Get Great Thighs By Eating Right!

If you want to have great thighs, firm buns and a sexy lower body, then you need to learn how to make the right choices when it comes to food.  In the last post I talked a bit about the thermic effect of food.  Today, I want to touch on the subject a bit more and list a few things that can decrease the natural fat burning effect of foods and a few that can make the thermic effect of food more powerful.

As discussed in the last post, the thermic effect of food is basically just a fancy way of saying that your body will burn calories breaking down a dn digesting different foods. If you take the time to learn how to use this extra fat burning effect to your advantage, then you will be closer to your goal of having great thighs and a firm lower body, without having to do any real work.

One of the foods that can have a potent fat burning effect is plain old dietary fiber.  Fiber slows down digestion, reduces insulin spikes and help to regulate blood sugar. High fiber foods have been proven to require more calories to digest than most other foods.  The combining effect of slower digestion and the requirement for your body to burn more calories to break fiber down, means that when you eat fiber, your body will absorb fewer calories than it would fro most other food sources.

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Here’s an example…

If you eat the recommended 24 grams of fiber per day ( the average consumption of fiber for women is somewhere around 12 grams) then the net effect is that you will actually absorb 90 fewer calories per day than you otherwise would!  I know that a measly 90 calories per day is small potatoes as far as calorie restriction for fat loss, but every little bit counts.  Adding fiber to your diet is an easy step that can help you get slim thighs and a sexy lower body.

If you focused on making a few small changes to your diet each day, these little 90 calorie deficits can add up to some serious fat loss over the course of a year. To illustrate my point…In order to lose 1 lb of body fat you must create an energy deficit of 3500 kcals. If you added 24 grams of fiber to your diet each day in place of other sources of nutrients, you would easily and painlessly create a calorie deficit of…

• 630 calories per week!
• 2520 calories per month!
• 30240 calories per year!

Fiber is such an amazing weight loss aid, that (even though they don’t publicize it) mass quantities of fiber are a staple of The Biggest Loser diet that allows obese men and women to lose 50 -100 lbs. Overall, the minor addition of fiber to your diet could lead to a yearly weight loss of 8.64 lbs! This is definitely an easy way to get great thighs and firm buns easily.