30 Simple Changes That Melt Away Your Excess Body Fat Like Magic (6 of 6)

Refrain from having unhealthy snacks at home

No matter how strong your willpower is, at some point or the other, it will overpower and you will be stuffing the various unhealthy snacks laying in your kitchen cupboard in your mouth and washing it down with cola.

Therefore, it is recommended that you abstain from bringing them into your home altogether.

And don’t get carried away by their slashed prices at the supermarket. Instead, keep your refrigerator and kitchen shelves stocked with healthy snacks such as flavored yogurt, sugar-free ice-cream, baked crackers, etc. Pop in some protein bars in your handbag too.

Drink more water

The benefits that accrue by drinking 3-4 liters of water a day are uncountable. The inconvenience that it causes of making you visit the loo more often doesn’t do waste.

Apart from giving you glowing skin, shiny hair, and the like, water is also tremendously helpful for weight loss. It can increase the rate at which your body burns calories by over 25%.

Having around half a liter of water before a meal reduces the portion you eat sizably. Replace your other beverages with water and see the layers of fat on your body vanishing.

Have plenty of protein

When your aim is weight loss, consuming sufficient protein is a must.

The body uses up calories when it is digesting and absorbing protein. Therefore, if your diet is high in it, your metabolic rate can get accelerated by over 80-120 calories a day.

Moreover, the consumption of protein-rich foods curbs your appetite by leaving you with feelings of satiety for a longer time. In fact, a study found that those on a high-protein diet eat as much as 400 lesser calories in a day.

The best way to include more protein is by switching to a high-protein breakfast such as eggs or sprouts.

Go for whole, only one-ingredient foods

If you change your diet to mostly consisting of whole, one-ingredient foods, your weight loss journey would be expedited significantly.

In such a diet, a large section of processed foods added sugars, and fats get eliminated and the same is replaced with high-protein, fiber-rich alternatives. Since whole foods keep you fuller for longer, your per day calorie consumption remains within the desired amount. At the same time, they supply you with a host of nutrients vital to the proper functioning of the body.

Give up the processed foods

This is going to be a bit of a challenge but if you are determined, you can have anything.

Processed foods are loaded with added sugars and fats and are extremely high in calories for the feelings of fullness they provide. As a matter of fact, they contain certain elements that play your mind into eating them in huge quantities. It is on account of those constituents that you get addicted to such foods and go on ruining your health.