What habits make you lose weight 25 belly fat Hacks for busy women

What habits make you lose weight 25 belly fat Hacks for busy women

What if we told you that you could lose weight without dieting? What if we said that all you had to do was make a few small changes to your daily routine? Believe it or not, it’s possible! Ever wondered how some women stay naturally slim? What do those guys know that you don’t? Ever wondered what habits make you lose weight?

Changing your habits

In this blog post, we will discuss 25 weight loss habits for busy women. Belly fat hacks that you can start doing today. It’s a no diet, diet! No need for sweating at the gym or having a miserable life living on lettuce. Nope. Not here!.

These habits are easy to incorporate into your everyday life, and they actually work! These are the habits that I use in my daily life to stay at the current weight I like. They don’t even rely on burning yourself out from crazy amounts of physical activity. This is all about sustainable weight loss. Just a few changes on a regular basis can add up to a much healthier lifestyle and gradual healthy weight loss over time.

So, what are you waiting for? Break away from the fad diet and start building weight loss habits and losing body weight and belly fat today!

What habits make you lose weight?

Do you feel like you’re always juggling a million things and don’t have time to work out? Or maybe you’ve tried dieting in the past, but it’s hard to stick with it when you’re always on the go.

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Have you ever wondered how some women stay effortlessly thin without any effort? How do they do it? What habits make you lose weight?

Some people struggle with the rigidity of a diet. Maybe you need something a little more flexible that will guide you gently towards your weight loss goals.

Here are 25 easy weight loss tips for busy women that will help you gently get rid of your excess weight and belly fat:

Try incorporating a few of these into your daily routine and see how they help you reach your goals!

25 life rules that will help you shed weight naturally without trying

1 – cook your own food from scratch as much as possible.

Ready-made food is created to be as cheap as possible. It is often full of chemicals, fillers, and cheap ingredients which can mess up your hormone balance and head straight to your belly. The same is true of a lot of restaurant and take away food.

Regular take aways are a bad habit that can really add up to a lot of weight gain. If you change these unhealthy habits it can make a huge difference to your weight over time.

The only way to make sure you are giving your body the best nourishing food it needs to lose weight is to prepare it yourself. This doesn’t need to be complicated. It’s quick to rustle up a pan of tasty chili, roast some chicken and veg, or make a stew.

Recipe boxes are also a great way of preparing your own nutritious food although they can be pricey.

Basically, it comes down to changing your habits and prioritizing looking after yourself for a change as many of us leave ourselves last on the list for care.

2 – Try to eat three proper meals a day. no grazing!

I remember being a child in the ’70s when your mum went crazy if you ate between meals, saying that you would “ruin your tea”. Snacking and grazing in between meals just wasn’t a thing back then. Neither was obesity so much.

Then came the marketing push for snack bars and grazing became the norm.

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However, what that does is keep pushing up your insulin levels. Every time you snack your body releases insulin to deal with the sugar hit.

Over time, if you are constantly grazing your body becomes insulin resistant. This is when your body starts to store fat instead of burning it.

If you want to lose weight, you need to start giving your body a chance to burn off what you have eaten rather than topping it up all the time.

Try and space your regular meals out by at least three hours and if you get hungry in between have some water or herbal tea.

Breakfast cereals eaten regularly can stop weight loss

3 – Avoid breakfast cereals like the plague!

Breakfast cereals are one of the worst things you can eat if you want to lose weight. They are full of sugar and carbs which will spike your insulin levels and give you food cravings for more sugary foods during the day.

Do you have breakfast and are then starving by 11 am when you need to reach for a snack bar to keep you going till lunch? That’s the time when your blood sugar, spiked after the sugary cereal starts to go into freefall. That drop makes you ravenous and you lose all self-control. Your body prompts you to reach for something sugary and you are off like a zombie to the vending machine or biscuit barrel. Its a blood sugar rollercoaster.

Not only that, but most breakfast cereals are also highly processed and contain very few nutrients for the extra calories they bring.

A better option for breakfast would be some eggs and avocado, or a smoothie made with protein powder, almond milk, and berries.

You could also try making overnight oats the night before so that you can just grab them and go in the morning. Just make sure you avoid adding any sugar or honey to them!

