Lose Pounds and Inches Fast - How You Can Shed 40 Pounds Dieting Just 3 Days a Week

If you can stick to a diet for three days a week you can probably lose five to forty pounds by the end of the year. This precept is based on the idea that you can lose two pounds a week if you can cut out 250-350 calories for three days a week. So there would be three days a week where you would be in a deficit of 100 calories a day either through dieting or exercise. Over time your accumulated good behavior on just those three days would add up to significant weight loss.

In order to get that weight off and keep it off during those three days you should adopt the following tips:

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* Walk for at least one hour those three days. That can cause a loss of 100 calories per day.

* Choose three days to diet and exercise that are ones where you are least likely to eat because you are feeling stressed.

* Eat several small meals throughout the day rather than three square meals a day and you will not feel hungry and consume fewer calories.

* Stay away from all foods that contain high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). HFCS forces the body to store more fat and at the same time tricks it into wanting more to eat. What a treacherous combination. And the worse part of it is that it is every where, including foods you would not normally think of. It's in soda pop, pasta, breakfast cereal, yogurt, bread, muffins, applesauce, cookies, cookie dough, ketchup, sports drinks, and the list goes on and on. It is estimated that over 40% of the foods in the supermarket contain HFCS.

* Don't eat anything white. Foods that are white tend to have the most carbs or be the most refined. This includes bread, potatoes and dairy products.

* Cut out all cola drinks on those days. One 32 ounce soda has 400 calories. Just cutting out three 12-ounce cans of soda saves you over 400 calories.

* Top off your desserts with whipped cream instead of ice cream. One scoop of ice cream equals 300 to 350 calories whereas one scoop of whipped cream equals only 100 calories.

* Don't indulge in cocktail hour on those three days. Each mixed drink has at least 300 calories. So one drink could sabotage your weight loss goals for one entire day. Instead go to the gym or swim on those days.

* Limit rich desserts. One rich deserts can easily add 300 plus calories to your diet. By eliminating these for 3 days you save yourself 900 to 1,500 calories a week. If you must have something sweet try to stick to desserts that are 100 calories such as ten Hershey's kisses, a cup of Jell-O with whipped cream, or fruit smoothies.

* Don't eat anything after the sun goes down. This can help you curb after-dinner snacking that is usually done in front of the television. In fact avoid flopping down in front of the television at all as that is when most people are most tempted to snack on high carb foods mindlessly. That kind of behavior can easily sabotage any weight loss efforts. Read a book instead.

* Finally don't keep temptations in your kitchen. Make sure there are no donuts, cakes or ice cream around to tempt you on your dieting days. For best results stay away from those kind of empty carbohydrates on those days that you are not dieting.

Keep in mind too that this will not work if you decide to go crazy on your other days and over-indulge to the extreme. For instance, if you had ten cocktails during the other four days of the week, you would easily add 3,000 calories a week or almost a whole pound to your weight.

If you follow these easy weight loss tips, you can lose pounds and inches in no time flat.

Lose Pounds and Inches Fast - How You Can Shed 40 Pounds Dieting Just 3 Days a Week

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