You can lose weight if you choose to include fat burning foods in your daily diet. Surely, you can lose that extra 8 lbs in 11 days. So what are these fat burning foods? Fat burning foods contain calorie levels that are low enough that it requires more energy from the body when you eat and digest them. They are also known as negative calorie foods because of the low calorie they contain.
One example of a fat burning food is celery. It takes energy from the body for digestion, because it does not contain enough calories to burn it. Cold water has a negative calorie. In fact, water has no calories at all but when you drink cold water, the body takes more energy to bring it up to body temperature. Everytime we drink a glass of cold water we burn up a little more calories and lose a little weight. But foods like this should be used wisely and should be taken in moderation.
Usually, those who are anorexics are more inclined to eat negative calorie foods. Negative calorie foods, if taken in excess would result in starvation and nutritional deficiencies. The calories used to burn negative calorie foods will be taken from the body's muscle mass, and this will be really dangerous to your health.
In a healthy way, you can take advantage of fat burning foods by fasting or detox. You should start a detox diet after big holidays such as Christmas, New Year or Thanksgiving when you have eaten so many rich and fatty foods. A negative calorie diet with fat burning foods is a great way to clean out your system. Do it for three days or so, but make sure that you have your doctor's approval.
Get some important points to remember when on a negative calorie detox diet:
1. Never eat one type of food in huge quantities, most particularly fruits. There are fruits that contain bad substances for your body, so you should not eat them in excess. Such examples are grapefruit and pineapple which can cause damaging effect to your stomach lining. Other foods will cause diarrhea or burden your liver. You should eat different foods in small amounts.
Some examples of fat burning fruits are: Apples, Blueberries, Cantaloupes, Cranberries, Grapefruit, Papayas, Pineapples, Prunes, Raspberries, Strawberries and Tangerines.
2. Never spend all your day eating. You will become bloated and feel sick. Make at least four or five salad meals every day, and let your digestive system rest in between.
3. Eat your food more slowly and chew it thoroughly. You will burn more calories that way.
Some examples of fat burning vegetables are: Asparagus, Beets, Broccoli, Carrot, Cauliflower, Celery stalk, Celery root, Cucumbers, Eggplant, Endives, Garden cress, Green beans, Green cabbage, Lamb's lettuce, Lettuce, Radishes, Spinach, Tomatoes, Turnips and Zucchini.
4. Detox diet and fasting may sometimes cause some uncomfortable symptoms like headaches, tiredness, depression and irritability. If the symptoms become worse, stop the detox diet and see your doctor immediately.
5. Return to your normal diet gradually when you are near the end of your negative calorie detox diet.