tea
Green Tea won't make you pee out all of your body fat in a day, but there is a heap of evidence to show that regular consumption of Green Tea helps your body process and thus reduce body fat over time. It also helps with a number of other bodily functions and it is considered to be one of the healthiest teas to drink because of the number of antioxidants found in it.
10 . Take vitamin D
Women who were deficient in it lost weight more slowly in a study in the British Journal of Nutrition. Stephen Gullo, a weight-loss expert in New York City and author of "The Thin Commandments" (Rodale), recommends 2,000 milligrams daily.
11 Do things by hand
Wash your dishes, vacuum, or cook dinner. "We consider it a luxury to have tasks done for us, but doing some of these for yourself takes considerable energy," says Slayton.
12 Eat lightly and often
"For most people, the body uses up more energy digesting smaller meals every few hours than by eating the same number of calories in two or three sittings," says Chrissy Wellington, a nutritionist at Canyon Ranch in Lenox, Massachusetts.
13 Laugh
"It burns up to 50 calories if you laugh for 10 to 15 minutes per day," says Adelino Da Costa, owner of Punch Fitness Center in New York City.
14 Straighten up
Good posture not only makes you look taller and leaner, but it strengthens your abdominal muscles.
15 Beware of sugar
It triggers the body to release insulin, which then either transplants sugar to the cells to be used as energy — or stored as fat, according to Jorge Cruise.
16 Relax
Stress causes the body to release cortisol, which causes more calories to be stored as fat, especially in your abdomen.
17 Eat fruits
Foods that burn more calories during the digestion process than they contain are called negative calorie foods. This term may be a bit deceiving, however, as there is no such thing as a miracle food that burns fat when eaten.The human body burns about 10 percent of its total energy expenditure through the digestion process. So, negative calorie foods can help reduce your total caloric intake and aid in weight loss, although they are not an instant fix.
10 . Take vitamin D
Women who were deficient in it lost weight more slowly in a study in the British Journal of Nutrition. Stephen Gullo, a weight-loss expert in New York City and author of "The Thin Commandments" (Rodale), recommends 2,000 milligrams daily.
11 Do things by hand
Wash your dishes, vacuum, or cook dinner. "We consider it a luxury to have tasks done for us, but doing some of these for yourself takes considerable energy," says Slayton.
12 Eat lightly and often
"For most people, the body uses up more energy digesting smaller meals every few hours than by eating the same number of calories in two or three sittings," says Chrissy Wellington, a nutritionist at Canyon Ranch in Lenox, Massachusetts.
13 Laugh
"It burns up to 50 calories if you laugh for 10 to 15 minutes per day," says Adelino Da Costa, owner of Punch Fitness Center in New York City.
14 Straighten up
Good posture not only makes you look taller and leaner, but it strengthens your abdominal muscles.
15 Beware of sugar
It triggers the body to release insulin, which then either transplants sugar to the cells to be used as energy — or stored as fat, according to Jorge Cruise.
16 Relax
Stress causes the body to release cortisol, which causes more calories to be stored as fat, especially in your abdomen.
17 Eat fruits
