How To Lose Weight Fast for Moms and Women

My friend .

Welcome to today's video .

My name is Doctor Anthony Zi .

I'm the founder here at the Fit Mother Project and our other company , the Fit Father Project .

In today's video , we're going to cover an amazingly important topic , how to lose weight fast for women .

This is something we get asked by the thousands of women who are with us here at the Fit Mother Project .

And so what we're gonna do is we're going to cover the 10 research proven strategies that actually work in terms of top to bottom .

We're going to cover all of these today .

And my promise to you is this when you watch this video , it's going to be longer than your normal two minute quick 10 tips .

We're going to break down these 10 proven strategies .

And I'm going to give you some actual action items to imply these into your life .

So you can see real results this week .

That's what we're about here at the Mother Project .

I know you're going to learn a ton .

So get out your pen and paper , take some notes and let's dive on in .

All right .

So get into the first strategy of how to lose weight fast for women .

A lot of women make the mistake of thinking that when we're trying to lose weight and lose fat , that the first place to look is diet and exercise and the fact is that couldn't be further from the truth .

The first place we need to start is look at your sleep because what the research shows is that you can be on a restrictive calorie , restrictive diet and do exercise .

If you're not sleeping enough , you're basically pushing a ball uphill , your weight loss will be slow and the weight that you do lose will come from muscle tissue and not fat .

So this is actually the worst case scenario .

And the reason that sleep is so important as it relates to weight loss and losing weight quickly is that sleep is like the master regulator of so many of our key metabolic hormones .

When we lose sleep , our body processes carbs more poorly .

Our insulin levels are higher , our cortisol levels are higher .

And without getting into the science of that , it is a bad , bad scenario if our goal is to lose weight .

So the first we need to do before we start any diet or any workout routine is audit your sleep .

Are you getting seven hours of quality sleep per night ?

Ideally some more .

But I think that's like really a minimum .

Can you lose weight on six hours of sleep ?

Yes .

Is it sub optimal ?

Yes , it is .

So right now , if you know you're not sleeping as well as you could be , start to ask yourself a few questions .

What can I do to get some more sleep ?

Is that I need to do some changes to our night time routine with my spouse and my kids so I can get into bed earlier .

Does it mean I need to turn off the phone or the TV ?

Or get off the computer earlier ?

Because the blue light is keeping me up .

Um You gotta really audit your sleep and we have some other videos and some articles and we'll link some stuff below on how to improve your sleep .

We have some strategies but I wanna make sure we get through all 10 .

But first things first get the seven hours of sleep .

Second strategy is we need to get you proactive with your nutrition .

And a lot of people who want to lose weight and start diets , they focus so much on the types of foods you should be eating .

And yes , those are obviously important .

We're gonna talk about foods more throughout the rest of this video .

But I think what's even more important is getting the food structure in place because what food structure does , you know when you're eating certain meals throughout the day , it gives you the structure and it makes you proactive around your eating instead of reactive .

So it's no longer like I don't have a nutrition plan .

So when I get hungry at 3 p.m. I turn to this kind of snack or this kind of craving .

When you're proactive , you essentially take control of all those different decision points throughout the day .

So to really um get into this right away , there are two main meal timing set ups that we recommend for most women .

The first one is what we call the four by four meal plan , which is basically eating four meals per day , spaced out roughly every four hours .

So what it might look like practically is breakfast at eight , lunch at noon , a mini meal or snack around 3 30 pm and dinner around seven pm , roughly four out four meals roughly every four hours .

The reason this approach is so effective is keeps , keeps your blood sugar levels very stable , keeps your body burning fat , keeps your hunger at bay .

And you're not having to eat 67 small meals per day .

On some complicated plan , you're basically having breakfast , lunch and dinner with a snack .

So it's very , very doable .

If you're a busy woman and you have a busy person like I am , you can pull this off with that kind of schedule .

