Weight Loss

As you already know the first step to losing weight is to burn more calories than you consume in the run of a day. There are a two ways you can do it, ideally is to do both. The first is by eating fewer calories. By eating 100 to 200 less calories a day, at the end of the week that is 700 to 1400 calories. Now on top of this add 3 to 5 days of exercise and you are now off to a really good weight loss routine.

Raw vegetables are really good for you. When losing weight you can eat almost as much of these as you want. Why go hungry when you can be munching on some carrots or celery sticks. You will want to cut out as much meat as possible. Meat is full of fat which will keep you from losing those undesired pounds.

If you don’t have time to exercise, but live close to work, walk. Walking burns just as much calories distance for distance as running, but it is a lot easier on your joints. When losing weight burning any amount of calories gets you that much closer to your ultimate goal.

You should be shooting to lose a pound or two a week max. Anymore than that and you risk the chance of regaining the weight back just as fast as you shed it off. Keep in mind, just because you made it to your goal, you can’t go back to your old ways. You have to continue to be focused, continue to exercise and watch how much you eat. By doing this you will be able to stay at your target weight and live a healthy life.

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   Alvin says:

   April 2, 2012 at 6:00 am

   A lb of body weight contains around 3500 calories, so just by reducing 200 calories a day, it’ll be only half a month till you shed off 1 lb!

   Weight loss isn’t just making it to your goal, it’s a total lifestyle change

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