At my last Fitness Camp, i was asked if it is possible to lose 20 pounds in two weeks — not losing muscles while getting rid of weight from water, bloating and Fat? Yes it is possible to lose 20 pounds in 2 weeks but you must know how to make sure your body does not go into starvation. According to Julie True a weight loss and Nutritionist expert with 10 years of experience “Healthy lifestyle is the key to this weight-loss regimen, being selective about certain group of foods, which have lean proteins, healthy brown fats and whole grains in their original proportions”.
For losing 20 pounds in 14 days you have to put weight loss goal at the forefront and everything else needs to take a lower priority. You need to create a routine and stick to a eating plan, which may not be exciting at all but will provide your body with what it needs to lose weight without going into starvation. Watch out for these three public enemy number 1 for not seeing the results you desire:
1. Taste-buds Temptations
2. Cheating
3. Salt
Three Super Tips To Embrace
- You must commit yourself to calorie counting strict diet to boost Metabolism
- You must plan your day to include certain types of exercise routines and foods
- You must have a “Cause” to lose weight
Your metabolism plays a critical role in helping you burn calories even during the rest stage. The right exercise and foods will help speed up your metabolism, and the low-sodium diet helps banish water weight and bloat. Lean Proteins are important, they help speed up your metabolism, which means You’ll burn about 30% of the calories in protein during digestion.
Tip : Need a metabolic boost? If you didn’t like it before, at least for this week, you must love ginger (Ginger Water for weight loss). When you add ginger to your cooking, it boosts your calorie burn during digestion, so you’ll increase your metabolism without doing any extra work.