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meals. Apparently this diet suppresses your appetite while
lowering your body’s “set point” (the weight at which it
naturally wants to settle).
38. Laugh! “It burns up to 50 calories if you laugh for 10
to 15 minutes per day,” Adelino Da Costa, owner of
Punch Fitness Center in New York City told NBC News.
39. Where possible–and affordable–you should opt for
organic food. Canadian researchers report that dieters who
have the most organochlorines (a pollutant found in
pesticides that is stored in your fat cells) find it harder to
lose pounds.
These dieters experience an abnormally large dip in
metabolism when they lose weight, which could mean
that the pesticides are actually interfering with the energyburning process.
40. When you’re too swamped to exercise properly, at
least take a short 10 minute walk, or get up for regular
intervals to walk around your office.
One study looked at people who sit for hours on end, and
found that those who took regular breaks to stand up,
stretch, of stroll down corridors, had smaller waists than
those who continued to sit all day.
41. Stop eating processed junk food–it may sound
obvious, but too many people crush their weight loss
progression by snacking on sugary and salty snacks.
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