EASY WAYS TO SHED UNWANTED POUNDS TO BECOME HEALTHY

Harish Magan
12 min readFeb 11, 2021

February 12, 2021

Easy ways to shed those unwanted pounds and keep them off for good.

Science agrees with Brown: A study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that paying attention while eating can aid weight loss efforts while distracted eating can lead to a long-term increase in FOOD Consumption

  • Losing weight can seem over whelming desire — you have to figure out how to eat healthily and fuel your body properly on daily basis, plan an physical activity regimen that works for you, get enough of sleep, and ultimately make thousands of choices each day that will either bring you closer to your goal or throw you completely off track.
  • But if navigating these choices seems confusing, that’s where WE come in. What really works are making little lifestyle tweaks, simple moves that help you slash calories, boost nutrition values and build a healthy foundation. We’ve collected up some of the easiest, most effective tricks to help you shed those unwanted pounds and slim down for good.
  • Put this plan into use and soon enough, you’ll start to look and feel better. Here are few best weight loss advises and tips!

Toss Out the HABITS

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  • If losing some bread leaves your tummy rumbling, beef up your meal by munching on a cup of baby carrots or sugar snap peas. These pop-in-your-mouth veggies are loaded with fiber and water, which can help aid satiety and weight loss efforts
  • Science agrees with Brown: A study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that paying attention while eating can aid weight loss efforts while distracted eating can lead to a long-term increase in food consumption
  • Green tea is packed with compounds called catechist , belly-fat crusaders that blast belly fat by revving the metabolism, increasing the release of fat from fat cells, and speeding up the liver’s fat burning capacity
  • Sticking to a smaller eating window may help you lose weight, even if you eat more food throughout the day, a study published in the journal Cell Metabolism found.
  • Exercise is necessary to keep your body healthy, but just because you work out for an hour or more per day, it doesn’t give you the liberty to eat whatever you want!” Ilyse Schapiro, MS, RDN, Co-Author of Should the author Scoops out The author’s Bagel tells .
  • In a study published in the Journal of Medicinal Food, researchers found that grabbing on half a grapefruit before each meal helped participants lose a significant amount of weight in addition to improving insulin resistance.
  • A Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics study found that alcohol causes people to eat an additional 384 calories per day on average, likely because booze makes them more sensitive to food aromas and less likely to resist indulgent fare.
  • Dining out can kill your hard-earned weight loss wins — and so can boozing too hard. To stay on track with your better-body goals, order your glass of wine or cocktail near the end of your meal. That way, the sweetness can act as a low-cal dessert. Plus, it won’t lower your inhibitions before your meal, which may prompt you to order something unhealthy off the menu.
  • Studies have shown that strength training while in a dehydrated state can boost levels of stress hormones that hinder muscle gains by up to 16 percent,” celebrity fitness and nutrition expert, Jay Cardiello tells A study published in the journal Obesity followed two groups of overweight women with metabolic syndrome on identical 1,400-calorie weight loss diets for three months.
  • Though you may think skipping a meal such as breakfast will help you lose weight because you would be consuming fewer calories, numerous studies have shown that bailing on breakfast is bad for your waistline.
  • A study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that eating one serving a day of beans, peas, chickpeas or lentils could contribute to modest weight loss.
  • Though it’s perfectly fine to eat meat a few times a week, these high-protein foods tend to fill you up before you can work your way over to the veggies, which possess fat-fighting, waist-trimming powers.

Buy a Fruit Basket

  • You know that eating the recommended five to nine daily servings of fruits and veggies at intervals can make it easier to slim down, but that doesn’t make it any easier to accomplish. A smart way to make it happen? Buy a fruit bowl. You’re more likely to grab fruits and veggies over less-healthy options if they’re ready to eat and in plain sight. Katie Cavuto MS, RD, the dietitian for the Philadelphia Phillies and Flyers, suggests keeping washed and prepared salads like cucumbers, peppers, sugar snap peas, and carrots in the front of the fridge so they aren’t overlooked. Bananas, apples, pears, and oranges fare well as sweet snacks and should be kept on the dining table where everyone can see them.

Eating Mindfully

  • We know everyone love TV-watching their favorite reality/crime/ serials, but it’s important to enjoy your meals sitting at your kitchen table or at your dining table — not in front of the television or i pad.
  • Why? Carolyn Brown, MS, RD, of Food trainers, informed us that in addition to commercials of unhealthy food and drinks increasing our cravings, TV is so distracting that it makes it harder to realize when we’re actually satiated. Science agrees with Brown: A study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that paying attention while eating can aid weight loss efforts while distracted eating can lead to a long-term increase in food consumption.

