10 Proven Ways To Speed Up Weight Loss

Written by Tanya Arora  • 

Losing weight means being determined, committed, and patient. While the first two qualities are something many people can inculcate in themselves to stay fit, patience is really hard to come by. We all want instant results! Or we lose hope and give up way too quickly on our quest to weight loss and fitness. Well, even though you can’t get instant results, you can still speed up your weight loss process. Here are 10 proven ways to do so!

1. Have Soup Before Your Meal

A study recently discovered that having a cup of soup before your meal can help control your appetite. The logic behind it is that you have to have soup slowly as it needs to cool, which gives your brain, your tummy, and your hormones time to send out the signal that you are full (1).

2. Have Spicy Food

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If you are a spicy food lover, we’re giving one more reason to have more of this kind of food! Having spicy food can give a temporary boost to your metabolism, increasing it by 8%. This helps you burn more calories faster! Besides, having spicy food is a way to eat at a slow pace, which benefits your metabolism.

3. Munch On Healthy Snacks

You can eat even more if you’re trying to lose weight! All you have to do is eat healthy and not have a huge meal. Snacking on healthy items such as nuts can help you control hunger so you don’t end up overeating when you’re finally at the table due to the long gaps between your meals. You can also snack on apples, low-fat cheese, wheat crackers, etc.

4. Sleep As Much As You Can

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If you are an insomniac or sleep for just a few hours every night, chances are your weight loss process will be a painfully slow one. When you don’t sleep enough, you get calorie cravings, which slow down your weight loss. However, when you get adequate sleep, you end up consuming 6% lesser calories as when on a diet, according to a study (2).

5. Sip On Tea Regularly

Drink water whenever you feel thirsty and for the rest of the times when you crave some liquids, go for green tea. Green tea is rich in antioxidants and has been scientifically proven to aid weight loss (3). Besides, green tea has multiple other health benefits as well, with one of the most notable ones being cancer prevention.

6. Eat In Contrasting Colored Plates In Blue Rooms

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This might sound very weird and even downright crazy but it works! Studies have shown that people are likely to eat lesser than they normally do if they are served food on plates that present a high contrast between the color of the food and the shade of the plate (4). Other researches have also proven that people eat 33% lesser food than normal when they are in a blue room.

7. Don’t Multitask

Have you noticed your thoughts wander a lot when you’re multitasking? You may end up thinking of food a lot when you’re trying to handle too many tasks at once (5). This sudden urge to eat can make you forget your diet plans and lead to unhealthy snacking, thereby taking you further away from your weight loss goals. So, don’t multitask and instead, stay focused one chore at a time.

8. Laugh Out Loud

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Want an easy, fun, and pain-free way to work out? Then laugh your heart out! Laughing acts as a small and effective aerobic exercise. It increases your heartbeat, which consequently improves the circulation of blood in your body (6). Laughing intensely for an hour can even help you burn the same amount of calories you would if you lifted weights for 30 minutes.

9. Sleep In A Cold Room

You might think of this as bizarre and may even be unwilling to try it out. Who likes sleeping cold when you can sleep warm and cozy, right? Despite that, give it a chance. A recent study that was featured in the journal Diabetes has pointed out that individuals who sleep in cold rooms that have a temperature of 18°C actually burn 7% more calories than those who snooze in a warm, toasty room (7).

10. Stay In Dark Rooms

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You might prefer a brightly lit room for its cheerful aspect but your body will thank you if you turned off the lights and spent most of your day in a dark room! In a very strange study conducted by the Ohio State University, researchers found out that spending your time in dark rooms or places can make your body feel much lighter as compared to well-lit places (8). Time to change all the light bulbs of your house!

Even though some of these might sound ridiculous, the best part about them is that they are easy to do and really don’t have any side effects per se! So, why not try them out?

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