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Dropping 5 Pounds in a Week

Dropping 5 Pounds in a Week

Tired of taking medication and weight-cutting pills? We have a solution. Trying different types of products is what most people, websites and counselors recommend. However, we don’t follow the trend. We provide you the easiest ways to lose weight in just a week. Yes, a week. All you need to do is tackle your desires and follow some techniques.

These are some tips for dropping 5 pounds in a week.

Drinking Water is the easiest solution, along with being as simple as it seems. While energy or fruit drinks market themselves as the best way to gain ‘energy’ and lose weight, only few are aware of the number of calories they take in with each sip. Unlike these drinks, water contains almost zero amounts of sodium or calories. Accelerating the rate of metabolism in your body, water serves as the best key to the slimmer you.

Reducing intake of white grain comes next. This is important because carbohydrates in products made from it cause bloating. As a solution, they are recommended to be replaced by vegetables; just switching from chicken sandwich to chicken salad might change the way you look! Vegetables are a good solution because they contain more water, and take time to be digested, so that you do not feel hungry anytime soon.

Shooting up your heart beat is always recommended in order to burn calories, yet nutritionists say it is better to make up a proper routine to tighten up all your muscles. Spinning, kickboxing and boot-camp workouts are the prime activities to use up more calories every day. Even though not explained yet, slowing down the activity instead of intensified workouts has proven to be more significantly effective.

Coffee addicts have good news; researchers say that coffee is the only alternative to water in terms of losing weight. Even though it doesn’t seem so, coffee boosts up your workout. It is believed that a cup of coffee contains numerous calories; however the maximum number reaches 20. Also, the effect it creates is worth it.

Increasing the snoozing is the next tip. Whether your sleeping time is five hours or it extends to seven, taking up a few more minutes is one effective, applicable and likeable tip. Along with building up your muscles, it ensures that the body feels energized.

Taking in less calories, in general, is the little sacrifice that is needed. The amount of calories you take is directly related to the amount of junk food you eat, be it chips or chocolates. Just reducing some of these might prove to be effectual.

Nutritionists highly recommend eating salmon for lunch as it leads to a glowing, attractive skin and tightens up the muscles along with building up their tone. This ensures that you ‘look’ slimmer, even if you still need to lose some pounds in real.

Standing up straight doesn’t take a lot, yet adds a lot of beauty in your looks. Keeping the spine straight and rigid gives a much slimmer look.

Follow these easy, yet effective tips and come out looking smarter than ever!

Author Info

Dr Nagi Safa

Dr Nagi Safa is a Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeon (Weight-Loss Surgeon) at the Advanced BMI in Lebanon and at the Sacred Heart Hospital of Montreal, and holds an academic appointment at the University of Montreal. Furthermore, he is involved in the training of residents and surgical fellows on how to perform advanced laparoscopic obesity surgery. In 2010, he launched the Advanced Bariatric and Metabolic Institute (Advanced BMI) in Lebanon, and has been helping hundreds of patients from all over the Middle-East through his expertise in obesity surgery. Education: Dr Safa completed his residency training at the University of Montreal General Surgery Program. He then performed a fellowship in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, and Minimal Invasive Surgery (Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery), at the Sacred Heart Hospital of Montreal, which is the largest Weight Loss Surgery center in the Montreal area, and one of the busiest in Canada. Experience: During his training, and throughout his practice, Dr Safa performed more than one thousand laparoscopic procedures, including Roux en Y gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy, gastric banding, gastric plication and many other abdominal surgery procedures. He has a particular interest in LaparoscopicRevisional Surgery including banding, bypass and sleeve. With a keen interest in the advancement of obesity surgery and newer minimally invasive surgical techniques, Dr Safa gained experience in the single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS), and offers Single Incision gastric banding and Sleeve Gastrectomy Surgery. Research: His current research interests include clinical outcomes from various bariatric surgery procedures and investigations on the impact of bariatric surgery on Type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome X. Memberships: Dr Safa holds professional memberships with the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Canadian Association of Bariatric Physicians and Surgeons, Canadian Association of General Surgeons, Canadian Medical Association, Canadian Association for Surgical Oncology, Quebec Medical Association, Trauma Association of Canada, Association Quebecoise de Chirurgie, International College of Surgeon, and the College des Medecins du Quebec.
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