Weight loss: Doing THIS daily habit will help shed the pounds much faster
WEIGHT LOSS can be tricky - but these super easy daily habits could have you shedding excess pounds without even realising.
An Americano (much healthier than a latte) can help you to burn calories 11 per cent quicker
A study from Oregon State University shows that tiny amounts of exercise, as short as just a minute, which add up to half an hour in a day, reduce your chances of heart disease and high cholesterol.
This follows a decidedly less-is-more trend developing in the world of exercise.
In April researchers from McMaster University in Canada found three minutes of intense intermittent exercise in a weekly exercise programme of only 30 minutes was as effective as 150 minutes a week of moderate-intensity, continuous training.
So how can you increase your chances of dropping a dress size without dedicating hours to the gym?
Chewing gum, like a packet of Wrigleys, reduces a stress hormone, which encourages you to store fat
Drink coffee in the morning
An Americano (much healthier than a latte) can help you to burn calories 11 per cent quicker.
All three ingredients have been reported to have significant health benefits, mainly linked to digestion.
Chew gum
The journal Physiology and Behaviour found that chewing gum, like a packet of Wrigleys, reduces a stress hormone, which encourages you to store fat. Scarily, having this hormone in your systems causes you to store fat up to 18 per cent more.
So chew gum to reduce stress and keep your waistline trim.
Sleep in
The tips, collected by Men’s Health Magazine, encourage us to sleep in to drop weight.
If you get less than five hours sleep a night your weight gain will increase by 30 per cent. So make sure you are well rested.
The study of more than 1,018 Brits found a direct correlation between poor sleep and higher BMI, suggesting that getting a good night's sleep might help more than fad diets.
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Gaming
Playing online games, taking quizzes or indulging in your Sims habit, will reduce fatty food cravings by 24 per cent, according to research published in the journal Appetite.
Have breakfast
It’s old but worthwhile advice if you want to get slimmer.
Eating breakfast will mean that you burn a whopping 442 more calories a day, not to be sniffed at.
Spicy food boosts your metabolism and also keeps you feeling full
Fill up on veg
You can eat as much veg as you like completely guilt-free, meaning you need never feel hungry - beating pesky cravings.
Try some chilli
Spicy food boosts your metabolism and also keeps you feeling full, according to research published in the journal Appetite.
According the study 1g of red chilli peppers means you will feel satisfied eating 25 per cent less calories.
Drink ice water
A cold glass of water raises your metabolism for 40 minutes by 30 per cent. A prime time to burn some extra calories by doing absolutely nothing.