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1. Drink green tea.
Get this: When a recent study compared the metabolic
effect of green tea (in extract) with that of a placebo,
researchers found that the green-tea drinkers burned
about 70 additional calories in a 24-hour period. If you
can believe it, those 70 calories a day add up to a total
of 7.3 pounds of fat a year! It's not magic, it's science:
Researchers believe the difference is caused by
metabolism-enhancing antioxidants known as
catechins, which are found in green tea.
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2. Avoid calories in a glass.
Scientists now know that the body does not register
liquid calories in the same way it does solid calories.
Drinking a grande caffe mocha, for instance, won't
make you feel satiated the way eating a bowl of pasta
will. Which means that although the caffe mocha
actually has a greater number of calories than the
pasta, you're still more likely to want a second cup from
Starbucks than another plate of linguine. So monitor
your intake of juice, soda, coffee drinks and wine. If you
consume one of each of those beverages during the
day, you'll have taken in at least 800 extra calories by
nighttime — and you'll still be hungry. (Incidentally,
alcohol may suppress the metabolism of fat, making it
tougher for you to burn those calories.)
Start Lifting
3. Buy a set of five-pound weights.
It's a onetime investment you'll never regret. Here's
why: Strength training builds lean muscle tissue, which
burns more calories — at work or at rest — 24 hours a
day, seven days a week. The more lean muscle you
have, the faster you'll slim down. How do you start
strength training? Try some push-ups or a few squats or
lunges. Use your free weights to perform simple biceps
curls or triceps pulls right in your home or office. Do
these exercises three to four times per week, and you'll
soon see a rapid improvement in your physique.
4. Lose the salt.
Sodium contributes to water retention, making you look
and feel bloated. Do you eat too much salt? Probably —
the daily value suggests no more than 2,400 milligrams
of sodium each day (or about one teaspoon), but most
of us are getting more than twice that amount. So keep
an eye on your sodium intake, and that doesn't just
mean ditching the saltshaker. Hidden sources include
soups, canned foods and drinks (did you know a
serving of regular V8 juice has 800 mg of sodium?),
salty snacks such as chips and pretzels and many
prepackaged foods.
Heat Things Up
5. Spice it up.
Angelo Tremblay, Ph.D., director of the division of
kinesiology at Laval University, in Canada, found that
eating hot peppers can boost a person's basal
metabolism (the total calories the body burns at rest).
The reason? Capsaicin, a compound found in jalapeno
and cayenne peppers, may increase your body's
release of stress hormones such as adrenaline, which
can speed up your metabolism and your ability to burn
calories. What's more, eating hot peppers may reduce
your appetite, Tremblay says, helping to curb your
cravings. So spice up your stir-fried veggies, eat low-
calorie chili or salsa (try them on salads and baked
potatoes), and watch the pounds come off faster.
6. Get some sleep.
As funny as it sounds, sleep deprivation may make you
fat — and not just because you're susceptible to cases
of the late-night munchies (although there's that too).
Women who get less than four hours of sleep per night
have a slower metabolism than those who snooze for a
full eight hours, according to researchers at the
University of Chicago. So don't skimp on your zzz's, and
you'll be rewarded with an extra edge when it comes to
shedding pounds quickly.
Move Around
7. Go for an evening walk.
Don't get me wrong — exercising at any time is good for
you. But evening activity may be particularly beneficial
because many people's metabolism slows down toward
the end of the day. Thirty minutes of aerobic activity
before dinner increases your metabolic rate and may
keep it elevated for another two or three hours, even
after you've stopped moving. What that means for you:
Those dinner calories have less of a chance to take up
permanent residence on your hips.
8. Eat every meal.
Listen up: Skipping meals will not make you lose weight
faster. That strategy backfires because your body thinks
food is in short supply, so it slows your metabolism in
order to conserve energy. Over time, the result is that
when you do eat — even if you consume the same
foods as always — your body will be slower to use the
calories as fuel, thus creating a backlog of unwanted
pounds. If a hectic day makes a sit-down meal
impossible, stash an energy bar or a piece of fruit in
your purse or briefcase -- anything that will keep you
from going hungry.
9. Add 20 minutes of exercise per day.
If you're on a diet, you're probably already working out
a couple of times a week. (No? Well, you should start!)
But whether you exercise or not, you can get a leg up
on all those other weight-loss wannabes by doing a
little something extra each day. Take the stairs instead
of the elevator; walk to the bus, train, or all the way to
the office; window-shop with your best friend rather
than sit over coffee. Taking the dog out, gardening and
even housecleaning all increase the number of calories
you expend. You don't have to go for a jog (although
that would help!) to speed up weight loss. Twenty
minutes of moderate exercise a day means you'll burn
approximately 700 calories.
Drink Up!
10. H20, H20, H20.
You've heard it before, and you'll hear it again. That's
because drinking 64 ounces of water daily is one of the
easiest ways to speed up weight loss. Your body needs
water in order to efficiently metabolize stored fat. When
you shortchange your supply, you're likely to slow
down that process, meaning it's more difficult for you
to burn calories. An easy eight glasses a day (at least!)
will keep your system running smoothly.
11. Don't go for the gimmicks.
At any given time, there are dozens of weight-loss
hypes in the marketplace that claim to have the ability
to take off 10 pounds in 10 days, or whatever.
Desperation can tempt us to try anything, but you and I
both know these schemes don't work. Save your
money, but more importantly, save yourself from the
emotional pain when these gimmicks fail. Be realistic.
Jump-start your weight-loss program in ways that make
sense, and not only will you be thinner, you'll be
happier too.
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