And on the flip side , there's another meal timing approach that works incredibly well for women who want to lose weight fast .

And that is intermittent fasting , which is essentially the practice intentionally compressing your eating window down into a fewer hours .

So a very common set up is this 16 , 8 set up where you eat for eight hours of the day and you fast for the other 16 .

So practically speaking , that might look like having your first meal at 11 a.m. and having a snack around 3:30 p.m. and having dinner at 7 p.m. So you're essentially doing the four by four meal timing , set up more or less , but skipping that first meal , another totally viable option .

You can lose all the weight you want on both .

They're both very effective .

The question to ask yourself is do you currently know your meal timing set up ?

And if not , this video is your opportunity to choose the one that's going to work for .

You pick one of these two and work it for the week .

So again , out of the four by four a meal , roughly every four hours , the eight noon , 37 or eight o'clock kind of framework or in a minute fasting where you just shift that you kind of skip breakfast .

You have lunch , almost knocked over a board here and then you pick that meal timing set up and you stick to it .

And now we're going to get into the next step of this thing of this , how to lose weight fast for women , which is to be to audit the amount of sugar that's happening in your life .

One of the easiest ways for most of us to start to lose some weight is to cut out sugar without making any other change to identify our sugar sources and cut them out .

And the fact of the matter is , is sugar can be in pretty insidious places in our diet places .

We don't even realize I love this right here .

This is a really funny picture of some different Starbucks holiday drinks and they rate them on the doughnut scale of the equivalent .

How much sugar in these number of doughnuts are in these drinks .

So some of these drinks that we have , you know , that Starbucks frappuccino or whatever we get in the morning has 4 to 5 doughnuts worth of sugar .

And here's another thing , here's a fruit juice that looks like it's nice and healthy , right ?

It's got some fruit on the front cover .

You think it's good ?

It's packed with antioxidants .

Well , guess what ?

This has more sugar than a can of Coke .

So sugar is all over the place .

We got to audit it .

So if you currently are having smoothies , even fruit juices , even the fresh ones , you might get it , you know , whole foods or sprouts .

Um , if you are obviously drinking any kinds of sodas , eating excessive amounts of fruit fruit can be great for you .

But if you're just slamming bananas all day , it's going to be counterproductive to your weight loss efforts .

So , audit the sugar in your life .

What are your main sugar sources ?

Is a sweet tooth late at night .

If that's the case , how can we substitute something in that still kind of meets your kind of craving or desire needs without having all that sugar .

A great example would be like if you know , you turn towards ice cream late at night when you have that kind of craving .

Yes , we want to analyze why we're having these kind of cravings .

Is there some stress that's underlying why we're eating ?

But also we can just substitute something in that has no sugar .

Here are these just delicious , so delicious coconut bars .

They have 2 g of sugar per serving with healthy MC T fats .

They're really great options .

So we can be proactive again in scheduling in and sliding in the right kinds of foods that are good substitutes .

So audit the sugar in your life , ask yourself this question today after watching this video , where is the sugar in my life ?

Next strategy ?

That's massively simple and will help your body lose weight fast is drinking more water .

Most of us are just not drinking enough water for optimum health .

And especially if we want to lose weight , we want to increase water intake even more .

Why ?

Well , pretty much every bodily function that we have , especially when it comes to fat burning requires water .

You've probably heard before our bodies are 70 plus percent water and it's truth , water is the foundation of life .

Now , when it comes to weight loss is an added benefit , the more water we drink the more full we stay because actually when we drink water , our stomach receptors actually give us the sensation of being full .

So the worst thing that can happen when we're trying to lose weight is we're starving all the time .

We're going to be battling cravings .

Water can help reduce hunger .

So this is why for most women who are with us here on our fit mother jump start or our full fit mother 30 X program , they're increasing their water intake .

Here is the simple formula .

Take your body weight in pounds , divide that by two and add 32 to that .

