It is said that "spring does not lose weight, summer is sad." Summer is coming soon, and it's time for you to lose weight. As the spring season approaches, weight loss becomes a hot topic. So what should you eat to lose weight in the spring? Below, we have selected a few delicious weight loss recipes for you to enjoy food and slim down. Let's take a look together.
Sticky Rice
Ingredients: Red beans, coix seed, sticky rice, pumpkin seeds, diced cucumber, as needed.
Method: Wash the red beans and coix seed, then steam them in a pot for 20 minutes. Add a little sticky rice and pumpkin seeds, steam until cooked, then sprinkle with diced cucumber before serving.
Effect: It helps spleen and water metabolism and aids in weight loss.
Strange-flavor Kelp
Ingredients: Kelp, red beans, radish, hawthorn, sweetener, as needed.
Method: Soak the kelp in water for 24 hours (change the water twice in between), wash and cut into shreds. Cook red beans, radish, and hawthorn with water and sweetener for 30 minutes. Remove the beans, radish, and hawthorn, add the kelp and simmer until the sauce is dry and the kelp is soft. Let it cool and dry before serving.
Effect: It has diuretic, anti-edema, and fast weight loss effects.
Potato Rice
Ingredients: Potatoes.
Method: Peel the potatoes and grate them into shreds, or cut them into shreds. Soak them for a while, then wash away the starch, cut into cubes, and wash thoroughly until the water is clear. Steam them in a rice cooker just like cooking rice, and substitute them for rice.
Effect: Potatoes are very good high-potassium, low-sodium foods, which are very suitable for people with edema-type obesity. In addition, they are rich in potassium, almost the highest among vegetables, so they also have the effect of slimming the legs! Potatoes contain abundant dietary fiber, and it has been reported that the content is the same as apples. Therefore, the digestion and absorption of potatoes by the stomach and intestines is slower. After eating potatoes, they stay in the intestines longer than rice, so they provide a greater sense of fullness. At the same time, they can also help to remove some fat and waste, and have a certain bowel cleansing and detoxification effect.
Stir-fried Rice Porridge
Ingredients: Rice, water.
Method: Use an oil-free pan to stir-fry the rice until it turns brown, then cook it into porridge.
Effect: During the frying process, the starch in the rice is completely destroyed and decomposed, turning into activated carbon. Activated carbon can absorb the fat attached to the stomach and intestines and eliminate it from the body. It is worth mentioning that stir-fried rice porridge and using fried rice water are also effective methods for relieving food stagnation. If your baby cannot eat because of food stagnation, you can cook some stir-fried rice porridge or let them drink some fried rice water to help eliminate the food stagnation.
Cucumber Salad
Ingredients: One cucumber. Coriander, minced garlic, salt, sugar, vinegar, chicken essence, sesame oil, as needed.
Method: Wash the cucumber, use a flat kitchen knife to pat it, causing it to crack slightly (do not pat too hard to avoid crushing it; also not too light, otherwise it won't crack), then cut it into sections with a knife. Wash and chop the coriander, add minced garlic, vinegar, salt, sugar, sesame oil, and chicken essence, and mix well with the cucumber slices.
Effect: Cucumbers not only have low calories, but the pectin and fiber they contain can help lower cholesterol, promote the excretion of intestinal waste, and prevent constipation. What's even more surprising is that the tartaric acid in cucumbers can inhibit the conversion of carbohydrates into fat.
Papaya Snow Fungus Coix Seed Soup
Ingredients: 100g papaya, 50g coix seed, 5g snow fungus.
Method: Wash the coix seed and soak it in water for 2 hours. After the dried snow fungus is soaked, wash and remove the roots, then tear it into small pieces. Peel and seed the papaya, then cut it into chunks. Put the soaked coix seed and snow fungus into a clay pot, boil it over high heat, and then simmer on low heat for 1 hour until the coix seed and snow fungus are soft. Then add the cut papaya and continue to simmer for 15 minutes before serving.
Effect: Coix seed has the highest fiber content among grains, is low in fat and calories, and is the best staple food for weight loss. It also contains abundant protein, fat, vitamins, minerals, and carbohydrates. It has whitening and spot-removing functions and is particularly effective for people with lower body edema. Papaya can also help you get rid of fat!
Weight Loss Misconceptions
Misconception 1: Eating Too Fast
Research has shown that there is a 20-minute delay between the brain and the body. In other words, it is only after about 20 minutes that you feel full. Therefore, the faster you eat, the more you eat, and you don't give your brain a chance to tell you that you are full. Weight loss experts recommend eating slowly and chewing your food well.
Misconception 2: Skipping Breakfast
Many people neglect breakfast, but breakfast is the most important meal of the day. When you wake up in the morning, you have been fasting for about eight hours, and your body starts sending signals of hunger. If you don't replenish any energy, it will result in muscle loss. Muscles can speed up your metabolism. Also, if you eat a healthy breakfast, you are less likely to overeat at the next meal or in the evening.
Misconception 3: Not Eating Rice to Lose Weight
Rice is a source of calories for the body, and it is rich in carbohydrates, which also help with metabolism. When you don't eat rice, and your body lacks a sense of fullness, you are more likely to intake other high-calorie foods after meals or during the next meal, which will lead to a failed weight loss.
In fact, as long as you don't exceed the portion size, you can safely eat rice during weight loss. Men can consume 2.5 bowls of rice per day, and women can consume 1.5 bowls of rice per day, which is within the normal range. In addition, it is better to gradually replace white rice with whole grain foods (such as brown rice, mixed grains, oats, etc.) that provide a sense of fullness and stabilize blood sugar levels.
Misconception 4: Relying on Dieting for Weight Loss
If you want to rely solely on dieting to lose weight, you will have good short-term results, but at the same time, it will cause great harm to your body. Obesity is not just about excessive weight, but a combination of a series of diseases. In addition, excessive dieting not only causes people to suffer from hunger, but also causes psychological trauma that is difficult to express. Therefore, weight loss should not only focus on dieting, but also incorporate appropriate exercise and regulate daily diet to achieve the goal of weight loss.
