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25 Easy Ways To Cut Fat Without Exercising
Apr 13 2009 04:19

These are my 25 Easy Ways To Cut Fat

Without Exercising;

Easy Things That I've Tried and Do:

• Drink cold water—at a rate of 8 8oz. of ice cold water/day, you can burn almost 500 calories in one week.  The body is burning calories by warming the cold water to you body temperature.  Try putting 5 rubber bands on your risk per day.  Take one off each time your drink a 16oz. glass of water.  Plastic bottle waters are king.  Water helps to keep you feeling empty stomached and helps increase the metabolism.
• No rice/noodles–one of the worse foods you can eat. Too many bad carbs.
• Less/No cheese
• Walk the stairs instead of the elevator, especially if you don’t work pass the 5th floor
• Stand on your feet as much as you can. Supporting your own weight is the cheapest calorie burner.  Always prefer to stand up whenever possible, whether you’re at the bus stop , reading a book, or using a laptop computer. You can burn around 130 calories/hour of standing.  Not bad.
• Less/No breads—I don’t want to throw out an important item that helps us to take a healthy prepared meal to work for lunchtime, instead of spending extra money for a meal, and not knowing how many calories are in it.  Sandwiches are okay with me, as long as the bread is low fat.  Cheese isn’t really needed if you spice up the sandwich with some oregano and pepper and sweet onions and zero calorie spray butter, etc. Try low card flour tortillas.
• Sleep at least 7 hours—the body is still burning calories as we sleep, on average about 60-90 calories per hour of quiet sleep.  Wow! 
  
• Eating smaller portions per meal, about 5 short meals a day.
• Eat slower—-Have  you ever witnessed that thin people eat their meals slower? Eating slowly is one way that can help take off pounds. From my readings, I know that the brain takes 20 minutes to start signaling feelings of fullness.
• No eating after 9pm. When this becomes a non-issue, try increasing that to 8pm.  Fruits and microwave popcorn and low fat tortilla chips are a quick substitute for a food craving after these hours.
• Park further away from the store.
• Walk during your lunch breaks at work. If you take a 1 hour lunch, try to walk for that entire hour or very close to it.  <u>Get into the habit of walking</u> for lunch breaks. The rougher the surface you’re walking on, the more calories you’re burning.  Effort equals calories burned in whatever we do.
• Walk after every meal.  I love this one folks! It’s Chinese custom to walk for 30 minutes after each meal.  It helps move food through the body faster, thus getting rid of sticky calories quicker.  And take this opportunity to aim for a brisk walk, not just leisurely pacing.  Walking also helps in increasing your metabolism.  There’s almost never an excuse to not walk for an hour a day.
• Don’t overeat. I like this one because when you consistently stop overeating, your stomach lining naturally shrinks, thus giving you a slighter trim line around your trunk areas.   Also, before you start eating, tighten up your belt.  It helps me to feel fuller faster when eating
• Eat something for breakfast, such as some adult brands/grain cereals, oatmeal, cream of wheat, fruits, skim milk, a white or egg beater omelet(with less or no meat/cheese), or yogurt.  Skim milk is not tasty to many people.  The way I switched to skim milk was to mix whole milk and skim together, drink it that way for a week, and after that, simply go strictly to skim milk.  For some, it will work, as it will somewhat taste that there’s little different between the two.
• Green tea(bags) helps boost metabolism. 3 times a day is recommended.   Hey, a glass if ice cold green tea can take the place of one of those glasses of water.  I mean, who the heck is able to drink 8 8oz. glasses of water a day, lol.
• Fidget…..whatever you can do to cause body movement or support of your body weight.  People who are appearing nervous by bouncing their knees while sitting, or playing with their fingers can burn many calories a week, perhaps up to 1 pound lost.
• Increase your protein intake. Good items are boneless/skinless chicken breast, tuna in water, some protein snack bars (always look for the lowest ‘calories’ number/serving), or protein shakes/drinks.  As well, protein helps with muscle tone and metabolism!
• Always think of easy ways to burn calories! Yeah, that’s it.  Meaning, as long as calorie burning is on your mind, try as much as possible to do activities, regarding of how minimal, that will burn calories.
• Think healthy eating ALL the time. It helps to increase the percentage of times you eat healthy foods.   It’s as simple as that.
• No diet pops, energy drinks, and fruit juice drinks. All of these are considered “empty calories.” Many, they serve no purpose and can be avoided.  Now I’m a realist, so, this will be difficult doing for some of you.  But, I mainly drink water.  Try adding fresh fruit pieces to your water.  I also like the Vitamin Water.
• Those frozen healthy microwavable meals come in handy both at home and at work.  Look for the best prices with these.  Be careful with the sodium levels, fyi.
• Only buy what’s healthy as much as possible.  If you’re a mom, well, the other housemates will have to get use to it, or buy there own darn heavy-calorie foods and snacks.
• READ THE LABELS of everything you buy!
• Find ways to rid your body of retained water. This helps when you’re weighing yourself and every little pound means something.

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