How to Lose Weight With Household Ingredients

You don't need to search for specialty meals and supplements to promote weight loss. The everyday groceries around your house can help burn unwanted fat. Incorporating more of these everyday ingredients into your meals can help you shed pounds at a faster rate. Even the best foods can cause weight problems if you consume too much. Couple these fat-burning foods with moderation to get the best results from your adjusted diet.

Things You'll Need

• Skim milk
• Coffee
• Apples
• Oatmeal
• Chicken
• Cayenne pepper
• Ham
• Whole-wheat bread
• Lettuce
• Spinach salad
• Carrots
• Cranberry juice
• Olive oil

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Instructions

• 1

  Drink an 8-ounce glass of skim milk with breakfast. The calcium in milk may promote weight loss, according to a University of Tennessee study, and the complex carbohydrates will keep your system's insulin level under control. If your insulin level rises, your body will start storing extra fat.

• 2

  Enjoy your coffee without sugar or creamer. Coffee burns more calories than it pumps into your system, and the caffeine boosts your metabolism. Coffee can dehydrate you, so drink a large glass of water before you indulge to counteract the negative effects.

• 3

  Eat an apple with your morning oatmeal. Apples are high in fiber, so they make you feel satisfied after you eat. They also help lower the levels of bad cholesterol in your system.

• 4

  Sprinkle cayenne pepper over baked chicken. The chicken boosts your metabolic rate, and the spicy cayenne pepper heats you up. That extra heat you get from eating cayenne pepper or anything spicy comes from your body's burning fat.

• 5

  Eat a ham sandwich on whole-wheat bread with a slice of lettuce. The lettuce and bread have high amounts of fiber, which boosts your metabolism, and the ham has proteins that boost your metabolism as well. Adding a spinach salad with carrots will boost your metabolism further and make you feel full longer.

• 6

  Drink a glass of cranberry juice with your lunch instead of soda. Cranberries have antioxidants that are important for people trying to lose weight.

• 7

  Consume the last of your dinner three hours before bedtime and don't eat anything else after dinner. This gives your food time to digest fully before bed so it doesn't sit overnight in your stomach.

• 8

  Cook your fried meats in olive oil. Olive oil has less fat than canola or vegetable oil, so you still get to enjoy your fried meats without worrying about extra fats from the oil. The olive oil also has a crisp taste that adds extra flavor to your meats.

• 9

  Exercise vigorously at least a half an hour a day. Sometimes choosing healthy food ingredients is not enough to shed those unwanted pounds, so you should couple it with plenty of exercise.