Making Your Own Weight Loss Drinks

It is no secret, people know that foods with a combination of low saturated fat and refined sugar and high in lean protein and fiber are considered as healthy foods. The reality is preparing and planning a meal that encompasses all of these nutritional qualities is time-consuming.

Due to their busy schedule, many people are choosing to have a healthy weight loss drinks that satiates them in a time pinch due to their busy schedule.

Though weight loss drinks are available over the counter, unfortunately, they are expensive and often contain by-products that you want to avoid. The good news is that making healthy weight loss smoothies is fast, easy and simple. It is an easy and nutritious way to satisfy your appetite when you do not have time to make a balanced meal.

1. How to Make a Protein Smoothie

Step 1

Gather healthy ingredients. Though anyone can make a delicious smoothie, making weight loss drinks is a bit more precise.

You need to choose those fruits that are high in fiber, but not as high in calories. The following ingredients are great for homemade weight loss drinks:

• Choose a protein powder, like whey protein, which also has added minerals and vitamins. Muscles, skin, bone and other tissues require protein as a main building block.
  
• Yogurt and low-fat milk are great for weightloss drinks because calcium promotes weight loss. The benefit of yogurt is that it can contain healthy cultures, which improve metabolism and digestive functioning.
  
• Though fruits like bananas are delicious, they are also high in calories. If you like to include a banana, try to use only half of it. Berries are lower in natural sugar and higher in fiber, and therefore are among the best fruit choices.
  
• Agave nectar is a natural sweetener, you can pick up. Agave nectar is a safe alternative to artificial sweeteners and has a lower glycemic level than sugar.

Step 2

Add the following ingredients into your blender.

• 1/2 cup of mixed berries
• 1 scoop of protein powder
• 1 cup of ice
• 1 TBSP of agave nectar
• 1 cup of low-fat milk or ? cup of low-fat yogurt (if yogurt, add ? cup of water to reduce viscosity)
• 1/2 cup of ice

Step 3

Mix the above mentioned ingredients in your blender until all the ingredients are blended thoroughly and the mixture is liquefied.

Serve and enjoy drinking!

2. Weight Loss Drinks - Ice cold water

Your body has to burn fats in order to heat the ice cold water back up to the level of your body temperature. The amount of calories you burn (and the weight you lose) will rack up over time as you drink ice cold water everyday.

According to a German study by drinking about 2 extra glasses of water a day can boost your metabolism by about 30% and they conclude that when you drink about 1.5 liters of water a day you will lose an extra 5 lbs a year.

3. Milk

Drinking milk which is high in calcium can boost weight loss by increasing fat breakdown in fat cells. This does not mean that you should go out and drink plenty of milk everyday. However, moderately adding milk to your diet can double the rate of fat you lose.

4. Green Tea 

Although experts are divided on exactly how healthy green tea is, there is no doubt that it has some health benefits. By drinking 3 to 5 cups of green tea daily will increases your metabolism, thus burning about 40% more fat during the day.

5. Weight Loss Drinks - Vegetable Juice

According to a study done at a university of Penn. state, drinking a glass of vegetable juice before your meals may cause you to eat 135 less calories. If you can't make vegetable juice, then even drinking a couple of glasses of water before meals will also make you eat much less so you lose more weight.