When it comes to weight loss diets, many people don’t particularly want to put themselves on a super intensive plan that requires a great deal of planning, cooking, and coordinating.
While that is typically the best way to guarantee weight loss actually happens because you will know exactly where you stand in terms of calorie intake, carbohydrate intake, fat intake, and protein intake, it’s not necessarily ‘livable’ for most people.
Meaning, they will sway from the diet.
Since adherence is probably the single most important factor for weight loss, finding a plan that you will stick with should be a top priority. For many, this means something flexible; something that provides them with guidelines, but isn’t so structured that they feel as though their diet controls them, rather than the other way around.
Here are some simple diet tricks that will help you naturally stay leaner, so you can stop worry about number crunching and get on with your life.
Weight Yourself Regularly, Not Religiously
First up, try and weigh yourself regularly to know where you stand, but don’t become so chained to the number that you’re on that scale each and every morning when you wake up.
Unless you are fully aware of the principles of water weight gain, salt retention, and all the other things that impact your body weight on a daily basis, weighing in so regularly when on a fat loss diet can just cause discouragement and make you go on to a big binge.
Avoid it at all costs.
Instead, weigh yourself a few times a week and try and stay within a range of 3-5 pounds.
So, say your target weight is 135, you should be between 133-138. This will allow for the fluctuations based on water weight.
If you find yourself moving out of this range, that is when you want to take action immediately to get things under control.
Focus On Protein
If you’re looking for a surefire way to help reduce body fat and experience a quick weight loss, focus on protein rich foods.
These are always going to be at the top when it comes to controlling hunger, boosting your metabolism, and preserving muscle mass, which keeps the metabolism going faster over the long run.
Find Your Optimal Meal Frequency
You’ve likely heard it before – for maximum fat loss, aim to eat more frequently throughout the day.
The problem here is that such a set-up actually makes some people hungrier! For them, if they are eating that frequently, they’re always thinking about food, which then causes them to consume more calories over the course of the day.
If this is you, you’re better off eating slightly larger meals, less frequently.
Studies have confirmed it’s not going to make all that great of a difference in your metabolic rate (if any difference at all).
Again, adherance is what you’re looking for here.
Consume Warm Beverages Frequently
Another sneaky tip to help control your weight better without effort is to try and up your intake of warm beverages throughout the day.
These tend to blunt appetite quite well, plus they will give you something to consume other than food.
Further, some studies have also shown that caffeine can help with the fat loss process, along with helping to boost energy levels and exercise performance, making coffee or tea a good choice for those looking to help with weight loss.
Just avoid too much caffeine close to bed time, since lack of sleep is a factor that will only make dieting harder.
Think of Vegetables as Free Food
One other thing that might help you out with fat loss is thinking of vegetables as ‘free’ foods.
Literally, you would have to eat a boatload of fibrous vegetables for them to accumulate to a significant amount of calories, so they shouldn’t be something to worry about adding to your diet.
Simply knowing they are there for you to eat too, if you do get hungry, cna put your mind at ease and help take away some of the stress from the process of dieting.
So, keep these points in mind. Dieting doesn’t have to be difficult if you choose not to make it so. It really does become very much about your mindset and how you approach fat loss.
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