4 habits that should be in your routine if you want to lose weight –

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1. sleep tight

This is the first step towards achieving a slimmer silhouette. That’s because it’s during the sleep that the hormones of hunger and satiety they are
regulated – a single night of poor sleep is enough to wake up your desire for fatty or sugary treats. “Rest between seven and eight hours a night in a dark and quiet place is ideal to avoid compulsion in the long term”, explains Renato Zilli, an endocrinologist at Hospital Sírio Libanês, in São Paulo.

2. Do intermittent fasting

Limiting eating intervals to 10 hours a day (from the last meal to the first meal) gives the body’s mechanisms time to
rest and thus perform their duties more effectively, including with regard to metabolism. In the medium term, the fast up to 16 hours a day reduces the appetiteintensifies the burning of fat and favors the elimination of unwanted kilos.

3. Step on the scale regularly

Weighing yourself frequently works as an incentive for you to eat more healthy and stay active. “Climb on balance every day can cause a bit of confusion, after all, there are days when liquid retention or the menstrual cycle interfere with the numbers”, explains Renato. Therefore, try to do the control once a week – always at the same time, as the weight also fluctuates during the day.

4. Change your lifestyle

One of the most important secrets to lasting weight loss is the awareness that things need to change. jump from diet on a diet can even make you decrease a number on the mannequin, but this is often a passing effect. To lose weight, you need to abandon the bad ones habits for once. So, instead of depriving yourself of the things you like to eat, try adding healthier items to your plate and making small substitutions in the menu.