Here's 12 Sneaky Drinking Tricks

SNEAKY DRINKING TRICKS

First and foremost, people don't realize that what they
drink is the first step in losing weight. In fact, most
people don't know that when they feel hungry, they
may actually be dehydrated and they are really thirsty,
not hungry. Water is your best friend. 70% of your
body weight is nothing but water. This is also why water
plays an important role in weight control. So…

TRICK #1:

Drink ice water. Yes, you know that you need to drink
about 8 glasses of water per day for your body to burn
fat and flush toxins out of your system. But a study
from Germany revealed that ice water is more rapidly
absorbed by the body and increases your metabolic
rate by as much as 30% for 2-3 hours. Have a large
glass of ice water as soon as you get out of bed in the
morning and it will fight your body’s dehydrated state
from the last 6-8 hours and jolt your metabolism out
of its slumber to get a fat-dissolving start on your day!

TRICK # 2:

Drink hot cocoa. If you have a chocolate weakness, this
will not only help you survive…but burn more fat in the
process. Buy some unsweetened cocoa powder (not the
packaged hot chocolate garbage) and look for their
recipe on the back to make their version of cocoa. Use
nonfat milk and either a natural sugar substitute or a
half scoop of vanilla whey protein powder and cook it
up on the stove. You’ll get the satisfying shot of
chocolate along with muscle-feeding, fat-burning
protein and a megashot of healthy antioxidants.

TRICK #3:

Make your own soda pop. Soda is the absolute worst
thing you can put in your body…PERIOD! All sodas
are sweetened with lots of sugar, in fact, the worst
kind of sugar…high fructose corn syrup. The more
you can cut out of your diet the better. Also, diet soda
is still soda. It may not have as much sugar, but it has
other chemicals and components that are not good for
your body either. If you’re one of the bazillion
soda-addicts out there, make your own instead by
combining a small amount of fresh 100% juice with a
little bit of club soda or mineral water.

TRICK #4:

Replace fruit juice with fruit. Fruit juice isn't as healthy
as most people think it is. Juice actually has a lot of
sugar in it as well. If you are craving a glass of juice,
drink fresh fruit juice out of a juicer or better yet, just
eat the same kind of fruit instead. Like orange juice?
You’ll find a fresh orange even more satisfying believe
it or not. Plus, fresh fruit provides your body with much
needed fiber as well as better assimilation of vitamins
and minerals.

TRICK #5:

Drink your coffee. Not many people know that coffee
actually provides more antioxidants to the American
diet than any other food or beverage. That doesn’t
mean you should hook up an intravenous drip of
caffeine throughout the day (you shouldn’t have any
more than 500 milligrams a day) but just know that
coffee in moderation not only provides a pick-me-up,
but is also helping you to burn more fat and increase
your lifespan. For best results without the added
calories, drink it black. But here are some other coffee
tricks to help you lose more weight…

TRICK #6:

The healthy hot mochacino. If you’re one of those
sweet coffee drinkers and your forwarding address is
the corner Starbucks, you should know that you’re
getting over 600 calories in that Venti White Chocolate
Mocha. That’s like eating two big pieces of chocolate
cake! Instead, brew your own black coffee and add
unsweetened vanilla soy milk, and a scoop of either
vanilla or chocolate whey protein powder to it and
blend it gently in a blender. Microwave it back up to
steaming and you’ll get all the taste of the expensive
fattening commercial brand with a shot of
musclefeeding, fat-burning protein. Plus, the coffee
and cocoa tag team for a powerful boost of healthy
antioxidants.

TRICK #7:

The healthy frappuccino. Again, the goal isn’t to load
up on caffeine throughout the day but different people
drink at different times of the day and are drawn to
different types of coffee drinks. One other popular
brand is the iced, blended frappuccino that’s like a
coffee shake only again…loaded with the worst kind
of calories. As an alternative, spoon sugar-free, nonfat
vanilla yogurt in an ice cube tray and freeze it into
cubes overnight. Then add them to a blender with a
splash of fat-free milk or unsweetened vanilla soy milk,
a teaspoon of instant coffee crystals, and a scoop of
vanilla or chocolate whey protein powder. This will
taste so good that you’ll swear it isn’t good for you but it
is! If you want to cut down on the caffeine, just use
decaffeinated instant coffee instead

TRICK #8:

Drink a cup of coffee before exercising. If you’re a
caffeinated coffee drinker, the short burst of energy
you receive will help you get motivated for your
exercise session, decrease your feeling of fatigue during
your workout (so you can workout longer and easier),
and is mildly thermogenic to help you burn more fat.

TRICK #9:

Drink green tea. Green tea has been used as a medicine
in China for over 4,000 years. It aids the digestive
system and can help ease an overly full stomach and
it has been linked to a reduction in cancer risk. But for
weight loss, the main ingredient in green tea, EGCG,
maintains high norepinephrine levels in your body to
keep your metabolism revved up. One study published
in the Journal of Nutrition even reported that subjects
who drank green tea during their workouts lost
significantly more belly fat than those who didn’t. The
health and weight loss benefits of drinking green tea are
enormous and if you’re looking for optimum health and
a body to die for, drink green tea throughout the day.

TRICK #10:

If you drink alcohol, opt for dry red wine. Dry red wine
is better than your sweet wines, because sweet wines
have more sugar! Dry wines have sugar, but most of it
has been fermented away into alcohol and from a
weight gaining perspective, dry is better. Plus, dry red
wines contain certain antioxidants that are beneficial to
your health. My recommendation is a California Pinot
Noir. Not a wine drinker? Then…

TRICK # 11:

Drink beer. I know that the words “beer” and “belly”
don’t exactly make a great combination but animal
studies have shown that the bitter compounds from
the hops in beer have an anti-inflammatory effect on
the body and may help you lose more fat. The key
is to not have more than one bottle per day for this to
work and dark beers will contain more of the active
compounds you’re looking for. And no...having all 7
beers on Saturday is not the same thing. In fact…

TRICK #12:

Avoid late night social drinking. After a few drinks,
most people get the munchies and when you're
feeling a little inebriated and hungry you won't be
able to make rational decisions regarding your diet.
Unfortunately this usually happens at night and your
body hates it when you overeat at night because
your metabolism slows way down while you sleep
and it will store all those extra calories around your
waist as body fat.

Happy drinking,
Jorma Persson

P.S. Check out Every Other Day Diet so can eat
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