Change your tea to Green Tea

  • Green tea is packed with compounds called catechins, belly-fat crusaders that blast
  • belly fat by revving the metabolism, it increases the release of fat from fat cells, and then speeding up the liver’s fat burning capacity and provide instant relief. In an American Physiological Society study, participants who combined a daily habit of 3–5 cups of green Tea boosted their exercise endurance by up to 24 percent, revving weight loss.

Get Smaller portion in Plates

  • The bigger your plate, the bigger your meal, Brown reminds us. How so? While smaller plates make food servings appear significantly larger, larger plates make food appear smaller — which can lead to overeating. In one study, Campers who were given Big bowls served themselves and consumed 16 percent more porridge than those given smaller bowls. Swapping dinner for salad plates will help you eat more reasonable portions, which can help the pounds fly off your fat frame! To kick even more calories to the curb, always use small
  • red color plates. Although the vibrant hue may not match your dining room decor, the color can help you eat less, according to a study published in the journal Appetite. Researchers suggest that the color red reduces the amount we’re likely to eat less instructing the mind to stop now.
  • Protein-enriched drinks lend you a monster dose of belly-busting nutrition in a simple yet delicious snack. But most commercial drinks are filled with unpronounceable chemicals that can upset our gut health and cause inflammation and bloat. Not to mention, the high doses of whey used to boost protein levels can amplify the belly-bloating effect. So what should you have instead? Try vegan protein, which will give you the same fat-burning, hunger-squelching, muscle-building benefits, without the bloat. Lose weight in less than 30 seconds, with the 100+ proven recipes in Zero Belly Smoothies!
  • Repetition Is Key “Repetition builds rhythm. Be boring. Most successful losers have just a couple of go-to breakfasts or snacks,” says registered dietitian Lauren Slayton. “Make an effort to pinpoint these for yourself. ‘Hmm, I’m starving what should I have?’ doesn’t often end well. You can change the rotation every few weeks, but pre-set meals or workouts on certain days will help tremendously.”
  • Fill at least half of your lunch and dinner plate with vegetables. Vegetables are nutrient-dense, high in satiating fiber, and low in calories, making them ideal weight loss tools, says registered dietitian Danielle Omar. “By eating the veggie half of your plate before anything else, you will take the edge off your hunger, eat less overall calories, and still feel full and satisfied. Keep eating this way and the pounds will painlessly melt away.”

Change Dinner to a Buffet

  • When you place so many bowls of food on the dining table, over-eating is inevitable. To avoid scarfing down extra bites, keep food on the stove or counter and spoon it out onto plates from there. When going back for seconds helping requires leaving the table, people tend to choose their hunger levels more carefully. And serving healthier dishes can, of course, help too. These best-ever recipes for home are all weight loss-friendly options we love.

Hide Your Vices

  • Out of sight, out of mouth? Simply reorganizing your pantry staples could translate into serious calorie savings. A study published in the Journal of Marketing found that people are more likely to overeat small treats from transparent packages than from opaque ones. For this reason, many nutritionists suggest keeping indulgent foods in the pantry on a high shelf so that you’re less apt to mindlessly grab them.
  • According to Northwestern researchers, late sleepers — defined as those who wake up around 10:45 a.m. — consume 248 more calories during the day, as well as half as many fruits and vegetables and twice the amount fast food than those who set their alarm earlier. If these findings sound troubling to you night owls, try setting your alarm clock 15 minutes earlier each day until you’re getting out of bed at a more reasonable hour.
  • Are frequent meals your ticket to a better body? Experts say so! In a Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics study that sampled 2,385 adults, research participants who ate less than four times a day consumed more calories and had a higher BMI than those who sat down to eat at least six times. The scientists noticed that those who ate fewer meals consumed most of their calories at night and were more apt to drink alcohol with their meals while their ever-grazing counterparts tended to eat healthier, less caloric ally dense foods. To keep the weight flying off your frame, nosh on these high-protein snacks between meals.
  • Exposure to light at night doesn’t just interrupt your chances of a great night’s rest, it may also result in weight gain, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology. As crazy as it may seem, study subjects who slept in the darkest rooms were 21 percent less likely to be obese than those sleeping in the lightest rooms. The takeaway here is a simple one: Turn off the TV and toss your nightlight.

