4 Weight Loss Strategies to Outsmart Your Body

fitness590265_3Strategy #1: Eat Every Two to Three Hours
You’ve got to keep your blood sugar stable, your stomach filled, and your metabolism going, so you’ll need to eat six times a day. This prevents your blood sugar from dropping and spiking, keeps you from getting hungry and overeating, and will help your body avoid starvation-mode.

Plan your small meals to be anywhere from 150-300 calories each. Eat before you get hungry instead of waiting to feel hungry, and stop before you feel full.

Strategy #2: Commit to Eating Raw Vegetables
Raw vegetables in particular are packed with nutrients and water. When not cooked, the fiber is even tougher to break down, making your body work extra hard for the reward.

If you commit to eating two stalks of celery or a sliced cucumber every day at ten in the morning, you will find you are full and won’t eat so much at your lunch meal. If that doesn’t work for you, commit to a salad every day for lunch. By staying on top of your hunger, you’ll feel less inclined to eat junk that is available throughout the day – especially if your pants are a little tight due to the fiber you’ve packed in.

Strategy #3: Pack Easy Sources of Protein
Protein helps your muscles repair after hard workout, plus it helps you stay feeling full, alert and satisfied. Try the following sources of lean protein:
• High protein energy bars like Pure Protein
• Protein powder (add it to smoothies, stir it into yogurt, or mix it into recipes)
• Lunch meat
• Eggs
• Tuna

Try eating a breakfast that is packed with protein (scrambled eggs with ham or a protein shake) and pack a high protein snack (protein bar) for a mid afternoon snack to get your body into high gear.

Strategy #4: Supercharge Your Metabolism
At our age, we need to give our metabolism a jumpstart each day. Try the following tricks to get your body burning calories each day:
• Work out in the morning (even if it’s just for 20 minutes) just to get your metabolism going
• Eat right when you get up so your body gets the message that it will be burning (not conserving) calories today
• Drink green tea, which naturally kicks up your metabolism a notch
• Take green tea supplements (even caffeine-free ones work) or capsules of cinnamon – both will increase your metabolism
These simple tricks will help you keep your weight under control.

Why We Need Specific Weight Loss Strategies Once We’re Over 40
You need to pay attention to fitness over 40 weight loss tips because your body changes as you age. As we get older, our:

• Metabolism slows down
• Body becomes more sensitive to blood sugar levels and insulin production
• Body produces fewer hormones, resulting in mood changes that can tempt us to overeat
• Body starts to accumulate extra fat around the waistline

If you remain on top of fitness, you can beat the over 40 battle of the bulge. Just be sure to follow weight loss strategies that are tailored to your age group and life style.

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