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Weekend Weight Loss Tips
(Will) Power Through Your Weekends!
Yeah, you deserve to have fun when Friday rolls around, but that doesn't mean your diet has to go off the rails. How to treat yourself and still ward off Monday muffin top
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Slim Down Around the Clock
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Friday, 6 p.m.
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Saturday, 10 a.m.
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Saturday, 12 p.m. to 7 p.m.
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Saturday, 9 p.m.
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Sunday, 6 p.m.
Saturday, 10 a.m.
Weekend wrecker: Sleeping In
No alarm clock, no stressful commute, and often, no morning meal--leading to a gorgefest around noon. "If you don't eat until brunch, you'll be starving and think you can eat the equivalent of two meals," says Bowerman. "Breakfast tends to be the lowest-calorie meal of the day, so skipping 300 calories and tacking on an extra 600 later certainly isn't going to help you drop pounds."
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Damage control: No matter what time you crawl out of bed, chow down! "Eating helps rev your metabolism, which starts your calorie burn," says Bowerman. When you do, throw back some coffee too. Caffeine is a central nervous system stimulant, so a cup of joe can increase your calorie burn and torch more than 100 calories a day. (Not a java fan? Brewed green tea also works.) Then finish your brunch on a sweet note: Researchers from Tel Aviv University recently found that chasing a big breakfast with a small dessert--yes, dessert!--may even help dieters lose more weight and keep it off, possibly by lowering levels of the hunger hormone ghrelin, which may help ward off future cravings.
Is Your Sleep Schedule Making You Fat?
No alarm clock, no stressful commute, and often, no morning meal--leading to a gorgefest around noon. "If you don't eat until brunch, you'll be starving and think you can eat the equivalent of two meals," says Bowerman. "Breakfast tends to be the lowest-calorie meal of the day, so skipping 300 calories and tacking on an extra 600 later certainly isn't going to help you drop pounds."
Free download! Need some inspiration for your summer slimdown? Print one of these motivational posters
Damage control: No matter what time you crawl out of bed, chow down! "Eating helps rev your metabolism, which starts your calorie burn," says Bowerman. When you do, throw back some coffee too. Caffeine is a central nervous system stimulant, so a cup of joe can increase your calorie burn and torch more than 100 calories a day. (Not a java fan? Brewed green tea also works.) Then finish your brunch on a sweet note: Researchers from Tel Aviv University recently found that chasing a big breakfast with a small dessert--yes, dessert!--may even help dieters lose more weight and keep it off, possibly by lowering levels of the hunger hormone ghrelin, which may help ward off future cravings.
Is Your Sleep Schedule Making You Fat?
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