subject: 5 Great Tips To Lose Weight With Diet And Exercise [print this page] So, summer is finally here and you need to drop some of those pounds you put on over the winter. Looking for a diet and exercise that is going to help you achieve your goals? Great! But what I am going to tell you may come as a surprise.
The first tip I am going to give you is to NOT go on a diet. Yes, you heard me right. If you want to lose weight do not go on a diet. Because diets are short term in nature and your nutrition is a lifelong situation, diets are designed to fail. What you really need to do is change your fundamental approach to nutrition. Unfortunately, in the modern age, most of the food we eat is manufactured and, consequently, not really the way nature intended we eat. I mean, nature was not concerned about the shelf life of grapes but food companies are certainly concerned about the shelf life of their products. There are a lot of things in the food we eat that are not good for us and I can prove it. My wife lost 25 pound in a year by doing nothing other than eliminating soda from her diet.
So, second tip is to avoid as many processed foods as possible and to start eating things closer to the way nature intended you to. The more processed foods you eliminate and the more natural the foods you eat are the more weight you will lose. Eat things like lean beef, bison, chicken and fish. Eat raw or steamed vegetables, fresh fruit and nuts and organic milk.
Now the third tip I am going to give you is to eat like a gazelle and not gorge yourself like a lion. If you eat 4 to 6 small portions throughout the day you will be less hungry, burn more calories and actually lose more weight than if you ate the traditional 3 large meals a day.
But, let us increase your metabolism while we are at it to really start losing weight. The fourth tip I am going to give you is to start lifting weights. Yes, I know you will lose more calories in a half hour of running than in a half hour of lifting weights. But, the effects of lifting weights are felt long after the workout. This is because the more muscle you have the more fat you will burn because muscle weighs more than fat.
The 5th and final tip I will give you is to use a kettlebell when lifting weights. This is a Russian piece of weight lifting equipment that, because of its design, is ideal for swinging and brings an added cardiovascular element to weight lifting. By using a KB you will be able to burn up to 20 calories a minute.
