This can be a difficult time. Since gastric balloons do such a fantastic job of curbing your appetite, it's much easier to observe proper portion control when they're in use. Many people fear the day when they no longer have that advantage in their weight loss struggle.
Fortunately, there are some tips and tricks you can use to make the transition easier on yourself. In fact, by fostering these habits during your time with the gastric balloon, you'll find …show more content…
Along with being a primary ingredient of healthy bodily function, it helps make you feel fuller without adding a single calorie to your diet. In fact, there's a lot of research to show that your body can actually trigger a hunger response when you're thirsty!
By drinking water before your meal, you accomplish two things. First, you eliminate any hunger response that caused by thirst instead of legitimate craving for food. Second, you physically fill your stomach with liquid--making it more likely that a small portion of food will result in a physical feeling of satisfaction. This "full" feeling has been well documented, and has led to increased weight loss in clinical studies.
Tip #2--Become Aware Of Stress
Stress has a unique way of creeping into the average person's daily life. From family discord to work deadlines, there's a seemingly unlimited source of pressure and stress in most people's lives. Unfortunately, this emotional experience can often lead people to eat more than they otherwise would--often without the person even noticing either the cause of the increased …show more content…
Similarly, if you're not the type of person who gets immediate satisfaction from exercise or active hobbies, it's unlikely that you'll start doing so tomorrow. However, since burning calories is one of the most important things you can do to manage your weight, you're going to have to find ways to maximize the level of activity present in your daily life.
The good news is that you likely have to walk every day. That said, you probably walk at a normal pace--just over 3 miles per hour according to experts. An hour of that would burn approximately 156 calories each hour. If you up that speed to 4 miles per hour, the calories increase to 272 each hour--almost double! Simply put, when you have to walk, walk faster than normal.
Another important idea is to try and walk every hour. During the work day, breaks every hour are important for concentration and productivity. By logging a few hundred steps around the office every hour, your calorie burn will be significantly higher than normal. If you take walks to the water cooler, that's even