For you to lose 40 pounds in 2 months you need to lose approximately 4 pounds, which needs you to burn 2500 calories more than you take in a day. Fast weight-loss diets are normally not healthy ones because you don’t want to lose the muscle. If you want to lose 40 pounds it should take about 15 weeks. However, there are various ways to lose this kind of weight fast, but most of them involve starvation which makes you sluggish at the end of the day. When dealing with cutting such weight, the only path is trying the judo weight cutting which is used by most athletes as they prepare for competition.
Down below are some of the techniques that can be uses used in this practice.
Water should be your best friend
No matter the diet, you settle on, drinking water is a must. Daily intake of a good amount of water increases the burning rate of calories you consume and therefore reduces weight. Water helps your body cool down and therefore burn more calories. It clears your body of toxins. Surprisingly, water keeps your stomach full so it helps you reduce the rate of calories you take. Taking at least 8 glasses of water in day brings a difference in your body.
Reduce the sugar intake
Getting rid of a sweet tooth is not easy. Once you develop it, you will be consuming more and more each day. Consuming sugar and its related products speed up weight gain because of high-calorie content. It is an unhealthy behaviour that you need to cut down on. If you find yourself craving sugar, try going for its substitutes. For instance, instead of sugar, you can take a spoon of honey in oatmeal, lemonade or coffee. Other healthy sugar substitutes include raisins, maple syrup, brown rice syrup or agave nectar. However, I suggest you consume sugar-free products for two months for desirable results.
Dieting
To burn fat and retain the muscles, adopting a diet of low an all protein dinner or no dinner at all. To lose weight, your body needs to burn more calories than you consume. This diet should be made all through the 2 months you intend to cut. This is the hardest part of the weight cutting process and it requires consistency and discipline which can be mentally draining.
Add green tea to your diet
The study shows that people who drink tea burn about 50 extra calories in a day. This is because green tea contains antioxidants, which tend to speed weight gain. The antioxidants in green tea enhance metabolism and therefore burn fat faster. Green tea is best taken on an empty stomach mainly in the morning. You can also take green tea before workouts and in the evening.
Adopt an active lifestyle
The more active you are, the faster you burn the calories. An active lifestyle means that you lose weight quickly and preserve the muscle as you shrink. Work up to about three hours of moderate cardio every week. If this works out for you, consider doubling the amount of time to about 6 times weekly to lose the desired amount of weight. It is preferable to perform more of the workouts at a high intensity to enhance your calorie burn.
Use of sauna
This is the most common technique used in judo weight cutting. Sauna helps your body in losing a few kilograms of water resulting in weight loss. However, this practice works well with athletes and may be unhealthy for people wanting to cut weight. This is because within few minutes of Sauna, your blood pressure and temperatures increases, muscles relax and heart rate increases. The aftermath is increased dehydration exhaustion, dizziness and vomiting.
