Here are 6 ways to truly jumpstart fat loss.
- Eat Breakfast — I know for most that’s pretty obvious, but you’d be surprised how many people don’t. Also make
sure you are eating breakfast within 30 min of waking.
- Drink Water — Water flushes out our systems. Drinking a big glass of water whenever you feel hungry and before a meal or snack fills the stomach briefly and makes you feel fuller and stop eating sooner. Hunger is often confused with thirst.
- Eat Frequent Meals — You’ll want to keep your metabolism fueled so you’ll want to eat every 2-4 hours. Depending upon when you get up in the morning you’ll want to eat at least 5-6 meals.
- Strength training — When you strength train, your metabolism for up to 38 hours after the workout. Strength training coupled with diet and cardio burns fat far more than cardio and diet alone.
- Post workout nutrition — Within 30 min of strength training you will want to eat a protein and a fast acting carb. I will go into more detail later in the program as to why this is important.
- Green tea — This must be fresh, it can’t be the pre-bottled kind. You can’t take it in a pill form. Green tea, helps to slow down digestive enzymes. It must be at the perfect temperature 140°F – 150°F. BTW — It doesn’t suppress your appetite.
Today’s challenge
- Drink a 1/2 gallon of water — you can add lemon or other fruits to it to give it a little more flavor. Sorry coffee doesn’t count.
- Eat 5-6 meals today.
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Day 1 — Intro the challenge
Day 2 — Getting your mind straight
Day 3 — Goal setting
Day 4 — What’s on your plate
Day 5 — Lift
Day 6 — Cardio
Day 7 — Living on your own terms
Day 8 — Rest day
Day 9 — Forming a habit
Day 10 — Just Breathe
I have green tea bags and microwave my water. Is this okay and considered fresh. If so this will get added to my daily routine. In 21 days it will become a habit and hopefully this will add support to everything else I am doing?
Drinking lots of water is always tough for me…..I’m drinking though!
@michele provided it’s a quality green tea. I’d boil the water the old fashion way vs. microwaving. Yes.. green tea is a piece of the puzzle
@christine — are there ways you can remind yourself to add in water?? I have an app on my phone called waterlogged. It’s a way to help me track my water intake.
Awesome! I just downloaded it…..I’ll start there!