Drinks to Lose Weight

Three Easy Drinks You Can Use To Lose Weight

Water

Water is the number one diet enhancing drink to lose weight. Having a glass of water when you wake stimulates the internal organs. Water aids in digestion which is important for the body as poor digestion keeps nutrients from being absorbed.The body, cannot "get enough to eat" as the nutrients pass through the system without benefiting the body. If your body does not get enough nutrition from your food it may begin hoarding calories despite your interest in weight loss. Therefore drink plenty of water, but for this conversation we are saying drink water immediately after waking for best results. You should drink enough water to stay hydrated throughout the day. For men 3.5 liters approximately and for women, 2.2 liters a day.

Green Tea

I went on a six month trip during the eighties leaving behind a jolly fellow who owned the local fast food slash gas station. This fellow weighed around 300 pounds and was about 5'6" tall. Upon my return I found a man who weighed 160 pounds. Of course I asked how he had done it, to which he replied "green tea". My friend explained that he drank nothing but green tea, and a lot of it, around 4 liters a day and that the weight had just melted away. I'm not saying that you have to drink that much, but start drinking green tea daily until it is habit.

Green tea holds a variety of benefits including increasing metabolism and causing or at least aiding in weight loss. If that were not enough you should know that evidence suggest green tea positively impacts or helps prevent diabetes by regulating glucose.

Heart disease by positively impacting the lining of blood vessels. Green tea is widely thought to kill cancer cells, to help lower cholesterol levels, green tea reduces bad cholesterol in the blood. Alzheimer's and Parkinson's studies showed that green tea protected brain cells from dying and restored damaged brain cells. Tooth decay was shown to be slowed because of the chemical antioxidant "catechin" in tea which can destroy bacteria. Blood pressure can be improved as green tea is thought to reduce the risk of high blood pressure. Depression is helped by theanine an amino acid naturally found in tea leaves. Anti-viral and anti-bacterial tea catechins are strong antibacterial and antiviral agents. So drink your tea, for weight loss and to be as healthy as you can be.

Healthy Fruit Smoothie

Healthy smoothie recipes for weight loss are readily available and you can exchange a breakfast or lunch with a fruit smoothie quickly and easily. Fruit smoothies carry all of the nutrients of raw fruit and vegetables since seeds and skin are consumed with the fruit. Using a blender you can make any variety of fruit and vegetable drink that is nutritious, packed with fiber and refreshing. By using a healthy smoothie recipe for weight loss as a meal replacement you will find that a habit is formed over time. Changed habits equal changed lifestyle equal changed body and health.

Putting It Together

You have just read a three step plan for diet and lifestyle change that if followed will make it easy to shed the pounds and maintain the weight you like. Because it is easy to drink water in the mourning before you do anything else you can make it a habit. If you keep green tea handy or make the decision to order it when eating out you will begin to make a lifestyle change forever altering your physical and even your mental health. Once you start replacing a meal or two a week and then a meal a day with a healthy nutrient and fiber rich smoothie you will be seeing great results, have higher energy and achieve the lifestyle you're looking for.

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How to Lose Weight While Quitting Smoking

Weight gain is one reason why most smokers are afraid to quit. They believe that once they stop their vice, their bodies' metabolism will change significantly and it will store fat rather than utilizing it. Although this is not scientifically proven and although most smokers who stopped didn't gain weight, there are some quitters who do gained weight after they quit. So if you want to quit smoking and not gain any additional weight, this article is for you.

This may astound you but the reality is, you should not gain any extra fats when you quit smoking. Why? Fats come from the food that you eat and quitting will not do any major change in your body's metabolism. There are two major reasons why this myth came to be; fist, smokers are just making up this excuse in order to protect their addiction. Secondly, smokers intentionally or unintentionally develop bad eating habits while during the withdrawal stage.

Defending one's addiction by giving all sorts of excuses like gaining weight is but normal. The addict by all means will try to justify his vice and this is the reason why quitting has become difficult. The smoker must learn to change his mind set about smoking. On the other hand, the second reason stated above is the real reason why people add weight as soon as they stop smoking.

In order to make the quitter's life easy during the withdrawal stage, they keep their mouth busy by eating all sorts of things especially junk foods. As the ex-smoker's taste buds have improved and so does the taste of the food that he is eating.

Sooner than he or she thinks, a deadly habit is about to replace the old one which is unhealthy eating habit and could give detrimental effects on the ex-smoker's body. Soon they will blame their quitting as the main reason why they became obese or fat. Again they will try to protect their newly developed bad habit that is causing them to be overweight.

Now that we know the facts, it's very simple to lose weight while you are quitting smoking. Instead of making your mouth busy with food, why not make it busy by chewing a gum instead. Drinking water is also an excellent idea to ward of cravings or urges during the withdrawal stage. The important thing is to avoid eating unhealthy meals or junk foods. So instead of munching a bag of chips why not try eating a bag of young fresh carrots?

Quitting your addiction to nicotine entails a lot of discipline, commitment and motivation. The percentage of successful quitters is very low compared to those that fail. So if you want to quit successfully, you should start your quitting correctly from the start. You should not replace your smoking habit with another destructive habit like unhealthy eating practices.

You should do your best to find a positive habit that will replace the old one. And once you have successfully endured the withdrawal stage, not only have you quit smoking but you also have successfully controlled your weight and maintained a healthy life.

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