Natural Ways To Drop Weight & Boost Your Mental and Physical Energy Part 1

The following are the top natural methods we’ve found in the National Metabolic & Longevity Research Center to improve weight loss, as well as physical and mental energy for patients who are on thyroid medication:

Small Amounts Of Resistance Training: The catch-22 associated with thyroid disease is that individuals tend to gain noticeable amounts of weight, yet they lack the energy to get out and exercise in order to help lose some of that weight. The best way to take on this problem is to increase your metabolism, which is of course directly affected by having the thyroid removed. So how do you increase your metabolism to encourage weight loss? The answer is simple: make resistance training (a.k.a. weightlifting) a part of your week – every week. Studies have shown that muscle cells are almost eight times more active than fat cells, burning far more calories than fat cells. By lifting weights, your body will build more muscle density (not size), which will lead to a significant metabolic increase, energy increase, and a dramatic improvement in your physical shape – assuming that you are persistent in your routine (3 times per week, every week).

For example:

Keep a pair of light dumbbells near your bed, and each morning when you wake up, commit to picking up the dumbbells (before you do anything else – right after your feet hit the floor pick up those dumbbells), then do 10 bicep curls, 10 side laterals, 10 overhead presses, and 10 lunges – then, and only then, gently place the dumbbells back under your bed for the next morning.

But wait! That’ll only take about 4 minutes. Could that 4 minutes, 3-times each week really make a difference? Could you really change your metabolism with such a small modification to your lifestyle? Absolutely – yet the masses will complain, year after year, that their body get’s fatter and fatter, and that nothing this minor could have such a big impact. Those a re the same individuals who say that eating just a little junk food every day won’t kill you – but let me assure you, that everything you do, whether good or bad, adds up…

For example:

…Eat a little junk food once per week, and most likely nothing bad will ever happen to you, and you’ll be able to enjoy that junk food when you eat it… Exercise only once per week, and nothing good will ever come from that exercise – but do either one of these PERSISTENTLY – and the effects of those actions will add up and produce measurable, noticeable results.

You can also increase your overall metabolism by making some slight changes to your diet – don’t get nervous – I said SLIGHT changes. Eating more lean protein, and less of the main-stream carbohydrates and fats is an easy way to accomplish this. When you do consume carbohydrates, try to get them from non-starchy vegetables like greens, peppers, broccoli, and even beets.
And if you feel the need for sweets or chocolates, then grab yourself a low carbohydrate protein shake, and whip yourself up a cup of pudding (low-carb chocolate protein mix and just enough water to make a thick pudding like liquid – then leave it in the refrigerator overnight – what a nice breakfast to eat after your morning 4-minute exercise routine).

...or a batch chocolate brownies (low-carb chocolate protein mix and just enough egg whites to make a thick paste – then stick it in a warm oven on a cookie sheet for 30 minutes or just until the brownies look ready… cut into squares and mmmmmm).

Good Ole Water, with a different twist. Ok – I know that everyone already knows how important water is to the health of every cell in your body, but here’s a tactic that’s especially effective for those on Thyroid medication.

During the night, while you’re sleeping, your body loses more than 8 ounces of water. Now assuming that you’re already healthy and fully hydrated when you fall asleep, then all you really need to do is drink a cup of water, and you’ll be back in balance, however…

…if you’re not fully hydrated, then it takes approximately 3 days of proper water intake to regain full hydration in your cells, at which point your body begins to drop fat, excrete excess water, and work substantially better.

Let’s assume that you’re healthy, and that you’re fully hydrated normally which means that you consume approximately 8 ounces of water for every 14-20 pounds of body weight you currently carry around. The first thing you should do when you wake up, every morning, is to drink a full glass of water (try getting in 12-20 ounces before your feet hit the floor).

So what does your morning look like so far? You wake up, you drink a glass of water, you get out of bed, you grab your dumbbells and play around for 4 minutes, then you head down to the kitchen and eat some pudding… That sounds like a pretty great start to a great day, and a terrific start to a long life in a lean, energized body. But there’s more you can do…

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