Weight loss: Doing THIS every day could be the key to shedding the pounds

According to a study of 294 females, weighing scales could be the answer to getting trim. 

The research carried out by Drexel University and the University of Pennsylvania found those who hopped on their scales scales every day over two years saw a drop in their BMI and body body fat compared to those who didn’t 

The female participants were of all different weight and hadn’t been told to try to slim down. 

Students were chosen for the study as it’s common for many to put on weight during their first year. 

A study in 2009 found more than 70 per cent of students gain weight in their first year of study at university. 

While the women who weighed themselves every day were able to avoid putting on weight, they also lost a significant amount. 

The students who didn’t weigh themselves every day saw little change in their BMI. 

Lead study author Diane Rosenbaum explained in the published report: “The losses in BMI and body fat percentage were modest, but still significant, especially keeping in mind that these women were not part of a weight loss programme. 

“We did not expect that, in the absence of a weight loss intervention, folks would be losing weight.” 

The researchers cannot conclude that weight yourself every day can lead to weight loss, but one suggestion could be that it helps motivate people to look after their body more. 

Associate professor in the College of Arts and Sciences at Drexel added: “Regularly weighing yourself can motivate you to engage in healthy eating an exercise behaviours, because it provides you with evidence that these behaviours are effective in helping you lose weight or prevent weight gain. 

“Similarly, if you see weight gain on the scale, that information can motivate you to make a change.” 

A weight loss diet plan based on caveman eating is one of the best diets for weight loss according to scientists. 

It has a number of advantages, according to nutritionist Cassandra Barns – and one of them is weight loss.

A lot of protein is paired only with foods that would have been produced before humans began agriculture.

Cassandra said: “The Paleo diet, also known as the hunter-gatherer diet or the caveman diet, turns back the clocks to what our ancestors chowed down on thousands of years ago, such as; lean grass-fed meats, fruit, vegetables and seeds, as opposed to processed foods, sugar, dairy and grains.”