Chad Carlton, MD offers exceptional medical weight loss solutions for anyone who needs it. With more than 30% of adults and 16% of children being overweight or obese worldwide, it is a much-needed service.
However, most overweight people do not need medical treatment. There is much they can do to lose weight on their own. The following are weight loss tips that you will not commonly read or hear about.
Fast
Fasting is one of the oldest traditions known to man. Granted, in the early days it was often caused by a lack of food but the benefits of fasting have been recorded for thousands of years.
Fasting is a great way to lose weight as it only requires you to do one thing; stop eating. However, it is much easier said than done.
You can try starting slowly by missing one meal every day. Soon you can graduate to eating a single meal each day or fasting for an entire day, also known as intermittent fasting and prolonged fasting.
Fasting has also been shown to reverse many ailments and cure them completely.
Eat Slowly
The amount of food you eat determines how much weight you gain. On the other hand, the speed at which you eat will influence how much you eat.
Therefore, if you want to lose weight, you should try eating your meals at a much slower pace than you previously have. That should help reduce the size of your portions.
You should chew your food slowly and thoroughly before swallowing during this practice. The majority of digestion should happen in the mouth, so by chewing slowly, you ensure your food is thoroughly digested before ingesting it.
Eat Long Before You Sleep
You should avoid eating right before you go to bed. Doing so decreases the chance of gaining weight at night.
A majority of your body’s energy goes towards digesting the food you eat. Therefore, when you eat shortly before going to bed, your body will be spending a lot of energy digesting your food instead of conserving it for restorative functions as it should.
A rule of thumb is to eat three to four hours before bed. If you cannot eat that early, you should eat as little as possible and avoid carbohydrates at night as much as you can.
Eat Plenty of Spices
Food without spices is often plain and dull for the taste buds. Spicy foods excite the palate but they can also help you lose weight.
Spicy foods like chili peppers consist of a compound known as capsaicin which boosts metabolism and reduces your appetite. Therefore, you eat less and you are able to process it faster by eating spicy foods.
Many people develop a tolerance for spices after some time. However, their weight loss benefits will remain with continued intake.
Visit a Psychologist
If you are obese or overweight, you likely have a very dysfunctional relationship with food. The root of the dysfunction is not easy to trace, so sessions with a psychologist can do you a lot of good.
He or she will help you get to the root cause of the issue which will help you address why you eat in that manner. Once you treat the cause, weight loss will naturally follow.
