10 Easy Ways To Lose Weight Without Even Trying

Need help to lose those last few pounds? Try these 10 simple tips to achieve your goal: shed unwanted fat.

1- Watch your portions

It is a simple fact: Eat less and lose weight. There is much evidence that in the last fifty years the food portions in restaurants have ‘grown’, and with them, our waistlines. We have become accustomed to eating larger portions detrimental to our health.

To combat this habit, use a smaller plate for your meal. Less space on the plate automatically gives you better control over your portion. And when ordering or you buy food, choose the smallest portion of any food that has a high number of calories.

2- Eat spicy food

The chile increases your metabolism, but the real benefit of spicy food is that it lowers your power. When you eat too fast, as do many, when your body tells you that you are full, you’ve eaten too much. Eating slowly is a good strategy to lose weight and make more spicy food is an easy way to do it.

3- Filled with hot food

The days when you get more hungry, or during special occasions, find ways to cut cravings. For example, going on an empty stomach to a restaurant that has a delicious bread is a guarantee that you will eat a lot. When you feel very hungry, hot food is a better choice than cold. The soup will feel more satisfied, so keep an assortment of low-salt soup on hand. Add vegetables- this will give you more advantages to your health.

4- Keep the creamy flavor

The fettuccine Alfredo is an Italian dish that tastes delicious but is loaded with fat and cholesterol that is far from ideal Mediterranean diet. Experts suggest a simple solution: Mix low-fat ricotta or cottage cheese with skim milk to replace one cup (25 ml) of whipped cream. Prepare it well and you’ll save 632 calories and 85 grams of fat per prescription.

5- Yes to cauliflower flour

Replaces heavy dishes like pasta, rice and potatoes with vegetables without flour, like cauliflower.  For a rich, low carb alternative, cut into large pieces. Its flavor can be seasoning with a little garlic or curry powder. One cup (250 ml) provides only 29 calories and 5 grams of carbohydrates, compared with 216 calories and 45 g of carbohydrates in the same portion of long grain brown rice. Cook this way and save yourself 187 calories, 1 g fat and 40 g of carbohydrates per serving cup (250 ml).

6- Eat at home more often

To save money and lose weight, start keeping track of how often you eat out and how much you spend monthly on those meals and gradually reduce them. People who eat a lot in the street tend to eat less healthy food and gain more weight.

7- Vary your routine

No matter how good your plan to be fit is, following the same routine day after day is very difficult and discouraging. Thereby, experts recommend a different exercise for each day, each focused on a different part of the body. Whether you are varied by the number of repetitions or change your cardio to resistance training, it is important that your routine are varied by enough to not get bored.

8- Renew your kitchen

Check out your refrigerator. What do you see? 2 jars of mayonnaise, cheddar cheese and leftover jars filled with spices sugar? Now open your pantry: what is the situation regarding cookies and crackers? You have an honest assessment of what you tend to have on hand. If you always have, for example, potatoes, that’s what you eat. If you have chocolate cookies “for kids”, you can be sure they will not be the only ones to eat. Get rid of anything that is a temptation and a distraction to your goal of losing weight. Be ruthless. Forget about cans and all food that is not open to a food bank.

9- Do not skip breakfast

Skipping breakfast is the perfect way to abuse later meal. Your choices for breakfast also help you to reduce cravings and maintain energy levels all day. People who eat at night usually skip breakfast and this may lead to an unbalanced diet.

10- Drink plenty of water

You need to drink at least 2 liters daily. Some people think they are hungry but they are just thirsty. Pay attention to this last point! You don’t want to be dehydrated, right?