Thread: 7 Easy Tricks To Drop Pounds

Chew Gum
Volunteers who chewed gum for 15 minutes each hour between lunch and a snack consumed 60 fewer calories from sweets than when they went gum-free.

Vegetable Juice
Here's a surprising way to supercharge any diet--and your health: Chug a glass of low-sodium vegetable juice every day. In a study of 81 overweight adults at risk for heart disease and diabetes, those who drank at least a cup of low-sodium V8 daily lost four pounds over 12 weeks, while those on the same reduced-fat diet who drank no juice lost one pound.

Drop Sugary Drinks
Calories from solid foods and liquids both add up, of course. But in a recent multicenter study, the only menu change that had a significant payoff for dieters was cutting back on sugary beverages, says lead author Benjamin Caballero, MD. Reducing intake by just one serving a day took a pound off after six months, enough to add up for people with a soda or fruit-drink habit.

Green Tea
Overweight or obese exercisers burned off three more pounds and 7 percent more belly fat when they drank green tea instead of another beverage with the same calories, according to a new multicenter study.

More Sleep
A study of 32 summer students at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas over three weeks showed that those who slept an extra two hours ate nearly 300 calories less.

Mushrooms
When ground beef was swapped out for mushrooms in lasagna, sloppy joes, and chili, adults consumed 400 fewer calories per day, according to a Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health study. Researchers estimate that if you sub mushrooms for ground meat in one meal every week, you can lose five pounds in a year.

Simple 'Till Six
That's what author Mark Bittman named his diet plan of eating in a mostly vegan fashion during the day--no animal products and no simple carbs--and then eating a reasonable dinner. His focus on consuming plants "as close to their natural state as possible" will lead to a natural reduction in calories.

Cheers!

How to change?
Reports indicate that
Nearly one third of Americans are obese, adult obesity, rates increased in 23 states and did not decrease in a single state

I consider those tips but mostly many men and women just eat oatmeal and exercise daily to loss their weight because oatmeal contain only carbohydrates..

Women who have slept for 5 hours per night have 32% chances of gaining weight and 15% have a tendency of becoming obese, compared to those who slept 7 hours every night.

thanks again...this is very helpful

Hi ,


Your all tips are very informative and all things are healthy.


Thanks to share.

Green tea is really good in helping people to trim down however this too has to be taken in moderation because it contains caffeine that also has some side effects.

That is right. It causes irritability if taken too much. Mushrooms has always been a good alternative/extender for meats. It has fewer calories, healthier, and still tasty

Always helpful