How To Lose 10 Pounds In Two Weeks

     If you are preparing for a special event or feeling uncomfortable about your weight, you must probably be thinking of how to shed some weight as fast as possible. By being focused and determined to lose some extra weight fast and ready to be stricter with yourself than ever before, you have to believe that you can be able to achieve your goal. To get you stated, here are some of the smartest tips to guide you on how to lose 10 pounds in two Weeks:

1. Maintain a Healthy Diet

One of the most important factors that you need to take into consideration when trying to lose weight fast is maintaining a healthy diet plan. Try your best to avoid foods loaded with fats such as French fries, cheese, popcorn, whipped cream, processed meats and butter. It is also very important to avoid simple carbohydrates and instead, concentrate on proteins and complex carbohydrates.

Simple carbohydrates are refined sugars that are broken down and absorbed quickly by the body and contribute to weight gain. They include yogurt, cakes, jam, soda, candy, honey, table sugar, fruit juice and paced cereals. On the other hand, proteins and complex proteins will not only play a major role in helping you lose weight, but also in making sure that you are in perfect health at all times since they do not contain a lot of calories. Recommended complex carbohydrates include pulses, vegetables, fruits and whole grains that are rich in fiber. High-protein foods include beans, peas, peanuts, chicken, turkey, fish, lean meat, eggs, pork and sunflower seeds.

While trying to maintain a healthy diet, learn how to eat small portions of food at specific times. Instead of taking three big meals in a day, you can eat six or seven small ones. This maximizes your metabolic rate and forces your cherished body to get rid of unwanted fat.

2. Do a Lot of Exercises

Exercising boosts your metabolism and helps your body to burn more fat and calories. Aerobic exercises such as swimming, running, jogging and cycling play a very crucial role in increasing the rate at which your body burns calories and unwanted fat. Other important exercises that can help you lose weight include jumping jacks, stepping, squats, plank crawl, side plank hip drops and push-ups.

You can also substitute exercising with any of your favorite activity such as ice skating, hiking, dancing, backpacking, bowling, skiing, football, tae kwon do, tennis, baseball or volleyball. The more you sweat while exercising or participating in a vigorous activity, the more you lose weight.

3. Drink a Lot of Water

Drinking water is definitely one of the easiest and most affordable efforts you can ever incorporate into your weight loss plan. According to research, water not only enhances your metabolism and keeps your body hydrated, but is also associated with the reduction of appetite and burning of calories. Before hunger comes knocking, you have to feel hungry first. When you start feeling hungry at odd times of the day, try drinking some water before grabbing food. If hunger goes away after you drinking water, you will have saved yourself unwanted calories by not taking the French fries or snacks that your body didn't need.

As a normal human being, your body requires enough amount of water to improve its vital functions such as metabolism and fat-burning processes, especially during exercise. This means that even though water is not a miracle cure, it certainly contributes positively to your weight loss efforts. Apart from helping you in losing weight, water also makes sure that you are healthy and active as required. It gets rid of dangerous toxins from your body's system, especially those produced during workouts. It also helps in keeping all your joints lubricated, which is very important for preventing your body from experiencing unnecessary injuries during workouts. If you are the kind of person who likes staying outdoors a lot, it is very advisable to always carry at least 2 or 3 bottles of water to drink wherever you go.

4. Get Plenty if Sleep

According to research, sleep deprivation is not only detrimental to your health, but can also cause unnecessary weight gain. Sleep is known to affect leptin and ghrelin, the two hormones that are active in stimulating and suppressing your appetite. Ghrelin is produced in the stomach and is responsible for stimulating your appetite. Leptin is produced by fat cells in the body and performs the function of suppressing hunger. Lack of enough sleep reduces the production and levels of leptin in your blood, which in turn leads to increase in appetite. With an increased appetite, you can easily be tempted to eat anything at any time of the day or night and interfere with your plan of losing weight. Getting enough sleep boosts the production of leptin and reduces the levels of gherin, which decreases hunger and helps you in losing excess weight.

It has also been noted that a good night sleep lowers the levels of cortisol in blood while lack of sleep does the opposite. Higher levels of cortisol may interfere with your metabolism. If your metabolism is interfered with, large amounts of glucose will be stored as fats in different parts of your body and increase your weight. So, if you really want to lose weight fast, make sure you sleep at least 7 to 9 hours every night, whether you are living a busy lifestyle or not.

5. Take Green Tea

Taking at least 3 to 4 cups of green tea on a daily basis will also help you greatly in shedding unwanted weight. When taken hot, green tea is capable of speeding up your metabolism and taking care of your hunger. In addition, green tea also comes with numerous oxidant benefits, meaning that it will boost your overall health. However, you need to be very careful while taking your green tea. Do not consume it 2 to 3 hours before going to bed, otherwise the caffeine may interfere with your sleep.

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