Busy lives filled with work, kids, and upside-down home routines can make trying to lose weight feel impossible.
The good news is that there is a simple, delicious way to melt the fat by eating fat burning foods! By eating fat burning foods, you can not only lose weight, but you can do it without counting calories and without exercise! Keep reading to learn how.
It’s hard enough to keep up in life with our full, active families and schedules, but if you’re also trying to lose a few pounds by counting, tracking, and measuring every morsel of food while trying to fit in hours of exercise each day, forget about it!
When I was trying to lose the weight after my first pregnancy, I was so frustrated because I didn't have the time (or patience) for crazy, complicated diets. Also, after having a baby and reaching the age of 30, my body and hormones had changed so much that it stopped responding to "normal" methods of dieting.
I knew there had to be a better way.
I did a lot of research and I worked with a lot of women with the same struggles and the same feelings that I had. And what I realized is that it wasn’t about calories in vs. calories out like we've all been told.
Really, it’s all about the way our bodies interact with certain foods.
It is a scientific fact that certain foods trigger the body to store fat and other foods trigger the body to burn fat (fat burning foods!).
For example, let’s look at a bag of popcorn that is only 100 calories. If you were trying to lose weight by counting calories, you’d think you were doing pretty well with this "low-calorie" snack.
What you might not realize is that popcorn is a grain which triggers a fat-storing hormone called insulin. This fat storing hormone not only stores fat, but blocks the ability to burn fat, causing even more weight gain.
On the other hand, if you were to eat an avocado, which is high in fat, it will not trigger insulin, and actually helps release fat-burning hormones.
The truth is, losing weight doesn't have to be hard or complicated. By eating fat burning foods you can enjoy what you're eating, you don't have to feel like you're hungry, you don't have to battle cravings, and you can still lose weight. Yes, even without exercise!
Wondering how to start? Try this list of 5 foods to remove from your diet and 5 foods that promote fat-burning.
If you’re wondering how to get started, here’s a list with 5 foods to remove from your diet and 5 fat burning foods you can continue to enjoy.
Apply just these few changes to your diet for 30 days, and even if that’s all you do, you’ll see pounds start melting off.
No fancy exercise, no expensive products, just make these changes.
1. Processed foods and fast foods are empty in terms of nutrition and they stimulate the brain to just keep eating more, so it’s a never-ending loop of bad eating that only makes you feel worse.
2. Grains and gluten products include flour, rice, pasta, bread, cereal, crackers, cookies, chips, etc.
3. Sugars and artificial sweeteners include honey, maple syrup, coconut sugar, common sugars and most fruits. (see below for Fat Burning sweeteners)
4. Vegetable oil, along with all highly processed oils such as soybean, canola, corn, and vegetable oil. (see below for Fat Burning oils)
5. Alcohol turns to sugar, so no alcohol.
1. Proteins such as chicken, beef, turkey, seafood, and pork (organic and grass-fed/free-range when possible).
2. Vegetables have carbs, but they're the type of carbs that don't activate your fat storing hormones and they're loaded with nutrients.
3. Healthy fats include grass-fed butter, olive oil, avocado oil, and coconut oil.
4. Berries are low-sugar fruit, so limit yourself to strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, or blueberries.
5. Sweeteners include Stevia, monk fruit, and xylitol, which are naturally derived and have proven health benefits.
With small changes to your diet, you can use food as a tool to stop storing fat and start burning it.
To learn more about how to lose 10 pounds with fat burning foods, along with additional weight loss information, recipes and tips, plus the support you need to stay motivated and start losing weight, join the 10 Pound Jumpstart Challenge.
If you’ve tried making some changes to your eating habits and want to learn more, let me know! Or if you’re having trouble or have questions, I’m here for you too. Feel free to leave a comment or send me an email. I’d love to hear about your experiences and am here to support your fat-burning journey.
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