Get your breakfast right and you will set yourself up well for a day of health and weight loss.

4 – Avoid eating late at night or during the night.

This is one of the hardest habits to change as it often happens when we are socializing with friends or family.

You might not think that eating late at night would make much difference but it can really add to weight gain.

Your body needs to rest and digest after a meal and if you are eating late into the evening it can mean you are still digesting when you need to be asleep.

This can lead to disturbed sleep and leave you feeling exhausted the next day. It also means that your body isn’t getting the chance it needs to repair itself overnight.

Even worse is if you get up to eat in the night. This causes a rush of insulin and jolts your body out of its rest and repair cycle where it can be burning fat and into fat-storing mode. You are fighting against your body’s natural cycles which never goes well.

Try and eat your evening meal at least a couple of hours before bedtime and if you do get hungry later on or in the night have some herbal tea or a glass of water.

5 – Avoid sweet fruit juices

This is another mistake people often make at breakfast. Advertising has made us feel that a glass of orange juice at breakfast is a healthy option but this is far from the truth.

A glass of orange juice contains around 26g of sugar which is the equivalent of eating several oranges. That sugar spike first thing in the morning is going to send your insulin levels soaring and leave you feeling tired and sluggish by mid-morning.

A better option would be to eat an orange or drink some water with a squeeze of lemon juice. You will get the same vitamins and minerals but without the sugar high followed by the inevitable crash.

Fruit juices are also very acidic which can lead to tooth decay and digestive problems.

Sugary fruit juices are one of the worst things you can drink if you are trying to lose weight despite what the advertising tells us. Making this one habit change can lead to significant weight loss over time.

Fizzy drinks stop weight loss. Even the diet ones

6 – Cut down on sugary drinks like fizzy pop and soda. Even the diet versions

Similarly with the fizzy sodas. They are packed full of sugar and calories but offer very little in terms of nutrition.

Sugary drinks are one of the main causes of weight gain and are also very addictive. The more you drink them, the more you crave them. This is because they generally contain cheap artificial sweeteners which have been proved to be addictive.

For this reason, it’s not a good idea to switch to the diet version either. Artificial sweeteners can have some nasty side effects like headaches and weight gain and mess up your metabolism.

A better option is to drink plenty of water or if you need something with flavor then add some sliced fruit or mint leaves to your water.

There are now amazing water bottles on the market that utilize aromas to give you the feeling of flavor to pure water. You can also infuse your water with fruit flavours using infuser bottles.

You could also try unsweetened green tea which has many health benefits and is very low in calories

It’s a case of retraining your brain to move away from the craving for fizzy drinks. I myself had an addiction to diet coke so I know it’s not easy but it’s important to do for your health and weight loss.

Swapping fizzy drinks for water or unsweetened tea or coffee is one of the easiest ways to cut down on calories, mend your metabolism and lose weight.

Just by making this one change, you could easily cut out hundreds of calories from your diet every day and mend your metabolism which will lead to weight loss over time.

7 – Drink plenty of water throughout the day

This one is a no-brainer but it’s still worth mentioning. Very often we don’t drink enough water and then wonder why we are bloated or have headaches. Dehydration can feel a lot like hunger meaning that we reach for the snacks.

Drinking enough will often mean that you don’t get that mid-morning ravenously hungry feeling.

Water is essential for our bodies to function properly and yet we often don’t drink enough of it.

A good rule of thumb is to drink eight glasses of water a day, more if you are exercising or in hot weather.

Get a divided bottle to keep on your desk to remind you to keep drinking.

8 – Switch out your lunch sandwich for something less carb heavy and higher in protein

Instead of getting a stodgy carb-heavy sandwich at lunch break, switch it out for a lower carb option like a salad or wrap with protein.

The lower carb option will help your insulin levels to avoid the post lunchtime spike and later plummet.

{As you will recognize by now, a lot of the secret of these weight loss habits is to avoid spikes and troughs in insulin levels which lead to fatigue and snacking.}

The higher protein will keep you fuller for longer.

A salad is a great option for lunch as it’s packed full of nutrients and fiber but low in calories.

You could also try a wrap with some lean meat or fish and plenty of salad.

For example.

