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Headline 1: How to lose 1% of your body fat EVERY WEEK – without crash diets or workouts

Headline 2: Dump the diet: lose 1% of uncomfortable body fat every week with these easy hacks

Email Subject: Real (easy) ways to lose 1% of your body fat every week – without diets.

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If ever there was a season for weight loss, it’s definitely the post-holiday bump when it seems almost everyone is looking for ways to undo the mistakes of huge family dinners, snacks and drinks at parties, and an endless procession of seasonal desserts everywhere from the office to your kids’ schoolyard. Google reports a 60% increase in search terms like “weight loss” and “lose weight without dieting” just from January to March each year. It seems like nobody can find the answer they’re looking for.

But does it have to be such a struggle? Or can you lose weight without forcing yourself into an unpleasant diet or uncomfortable exercise?

It turns out it’s a lot more simple than you might expect. Here’s our 5 tips for dropping body fat (whether it’s seasonal or not) quickly and without changing your whole life:

Strength training focuses weight loss by burning body fat

If you’re already somebody who likes to move about and has a gym membership, learning how to do basic strength training workouts (with the help of a personal trainer) is the best way to burn body fat while maintaining muscle. That means you’ll keep your strength and energy, while still losing weight – no more feeling decimated by endless cardio workouts.

Higher protein intake supercharges weight loss

With an ample supply of protein, your body doesn’t need to store fat from sugars and carbohydrates and can process them more effectively (meaning you digest them better and they don’t tend to stick around as stubborn body fat). Doctors and nutritionists recommend eating about 1g of protein for every pound of bodyweight.

More sleep = more weight loss

Not getting enough quality sleep throws your body completely out of whack. Sleeping less than the recommended 8-10 hours per night leads to the body becoming unable to properly regulate things like hunger and metabolism in an efficient way. Get that shut eye and retrain your body to respond to hormone signals about food and fat.

You can easily cut back on calories without a “diet”

If you’re keeping track of your caloric intake, it can quickly become evident that there might be room for reduction, without compromising your favorite meals and snacks. Nutritionists suggest hitting the low-hanging fruit first and watching the impact it makes on your weight loss: drop sodas and sugary beverages in favor of club soda or flavored waters. An average Starbucks beverage can have as many as 400 calories per serving! Skip it.

Alcohol is secretly tipping the scale against you

And it’s not just from the drinks themselves. In the same way that drinking lowers inhibitions and changes your regular internal decision making protocols, studies have shown it can add as much as 4-500 calories by making your weight loss goals seem less important or less attainable, in favor of the immediate gratification of late night junk food. Cut the alcohol until your goal weight loss is in reach and then evaluate how it fits into your life.

There won’t be a magical fix to drop body fat and increase your energy. But there are small changes you’ll hardly notice after the first few weeks that can make a HUGE difference in your end results.

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Structured FAQ for rich result snippets on Google:

How much weight can you lose in one week?

It is possible to safely lose between 1-2% of a person’s overall body fat per week, as part of a healthy weight loss plan.

Can you lose weight without crash diets?

Nutritionists, trainers, and doctors agree: crash diets aren’t good or safe for almost anyone. Learning to adapt your current intake and exercise levels (even moderately) can help most people drop body fat and keep it off, long term.

Is crossfit healthy?

Extreme exercise and workout programs like Crossfit emphasize the wrong elements of fitness and nutrition, according to research. Most people are better off finding an exercise program they enjoy and investing some time and energy into that, rather than pushing their body too far and risking injury or permanent damage.

Can alcohol make people fat?

For people who consume even a moderate amount of alcohol each week, cutting back can have tremendous results. Alcohol contains sugars and calories most people don’t consider, and the lowering of inhibitions and decision making capabilities means more unnecessary calories on a night out than without drinking.

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The addition of structured data like the FAQ here would allow this article to be included in Google’s rich snippets or rich results as an answer to queries like “can drinking alcohol make me fat?”