That's the number of ounces we recommend you drink if you're outside the United States and you want to add the the actual metric system stuff , not pounds and you want to have it in et cetera in the metric .

We have that down in the description , we have that for you as well .

We apologize if you're outside the US now .

So drinking more water , really simple habit .

But practically speaking , we all know we need to be drinking water .

How do we actually get that in ?

The key is getting yourself a go to water bottle if you do not have a container , some kind of thermos a now Gene bottle , a mason jar that you're carrying with you throughout the day .

That's ideally 32 ounces , you're not going to drink enough water .

If the water is not sitting on your desk sitting with you in the car and you're constantly looking .

Oh , I need to drink four of these per day .

It's really tough to eat , meet that water target one habit and trick that we're gonna talk about when we get down here into number nine , using some smart supplements is using the power of organic green tea as a great natural fat burner , especially for women .

So , what we can do is brew 64 ounces or 32 ounces of tea in the morning .

And they go , that's part of our water target .

And it's actually giving us added fat burning benefits .

Really simple habit , heat up the water in the morning , brew the tea , carry it with you throughout the day and then you drink a couple of more of those 32 ounce bottles throughout the day .

Simple , next thing is we want to get fiber in every single meal .

So when we look back into number two , the strategy , number two of this video , we talked about the four by four meal timing set up or in a minute fasting .

So what do we eat during those meals ?

One simple strategy we teach at the Fit Mother Project and over at the Fit Father project is the concept of building what we call perfect plates .

And what this means is every time you have a meal , half of that plate , fill it with some kind of fibrous veggie that you love ideally green .

So let's say a meal could be a chicken breast , half of your plate could be broccoli or spinach or kale or Brussels sprouts and a quarter of it can be carbs or healthy fats , whatever kind of fits your palate preference .

But half of that plate is fiber .

Fiber is so important for weight loss .

Yes , it keeps us full .

Yes , it has benefits for our metabolism in terms of improving our cholesterol levels .

But it also feeds our healthy gut bacteria , those probiotics that are integral for weight loss .

A healthy gut equals a healthy metabolism and a healthy brain and a healthy immune system .

And it starts with fiber .

Fiber is the fuel for your digestive tract .

We need to get lots of fiber and those just making that habit of every time I have a meal , I'm going to make sure I get a fiber source in there a really great option .

And below in the description and here on this video , we'll give you some ideas on some fiber sources that you can incorporate into your diet .

These are really great .

The next thing is with this kind of perfect play concept is we want to get a protein source with every meal protein is so essential when it comes to losing weight .

Why ?

Because protein actually helps increase our metabolism .

Protein keeps us full longer than any other macro , nutrient carbs and fats and protein really just helps us recover from our workouts as well , which we're going to be talking about again later in this video .

So this is why this perfect play concept is just so simple , right ?

We get the fiber and we get the protein .

So for you , I recommend you take your fist and you look at your fist size , that's about as much protein as I want you to have in every meal .

And I do not care if your protein comes from fish , animal plants , whatever your kind of current diet set up is just get a good clean protein source , get it in regularly .

And if you have 3 to 4 meals per day with around a fist size , serving a protein that's going to be around 100 to 150 g of protein per day , which is a perfect weight loss target for most women .

And that only equals around 600 calories .

So really , really great way to get your protein target in next thing is we have 30 minutes of daily activity and I'm kind of doing this list progressively in a sense because the things we're talking about first are the foundations .

And as we move down below these , these things are like the accessory kind of thing .

So it's more important to sleep than it is to get the activity .

Because if we don't have sleep , the whole hormones are out of whack .

And it's more important to get these 30 minutes of daily activity than it is to do .

Formal workouts .

And I want to make this distinction when it comes to weight loss .

There's a difference between daily activity and workouts .

Both are important but daily activity , nutrition and sleep are more important .

What does this mean ?

We need to get your body just generally moving more .

