Can You Lose Weight Fast With Pills?
You can definitely use certain pills as a fantastic way to help lose weight fast. Let me put forth some truth right off, though:
There is no magic pill that you can swallow that will allow you to eat whatever you want in unlimited quantities and still make you lose weight!
You can however aid your weight-loss and make fat reduction goals more quickly with pills when you are reasonably active and have a fairly healthy diet. So what does reasonably active and fairly healthy diet mean anyway?
You Don’t Just Sit Around
Weight loss can occur when you are sedentary (little to no activity each day) but it will be painfully slow. It is much easier and happens quickly with some level of activity. As little as 20 to 30 minutes a day of exercise or any activity that gets your heart pumping can work wonders for your health and keeping the excess pounds off. You’ll also improve your strength, increase stamina, increase flexibility and exercise is a great way to reduce stress.
Eat Healthy At Least 80 Percent Of The Time
If you can manage to eat healthy or “cleanly” as I like to call it, at least 80 percent of the time, you can effectively keep fit and shed weight. If you eat five moderately portioned meals a day, that means that one of these meals can have foods you like such as pizza, cake or whatever your food indulgence is.
Exercise … Check, Diet … Check, Now The Pill Fill In
Assuming your exercise and diet are in pretty good order, let’s take a look at how you can lose weight even faster with pills. There are several types to choose from, we’ll cover some of the best and how they help you shed the fat.
Fat Burners
Fat burners work by increasing your body’s metabolism. Think of your metabolism as a fat burning furnace and a fat burner as the log that you add to the furnace to stoke the fire. Many of fat burners also have ingredients that help suppress your appetite. If you have a smaller appetite you are less likely to over eat (less calories consumed) which means it is easier to drop weight. Another great thing about fat burners is that they will often give you more energy and focus. These are great if you exercise because they allow you to work out longer or with more intensity. A longer workout and/or intensity will equate to even more calories burned and more weight-loss. There are quite a few fat burners on the market. Probably the top five on the market right now are:
- OxyElite Pro
- Xenadrine
- Lipo-6
- Adapexin-P
- Phenphedrine
Colon Cleansers
Another pill that is great for jump starting your weight loss is a colon cleanser pill. They work by helping to clean out the large intestine and rid it of waste and toxins. By utilizing a colon cleanser alone you can drop an easy five to ten pounds because of the waste removal. Colon cleansers not only aid in fast weight loss but they are great for relieving constipation and rejuvenating health.
Fish Oil Pills
These pills are made up of healthy fats (essential fatty acids) that help your body burn fat. Fish oil pills are oil taken from the tissues of fish. These oils are an ample source of Omega-3 fatty acids. Fatty acids are important for those who want to shed weight because they have this property that increases calorie expenditure in a typical day. For instance, if a person burns 500 to 700 calories in a day, then adding fish oil pills, three to four times a day, would increase the calories they burn to 700 to 900 calories (a 200 calorie increase). Also, studies have shown that fish oil also helps prevent “pre-fat” cells from being converted into fat cells. Rather, it causes the “pre-fat” cells to die which greatly reduces fat storage. This is according to the “Journal of Nutrition”. Probably the thing I like best about fish oil pills is that they can be found in any grocery store or pharmacy and they are inexpensive. They do tend to leave a fish after-taste, though, unless you buy the ones that are enteric coated. Oh, I almost forgot to mention that fish oil pills are very heart-healthy!
Fat Blockers (Chitosan)
Fat blocker pills are a supplement that prevents the body from absorbing fat from food. The majority of fat blockers have a naturally occurring fiber called chitosan. The fiber is derived from the shells of crab, shrimp and shellfish and it is touted as being able to bind to fats. This means it traps the fat consumed in meals before it can be absorbed and stored in the body. Instead, the fat gets excreted out of the body through bowel movements. A fat blocker pill is consumed before a meal with fat is eaten.
Carbohydrate/Starch Blockers
The pills work on the same premise as fat blockers by blocking the body’s ability to absorb carbohydrates from food. Carbohydrate blockers are typically made from wheat germ and bean extracts. The most widely used bean extract for carbohydrate blockers is the white kidney bean. Carbohydrate blocker pills work more specifically work by inhibiting the release of alpha amylase, a digestive enzyme, which is used by the body to break down starchy carbohydrates. Instead the carbohydrates remain unabsorbed and get excreted with a bowel movement. Like fat blocker pills, they are taken before you have a meal with starchy carbohydrates.
Losing weight fast with pills is becoming more and more a reality but first you need to have a few things working for you in order for them to be effective. In order for optimal results, you should be somewhat active. I recommend at least 30 minutes of physical activity each day. This will ensure that your metabolism has a good running baseline and you’ll be stronger, have more stamina and have more overall fitness than someone who is totally sedentary. You should also have a reasonable diet. I recommend eating a diet that is full of foods that are high on nutrition and low on junk, at least 80% of the time. If you can manage that, then pills can be an excellent aid in shedding more fat and weight. From carb/fat blockers to fat burners, there is definitely a pill that can aid you in your journey to losing weight, better health and having a body that you can be proud of!