6 ways to quicken your weight loss

If you want to shed some pounds fast, these tips are what you're looking for!

If you want to shed some pounds fast these tips -- by people who have put them to the test successfully -- are what you're looking for.

While exercise is essential, these tips will help you achieve your weight loss target faster.

1) Right portions

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Portion control is a key part of losing weight. However, it does not require memorising tables and measurements. As Bethenny Frankel, the author of Naturally Thin put it, "Portion control isn't about measuring; it's about ordering two appetizers instead of an entrée and cutting back on bread if you have pasta."

2) Make snacking on fruit a habit

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Instead of snacking on unhealthy food items such as crisps or chocolate, snack on fruit. Keep fruit handy and each time you crave a sugary snack, grab a piece of fruit instead.

3) Don’t skip breakfast

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Regularly eating a healthy breakfast can help you shed surplus weight by reducing hunger later in the day; suggests research, whereas skipping breakfast can heighten the body’s insulin response increasing fat storage.

4) Get enough sleep

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Not getting enough sleep is very common and it not just affects your metabolism but also affects your waistline. Sleep deprivation makes you low on energy according to Dr Susan Zafarlotfi, PhD, Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey and you reach for food more often to recharge the depleted energy.

5) Make drinking green tea a habit

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Yes! Green tea can help with your weight loss goals. A recent study concluded that green tea is able to reduce fat mass. Green tea also carries antioxidants that are protect cell damage and improve the health and quality of your skin.

6) Drink lots of water

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The often repeated advice to drink water is really beneficial. Water can boost metabolism and helps burn calories. Drinking about half a liter of water before meals helps the dieter consume less calories and positively affects weight loss.