So many of us have either desk jobs or we're sitting down in the car a lot and we're not moving our bodies enough when it comes to losing weight and regulating our appetite .

Our body has a minimum activity threshold , an amount of activity we need to be doing to really help regulate all our hunger , appetite and metabolism hormones .

Absolute key .

So what I like to tell women is get 30 minutes of daily activity per day and this does not have to be in a 1 30 minute block .

It could be five minute walks spaced throughout the day .

It could be 10 minute walks after your meals .

It could be setting a step timer on your iphone and making sure you get 5000 steps per day , set yourself some kind of goal that's trackable and make sure you get the steps in the activity in .

It could be walking your dog twice a day in the morning , in the evening , you know , taking a walk with your kids or your spouse .

There's so many ways , but get yourself walking , get yourself moving .

You do not have to exercise to lose weight .

It's beneficial , but daily activity is pretty much a must .

The next thing we have is once we have all these other variables in place is doing what we call metabolic resistance training workouts .

Women who want to lose weight , especially women who want to lose weight fast , need to do strength training , but not just body building , strength training .

It's a combination of strength training plus card , all in one , these are called M RT workouts .

And essentially it's taking some of these best strength training movements , like your squats , your shoulder presses your dead , lifts your rows , your push ups and doing these in a circuit with very little rest .

So you get the cardio fat burning benefit and the strength benefit because as we're losing weight , when we build some muscle , that muscle burns calories , that muscle elevates our metabolic rate .

And as we age and as women age , in particular , muscle mass starts to linearly decrease and when your muscle mass decreases , so your metabolism .

So we're trying to lose weight .

We need the strength in the cardio .

We have a free fit mom jump start .

It's a three day training series 100% free where we give you our meal plan and our best M RT workouts .

There's links below where you , you can get that and I'm going to be on camera actually giving you one of our best MRT workouts .

And we also have some other free videos on our youtube channel as well .

But if you're serious about losing weight .

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So that is in the description below , but just do not that if we space these M RT workouts out throughout the week , let's say Monday , Wednesday , Friday , each of these workouts gives you a metabolic boost for up to 24 to up to 48 hours .

So it's like you get a spike on Monday and then you train on Wednesday and you train on Friday , you have a constantly elevated metabolism , so you're burning more calories 24 7 .

Not just when you exercise , that is key to losing weight .

Next step we have is using some smart supplements and notice that this is level nine on the list .

I mean supplements are supplemental for a reason if you're not sleeping and drinking in the water and eating the fiber and doing the daily walking .

No supplement in the world is going to help you lose weight .

But there are some supplements that do help .

And these supplements are actually not the supplements that are necessarily marketed for weight loss .

They're not the fat burners if you will , they're the basic stuff that your body needs to function optimally , a quality multivitamin fish oil , vitamin D three , a good probiotic .

And I would add in that green tea , which has distinctive fat burning benefits .

And I'll actually toss in some caffeine in there too , depending on how your body reacts to caffeine .

It can be a good mild thermogenic fat burner .

So those are like the well rounded kind of general supplement list .

And we have other videos on the channel where we deep dive into dosages and brands and other stuff we recommend .

But just know that when it comes to supplements for weight loss , it's not that skinny thin girl fat burner , 9000 kind of thing .

It's the basic stuff .

A good multivitamin , fish , oil , probiotics , vitamin D three , some green tea and maybe some caffeine as well .

That is the basic supplement stack that works .

And number 10 just I want to round out this to a nice even 10 list is that it's essential , especially when our goal is to lose weight quickly that we get on a plan that now allows us to keep the weight off long term .

We get into a community of support of like minded men and women who want to keep us accountable .

And we are having a , an approach that's sustainable over the long term and that's what we're so passionate about here at the project .

It's why we publish all these free videos with all this great advice because we want to invite you to come deeper with us inside our community .

We want to be your support system .

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If your sleep is no check , let's get that in check first .

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