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Step 1
Eat your breakfast. Sumo wrestlers rarely eat breakfast during training and yet they gain weight. If that's not incentive to eat a breakfast to speed up your metabolism and fuel a workout, I don't know what is.
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Step 2
Snack regularly on small portions of healthy foods. Sumo wrestlers don't eat all day long, they rarely eat more than twice a day. But when they do eat those meals, the portion sizes are huge by normal standards. Do not starve yourself to promote weight loss. It actually has the reverse effect. You will hang on to excess weight or gain more.
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Step 3
Cut back on carbohydrates. I don't mean maintaining a restricting diet that makes you feel hungry or deprived. But, keep your intake of carbohydrates, particularly processed or simple carbs down. Carbohydrates should not make up the bulk of your meal. Complex carbs found in many whole grains and vegetable will help fuel your body, but an abundance of carbs will pack on the pounds.
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Step 4
Stop eating before sleep. This is a major part of a sumo wrestlers training. They eat a large lunch and nap. They then eat a large dinner before bed. This helps the foods turn into fat instead of fuel. Stop eating at least three hours before you head to sleep to help burn off the calories you've consumed.
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Step 5
Don't skip your workout. Sumo wrestlers may train and exercise up to six hours a day to stay strong. You don't have to be so extreme, but for optimum weight loss, get in 45 to 60 minutes of cardio workouts daily. Add strength training several times a week to boost the metabolism and tone.
