It is undeniable that exercise is one of the keys to burn effectively more pounds of your weight. But there are also some ways on how to lose weight without exercise! Let’s explore more this issue -- but you might also like to read about how to increase your metabolism, before continuing (having better metabolism is very helpful to lose weight more easily)!
In this modern living, weight loss topic is increasingly popular day by day. In line with the technological developments (particularly with more modern transportation), people are more likely to move easily from one location to another without needing a lot of energy. This is good for business, but not for your health (especially for your weight).
Yes’- we can find a lot of trick to lose weight without exercise, but the result will be much better if you also do the right exercise (unless if you have no another option or you have physical limitations)!
Some helpful tips on how to lose weight without exercise, watch this video below
What you should do in the first week?
- Don’t be afraid when viewing the scale. It is just a tool to monitor your weight, so thus don’t assume it as your big enemy.
- The steps in the first week should be directed to familiarize “What & how you eat”! Avoid weighing during this week!
- For the first week, record and analyze what you eat! Get to know and familiarize what you eat! You can use your camera to capture any foods that you eat if necessary to get completely data of any food that you eat for a week.
- Analyze the portion size of foods that you eat. Get the conclusion about how many meals you tend to have per day, and how tend to get or prepare your foods.
What you should do in the second week?
- Begin to weigh yourself periodically /day (particularly when you wake up, after each of your meal, and before you go to sleep). Keep save the data for next few days!
- Now after familiarizing how and what you eat, conclude what are the points that you should stop or avoid, and what are points that you can keep continuing. Read also ideas to lose weight quickly!
- Stop eating your favorite foods that contain higher calories. Prioritize to choose and eat fresh foods that ‘low in fat, calorie, and cholesterol’ and ‘high in fiber and protein’. Choose also complex carbohydrates instead of simple carbohydrates in order to slow down the feeling of hunger. Lean meats (like fresh fish) are also so recommended in your diet menu.
What else you should know?
- Limiting or avoiding the intake of unhealthy foods may be the most challenging of your diet. The motivation level that you have has a big role to determine how you restrict the diet! If you cannot control from unhealthy foods that you like, you can change the procedure on how to cook them. For example, avoid cooking the foods in any fats or oils (fried foods), or eliminate sugar (cut down on unnecessary extra sugar). However if you can avoid unhealthy foods, you will get much better result to lose weight without exercise!
- Don’t let dehydration attack you! It is so important to keep hydrate in order to maintain the metabolism level of your body. Many studies found that people who drunk more mineral water /day can burn more calories than people who drunk less mineral water /day!
- Avoid eating fast food (or junk food). It is much better to prepare your fresh meal at home!
- Reduce snacking, especially from unhealthy snacks. Avoid eating salty snacks, because they can make you crave more! If you want to get snacking, be careful on choosing one! You can try snacking with chunky peanut butter, handful of nuts, or even you can try snacking with fruits that you like.
- Learn your BMR and find your daily calorie allowance, read more in here! Avoid reducing extremely the portion sizes which can lead to fewer calories intake than BMR of your body! You should reduce gradually your portion sizes to lose your weight safely without exercise! And don’t forget to adjust your intake day by day in line with the progress of your diet results.
- And just always remember that any foods that you eat must be in moderation!
The last, if you seriously want to get a satisfied result from your diet, you can watch this video.
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