12 Slimming Meals a Day (Part 1): Tips for Morning to Noon

12 slimming meals a day

12 times? Yes, 12 times, you read that right. We're too busy to go to the gym, don't want to take diet pills, and don't want to bother calculating our daily calories. No problem! Just follow the instructions below every day, and you can eat more and get thinner.

1. Let hot chocolate be the prelude to your day.

Many people crave a strong cup of coffee upon waking, but Dr. Samantha Heller, a senior clinical nutritionist in the United States, suggests that a cup of hot chocolate (containing about 110 calories and 10% of the daily calcium requirement) or orange juice (containing about 109 calories and 15% of the daily folic acid requirement) might be a better choice. She points out that while caffeine may provide a temporary boost of alertness, it doesn't last long. If you want to stay awake all morning, you need to consume enough calories; a cup of chocolate or orange juice, along with a cup of yogurt or a piece of fruit, can satisfy this need.

2. Did you take your calcium supplement today?

Studies have found that consuming 600 mg of calcium daily (divided into two portions, morning and evening) can help the body accelerate fat burning. Experiments have shown that, under the same conditions, women who eat this way lose 22% more weight and 61% more fat, including an 81% greater reduction in abdominal fat!

3. Sweet and sour plum juice

Sour plums contain anthocyanins, which help the body effectively eliminate fat and toxins. A glass of sour plum juice can speed up the body's "cleansing process," quickly removing substances from the liver that may cause obesity.

4. Water, one cup after another.

This is a well-worn topic: insufficient water intake leads to a drop in body temperature, causing the body to store fat, which becomes harder to break down. Nutrition experts recommend consuming 31.3 ml of water per kilogram of body weight. Calculate how much you need to drink, but be careful not to drink more than 300 ml at a time.

5. Delicious Peanuts

Eating a handful of peanuts about an hour before lunch can help reduce your calorie intake by 333 calories.

6. Pre-noon coffee

Drinking a cup of coffee (preferably black coffee) 30 minutes before lunch can effectively control your appetite at lunchtime. You'll only eat 3/4 of your usual amount, and a thermogenic substance called xanthine in coffee can accelerate fat burning by 5%, while also providing your body with sufficient calories.

7. Fermented foods to satisfy hunger

Eating fermented foods makes you feel hungrier, lasting at least an hour longer than eating regular food. This is because during fermentation, starches and sugars are broken down into less digestible components, requiring more time for the digestive system to process them, thus reducing hunger. However, it's important to note that when eating fermented foods, it's best to avoid consuming protein-rich foods. Protein and starchy foods require different digestive enzymes and environments, potentially hindering each other's digestion, causing bloating and blockages in the stomach.

8. Warm water and honey are a little sweet.

Drinking a spoonful of honey dissolved in warm water at noon can adjust your blood sugar to a normal level within 20 minutes and maintain it for about 2 hours, reducing hunger and calming your emotions.

9. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Eat a piece of fruit at least half an hour before dinner; apples are a good choice. This will help you avoid overeating at dinner and will also aid digestion.

10. Spicy Dinner

Adding some spicy foods to your meals, such as chili peppers, black pepper, or ginger, can increase your body's fat-burning ability by 25%, and this high-speed metabolic state can last for more than 3 hours after a meal.

11. Drink an extra cup of oolong tea

Developing a habit of drinking oolong tea will make your metabolism work faster, increase the number of calories your body burns by 3% and the amount of fat consumed by 10%, and oolong tea has no calories, no fat and no sodium.

12. Coconut after the meal

Coconut is one of the best natural sources of fatty acids. If you feel hungry after a meal, you can eat a coconut, which will transport fatty acids directly to the liver and increase the liver's rate of calorie burning by 50%.