• Salmon salad
• Chicken wrap
• Prawn salad bowl

more and more lunch outlets are thinking outside the box when it comes to lunch. it doesn’t have to be two dry bits of bread anymore.

Switching your lunch to a high protein low carb version every day will be a habit that will lead to significant weight loss over time.

9 – Ditch the cereal snack bars and replace them with nuts and seeds.

Cereal snack bars are often marketed as a healthy option but they are actually full of sugar and carbs and are high-calorie foods. You know the ones I mean. The muesli style ones with healthy-looking packaging. The ones masquerading as health food.

A better option for a snack are nuts and seeds. They are packed with protein and healthy fats and will tide you over until your next meal.

A handful of nuts or a small bowl of seeds is the perfect snack option when you are trying to lose weight.

Nuts and seeds are also very portable meaning that you can take them with you when you are on the go.

So, next time you are reaching for a cereal snack bar or other sweet treat, grab a handful of nuts or seeds as a healthy snack instead.

Good options for healthier snacks include

• Pistachios – come in a shell so you won’t eat too many of them
• Almonds – have great health benefits for women
• Walnuts – a good source of omega-three
• Cashews – lower in fat than other nuts
• Sesame seeds – rich in calcium
• Pumpkin seeds – Rich in fiber
• Chia seeds – full of fiber
• Flaxseed – good for your heart

You’ll be surprised at how much better you feel and how much weight you lose from this simple substitution.

10 – Cut out weekday alcohol.

If you want to lose weight, you need to cut out weekday alcohol. I’m not saying that you can’t have the occasional glass of wine or beer, but if you are drinking every day then it’s time to cut back.

Alcohol is full of empty calories and it’s very easy to drink more than you intended. It’s also a diuretic which means that you will be dehydrated and more likely to eat unhealthy foods.

Plus when you drink booze it kicks your body out of fat-burning mode and into fat storage instead. Not the place you want to be right?

If you want to lose weight, cut out weekday alcohol and stick to weekends only. You’ll be surprised at how much better you feel and how much weight you can lose.

{If you struggle with controlling or cutting back on alcohol please read the detailed post I wrote about my methods of cutting back. I felt a ton better afterwards. Alcohol and menopause. How I cut down on drinking at midlife and saw my life and health improve. }

11 – Get an extra hour of sleep.

Getting enough sleep is crucial for weight loss. When you are tired, you make bad food choices. You are more likely to reach for unhealthy snacks and you are less likely to exercise.

Sleep deprivation also increases the stress hormone cortisol which leads to weight gain. It also messes up your hunger hormones Ghrelin and Leptin,  which regulate hunger and fullness. Lack of sleep can then lead to binging and craving.

In short, not getting enough sleep is a recipe for weight gain.

If you want to lose weight, aim for at least seven hours of sleep every night. You’ll feel better and you’ll be more likely to make healthy choices during the day.

So, if you want to lose weight, you need to make sure that you are getting enough sleep.

The National Sleep Foundation recommends that adults get between seven and nine hours of sleep per night.

If you are not getting enough sleep, try to go to bed a little earlier or take a nap during the day. You’ll be surprised at how much better you feel and how much weight you can lose if you improve your sleep quality.

12 – Avoid fake healthy foods.

Just because a food is marketed as healthy doesn’t mean that it is good for you.

In fact, many so-called healthy foods are actually full of sugar and calories and can sabotage your weight loss efforts.

Often the packaging will use green or natural colors and images of healthy-looking people and natural ingredients. However, when you check the ingredients the foods will be full of chemicals and ingredients you won’t find in your food cupboard. Or they will contain high levels of sugar.

Some examples of fake healthy foods include:

• Granola bars – Often full of sugar and carbs but packaged in a healthy-looking wrapper.
• Fruit juice – As discussed above, full of sugar and calories
• Veggie chips – Full of fat and calories
• Processed Vegan foods – Often full of soy and vegetable oils.
• Yogurt – Full of sugar and carbs or artificial sweeteners in the “lite” versions
• Protein bars – Often full of sugar and calories

When you are trying to lose weight, avoid these fake healthy foods and stick to whole, unprocessed foods instead. They may not be as convenient, but they will be much better for your waistline.