How to Lose Weight in 14 Days

Each day, people struggle to lose weight. With obesity on the rise, it is becoming more important to lose unwanted pounds to reduce health risks. Most people want easy and fast ways to lose weight, but the safest methods recommended by experts take time and effort. Still, it is possible to lose weight in 14 days without feeling deprived or starving yourself. Surprisingly, it is possible to lose weight by eating more food. Adding exercise to your daily routine will help you to lose even more pounds. With determination, you can lose weight in 2 weeks.

Instructions

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  Eat small meals. Eating breakfast, lunch and dinner each day is not the best way to lose weight. Eating three large meals a day may keep you full, but it also slows down your metabolism. A longer time between meals results in a slower metabolic rate to protect the body from perceived starvation. The body doesn't know when you will eat next, so it retains as much of the digested food as possible. Eating small meals lets you lose weight faster. By eating five to six times a day (or every 3 to 4 hours), you increase the metabolic rate. Smaller meals are digested more easily. Also, less fat is stored because the fat from the food is used more quickly for energy.

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  Eat fewer carbohydrates and fats. Carbohydrates, fats and protein are all needed for a healthy and balanced diet. But too many carbohydrates and fats in the diet impair your ability to lose weight. Since you are trying to lose fat, adding more fat to the body makes it more difficult to lose weight. Too many carbohydrates mean the body cannot utilize this fuel for energy immediately. Instead, the excess carbohydrates are stored as fat. With fewer carbohydrates available for energy, the body has to use stored fat for energy. This leads to weight loss.

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  Exercise regularly. Another great way to lose weight fast is with cardiovascular exercise. Exercises such as walking, running, dancing, swimming, cycling and rowing will help you to burn calories and lose fat. If you can, do aerobic exercises every day during the 2-week period. Aim for at least 20 minutes of movement each day. If you have not exercised in a while, start with walking or swimming or other low-impact workout. Don't overdo exercising. Do only what you can comfortably do.

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  Drink plenty of fluids. Each day, drink 8 to 10 glasses of water. Vegetable juices, fruit juices and herbal teas are healthy substitutes for water. Drinking water before each meal will help you to feel full and you won't eat as much during the meal. The water also flushes out the toxins in the body. This is important because, as you lose fat, the toxins stored in the fatty deposits are released into the body. Water also keeps you hydrated while exercising.