Tap Into Your Emotions

  • Looking for the easiest possible way to lose weight? Grab your pajamas early and log some extra seconds! According to researchers in the journal Appetite, getting eight and a half hours of shut-eye each night can drop cravings for junk food a whopping 62 percent and decrease overall appetite by 14 percent! Mayo Clinic researchers note similar findings: In their study, adults who slept an hour and 20 minutes less than the control group consumed an average of 549 additional calories daily. That’s more calories than you’ll find in a Big Mac!

Push Back Breakfast

  • Instead of gobbling down breakfast at home, eat at your desk a few hours later than you typically do. Pushing back your first meal of the day naturally reduces your “eating window” — the number of hours you spend each day grazing. Why’s that beneficial? Sticking to a smaller eating window may help you lose weight, even if you eat more food throughout the day, a study published in the journal Cell Metabolism found. What’s more, time-restricted eating reduced excessive body weight by 20 percent and prevented further weight gain.

Shift Your Noodle

  • The average American consumes 15.5 pounds of pasta each year — and most of it is the refined white stuff. What’s the trouble with that? This type of noodle is almost completely void of fiber and protein, two vital nutrients for weight loss. To boost the belly-filling fiber and hunger-busting protein in your meal, opt for a bean-based noodle like Chickpea Shells (2 oz., 190 calories, 5 grams of fiber, 13 grams of protein) or Explore Asian Black Bean Low-Carb Pasta (2 oz., 180 calories, 12 grams of fiber, and 25 grams of protein). Alternatively, whip up a batch of , or spiraled veggie noodles with the help of these mouthwatering spiralizer recipes.

Add Coconut Oil to Rice

  • Good news for Clovers: Scientists discovered an easy way to slim down any bowl of rice by as much as 60 percent! And the best part is that you don’t need a fancy lab or a PhD. to make the slimmed-down dish. Here’s how to whip it up: Add a teaspoon of coconut oil and a half cup of non-fortified white rice to a pot of boiling water. Cook it for about 40 minutes, stick it in the refrigerator for 12 hours and enjoy the rice either cold or reheated. How does such a simple cooking hack — that adds fat, no less — slash calories? When the rice begins to cool, its glucose molecules form tight bonds called “resistant starch.” This type of starch, as the name implies, is resistant to digestion, meaning that the body is not able to absorb as many calories or as much of the glucose (a nutrient that’s stored as fat if it’s not burned off) from each molecule. While you may be hesitant to add the oft-vilified oil to your pot, it actually plays an integral role in the process. As the rice cooks, the fat molecules find their way into the rice and act as an additional digestion barrier. Best of all, the research team found that reheating the rice didn’t change the levels of resistant starch (as it does with pasta and potatoes), deeming this calorie-slashing cooking hack safe for leftovers, too.

Increase use of Coconut Oil

  • What smells like an exotic vacation and can shrink your waist faster than your favorite Zumba class? You got it: coconut oil. A study of overweight participants published in Pharmacology found that just two tablespoons per day reduced waist circumference. However, the health benefits of coconut oil are still debated — coconut oil is high in saturated fat. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing; it’s in the form of medium chain triglycerides (MCTs), which aren’t processed in the body the same way long-chain triglycerides (LCTs). A study published in the International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders found that when MCTs replaced LCTs in the diets of overweight women, they were less likely to gain weight.
  • Plus, its high smoke point makes coconut oil great for just about every dish, from eggs to stir-frys. And at roughly 117 calories per tablespoon, it’s close in calories to olive oil — just be sure you keep antioxidant-rich olive oil in your cooking rotation, too.

BEAUTIFY Your Kitchen Healthy way

  • All Though you may think that strong willpower is a required trait to overcome down-time grazing, experts say that your success of reducing weight is best dependent on your food environment than anything else. “If you happen to get easily bored with routine and there is nothing but nice looking healthy food available in your house, you likely won’t choose to eat it unless you want to become fat again.
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  • Reference taken from :

1 American journal of clinical Nutrition

2 American Physiological Society

3 Journal appetite

4 Journal cell metabolism

5 LLyse Schapiro MS , RDN

6 Journal Medicinal food

7 Journal of academy of nutrition and dietics

8 Jay Cardiello and Journal ob

9 Katie Cavuto MS RD dietitian for Philadelphia Phillies & Flyers

10. International Journal of obesity and many others

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Harish Magan

He is a literary journalist and a serial enterpreneur, whose stories on human behavior and public interest items have appeared in many periodicals