How to Burn One Pound of Fat Per Week - Without Lifting a Finger

You may be wondering how it's possible to burn fat without exercise...It is possible actually. It's more difficult sans exercise, but it is possible.

One pound of fat contains 3500 calories, which is about the size of a stick of salted butter you get at the grocery store. Now to effectively loose one pound of fat per week you need to cut out 3500 calories from your diet each week. To break this down even further, you need to cut out 500 calories per DAY from your regular diet. That would equal out to 3500 calories per week - or one pound of fat.
Cutting out 500 calories is not easy, I'm not gonna lie. It takes a strict diet, and dedication. But if you can do it, you could loose one pound of fat per week, for as many weeks as you stay on the diet. Of course if you add regular exercise, your weight loss process is increased and you can lose up to two pounds of fat per week.

Some tips for cutting out 500 calories a day in your diet.

1. Cut out sugar and milk form your coffee. If you drink lattes, stop drinking them and switch to black coffee. But if you must have milk, just use skim. I DO NOT recommend switching to calorie free sweetener such as Splenda, because there is an ingredient in Splenda, and other sweeteners called Sorbital that can actually make you gain weight over a longer period of time.
2. Eat oatmeal for breakfast, not empty carbs like bagels or toast. Oatmeal also has lots of fiber, and heart healthy nutrients, plus it fills you up. Try eggs, hard boiled, or scrambled. Have a piece of fruit too.
3. Have a medium to large size lunch. Big salad with lots of veggies, and lean meat like turkey, tuna or chicken. Use low calorie dressings, but no cream based dressings. Or bring leftovers from home, like grilled chicken and mixed veggies. Great way to save a few pennies instead of buying every day.
4. Have an afternoon snack. Yogurt, mixed nuts, hummus and veggies, or a granola bar. This will keep your insulin level steady, and you wont feel so hungry at dinner time. It will also ensure you don't gorge yourself on a huge dinner.
5. Eat a small dinner. By the time we eat dinner, usually 7pm or 8pm, it's very late in the day and most of our metabolisms have slowed right down. So any high calorie foods we eat will be stored and not burned off. Try cooking chicken, pork, fish, lean red meat, with lots of veggies, or a small amount of brown rice. Don't eat too many carbs past 7pm.
6. Cut back on your alcohol consumption. I don't think I need to tell you why. Alcohol has it's own (very high) caloric value. One or two glasses of red wine with dinner is fine.

All these tips should be somewhat easy to incorporate in your daily life. If you have any questions, or suggestions. Please feel free to leave a comment! :)