How to Lose 5 Pounds in 5 Weeks

A gradual, moderate restriction of calories together with exercise is the only proven method to lose weight and keep it off.
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Keep your rate of weight loss under two pounds per week; adjust your level of calorie restriction by the amount of weight loss you experience each week.

As a general rule, a non-active person ugg argyle knit boots 5879 requires 12 calories per pound per day to maintain their current weight. So a 150 pound person who is not active would require 1800 calories per day to maintain their weight.

You have to burn 3500 extra calories or eat 3500 fewer calories per week to lose one pound.

Don't think that just trying to eat less will help you lose more: It won't. your body is used to the amount of food you eat and changing that will make your body think you are "dying" and will use the calories it stores to help your body. Eat, but eat good foods.

Never eat fewer than 1200 calories ugg metallic tall boots 5812in a day or restrict your calories by more than 550 per day. Your body will go into "starvation" mode and your metabolism will slow down dramatically. When you begin to eat more, your body will be more likely to store what you eat, causing you to gain weight fast.

There are two things the body requires that have no calories: water and fiber. The more of these you consume, the better for you and your weight loss goals. Many vegetables ugg ultra short boots 5225are full of both: this is why a one pound package of salad mix has only 100 calories or so.

When counting calories, look into the total number of servings in a container and then calculate. Often times calories per serving are in mind and one tends to forget that there might be 2.5 servings in the bag or can.

Read the food labels on all cans and jars. Almost any ingredient that ends in "-ose" (dextrose, sucrose, etc.), is a kind of sugar, as is any kind of honey or syrup.

Fructose, a fruit sugar, ugg classic mini boots 5854is metabolized less quickly, and is a better choice than sucrose (table sugar made from sugar cane or sugar beets). Maple syrup also contains calcium and iron so it is a wiser choice than sucrose.

Notice how so many so-called low fat foods are actually high in sugar and have more calories than you might expect. Reduced fat, reduced carbohydrate, reduced calories--none of these are excuses to eat more.

Don't eat foods that list '(partially) hydrogenated oil' in the ingredients. Hydrogenated oil contains trans-fatty acids, worse for your health than saturated fat. Food manufacturers in the United States are legally allowed to say that their products contain 0 grams of trans fat as long as one serving contains fewer than .5 grams of trans fat. Check the ingredient label--no matter what the front of the package says--to be sure that your ugg classic shortfood is completely trans-fat free.

The "0 gram" labeling rule applies not only to trans fats, but to carbohydrates and total fats as well. Anything with less than .5 grams of fat can be labeled "fat-free." Also, if something has less than 5 calories per serving, then it can legally be labeled as having 0 calories. (An example is Sweet 'N' Low, an artificial sweetener, which contains 4 calories per packet, but can legally be labeled as having 0 calories. The dextrose used as a carrier for the saccharin contains 1 gram of carbohydrates (listed on the label.))

Don't avoid fat (or carbohydrates for that matter) altogether! Healthy fats such as mono-unsaturated fat (predominant in olive oil) and foods which contain naturally high amounts of fatty acids such as Omega-3 are perfectly acceptable.

Sugar is addictive and causes cravings for more food and more sugar. This is one reason why many fast foods, and some canned foods at our supermarkets are loaded up with sugar. The reason sugar is addictive is that our brains operate on carbohydrates only, and sugar is one of the fastest ways to get carbohydrates to the brain. A quick flood of carbs to the brain gives a rush ("sugar high"), which is followed by a crash when the body produces insulin to combat the high blood sugar. When sugar is combined with fiber, like in whole fruits, it is metabolized more slowly, which is healthier.

Plan out a good exercise timetable.uggs on sale One of the reasons why so many of us do not have time to exercise is because we do not have a proper timetable allocated for exercising. Draft out an exercise timetable and show it to your friends, so as to maintain your commitment in it. If you are someone who is always backing out at the last minute when it is time to exercise, you should always ask a friend to exercise with you. This will make you feel responsible to turn out for exercising.