Weight Loss Recipe
3 Weight Loss Super Foods & Recipe to Help You with Quick Weight Loss
How nice it would have been if you could lose weight by eating, right? Well, your wish is about to come true. In this article I will tell you of three such foods that will help you lose weight. Sounds too good to be true? Well, just read this article to understand what I mean! and in the end of this article, one cool recipe special for you.
1. Lean meats: Lean chicken meat is one of the best weight loss foods you can ever have! Why? It contains a lot of amount of protein and very little fat, and as you know, protein will build lean muscles. Lean muscles will help you burn fat by accelerating your metabolic rate!
If chicken proves to be too expensive for your pocket, try turkey breast! In any case, make sure you eat only lean meats and stay away from red meat!. Fishes are also very good for quick weight loss. Fishes such as salmon and tuna contain Omega-3 fatty acids. Omega-3 fatty acids fall in the category of ‘good fats’ or unsaturated fats. You gained weight because of a hormone called leptin which stores fat inside your body. Omega-3 fatty acids will cut down on leptin; when that happens, you are bound to lose weight!
2. Olive oil: Replace your fatty oil with olive oil. Olive oil is almost free from the ‘bad fats’ (saturated fats) and contains a considerable amount of unsaturated fats. These unsaturated fats will not only suppress your appetite but also fight cholesterol. In short, olive oil will keep your cholesterol levels down.
3. Berries: Berries are also good for weight loss. There are several types of berries: blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, etc. All of them will help you with weight loss in one or the other way. Strawberry is especially the best among the berries: not only it tastes good, but also helps in suppressing your appetite. Once you get rid of hunger pangs, you can focus more on your weight loss goals and less on eating!
As you can see, just because you want to lose weight doesn’t mean that you have to starve. Many people tend to starve or follow crash diets but nothing beats eating and losing weight. I firmly believe that if you eat the right foods, you will not only lose weight but also become healthy. Plus the foods I mentioned above are also rich in vitamins and antioxidants.
Also remember that these are not the only weight loss super foods that are available to you. Other foods such as nuts, oatmeal, eggs and almonds can also help you with weight loss. Add these foods to your diet and see how quickly you are able to get rid of your fat belly! And stay focus to your weight loss program.
Here is one of the very cool weight loss recipe the blueberries smoothies.
The more slowly you eat or drink the better when you’re trying to lose weight. Savor each mouthful by eating your smoothie with a tablespoon over the course of ten or 15 minutes. Eating slowly is great for your digestive system and this is good practice for eating slowly throughout the rest of the day too.
Rinse out your glass and the blender with lots of warm water right away, and you won’t have problems keeping your blender clean.
Ingredients
1 banana
½ c low fat vanilla soy milk or low fat milk
1 c vanilla fat-free yogurt
1 ½ tsp flax seed meal
1 ½ tsp honey
2/3 c fresh or frozen blueberries
You can also add a tablespoon of high quality protein powder for added protein to start your day.
Directions
Put banana, yogurt, flax seed meal, soy milk and honey into your blender and mix on low until smooth.
Add blueberries and continue blending.
Once the banana and blueberries are fully chopped, increase speed to medium.
Continue blending until you reach the consistency you want.
This blueberry smoothie recipe makes 2 servings of Superfood Smoothie
Rinse your blender and glass and the blender right away with warm water and it makes clean-up much easier.
Nutritional Information per Serving - does not include protein powder if you added this ingredient.
Calories 244
Fat 3g
Sodium 94mg
Carbohydrates 48.3g
Fiber 4.5g
Protein 9.4g
This recipe is © Copyright 2008 by Joan Jones
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