Activities that burn calories – Stationary Bike
January 28, 2009 by mrogers · Leave a Comment
Using a stationary bike is one of the excellent activities that burn calories. When the weather keeps you indoors, a stationary bike provides a way to get cardiovascular exercise and help you stay healthy and get to, or maintain, a healthy weight.
To get the most out of activities that burn calories, like the stationary bike, alternate between longer distances and shorter distances with more intensity. Both are useful, but by alternating the two, you will get the most benefit.
When you have extra time, do a longer workout at moderate intensity. This will help build endurance and stamina. When you’re crunched for time, do a shorter, more intense workout. This will help expend more calories and strengthen your heart. All activities that burn calories are useful to your weight loss efforts.
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Burn Calories Fast by Boosting Your Metabolism
January 27, 2009 by mrogers · Leave a Comment
It’s a proven fact that muscles burn more calories than fat in your body. To burn calories fast, you need to have more muscle mass and boost your metabolism.
You can burn calories fast by doing more cardiovascular exercise and adding at least two days of strength training per week. Common cardiovascular exercises that will help are running, walking or bike riding.
Even when you’re sitting still, your muscles will be burning fat. Muscles are an active tissue, so the more muscles you have, the more calories you will burn.
Burn calories fast by building your muscles weekly and adding more strength exercises into your routine. The more muscles you have, the more calories you’ll burn. You’ll be pleased by the results!
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Use Intervals to Burn Fat Not Muscle
January 26, 2009 by mrogers · Leave a Comment
Scientists have found that a great way to burn fat, not muscle is to use interval training to increase your metabolism. Short bursts of intense exercise combined with moderate effort improve lung capacity and tone muscles in a shorter amount of time than moderate activity alone
Burn fat not muscle by warming up for about two minutes, then sprint quickly for 15 seconds. Slow down and walk at a moderate pace for 2 minutes. Continue to alternate walking and sprinting for 10 minutes each day.
Following this fast workout will burn fat not muscle and help you lose weight and tone muscles at the same time. Don’t forget to also reduce the number of calories you eat.
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Find Success with Fat Loss Diets
January 23, 2009 by mrogers · Leave a Comment
Using pre-packaged diet food may seem an easy way to follow a fat loss diet, but you need to be sure that you carefully read the product’s nutrition labels to ensure that your calorie intake is at a low enough level to promote weight loss.
Dieters use pre-packaged diet foods as a way to keep control of their caloric intake, but often are lulled into a sense of control when they are actually eating too many calories. A 100-calorie snack pack is a great size, but when you are eating 4 or 5 packs a day, you may unwittingly add an extra 400 calories to your day just in snacks.
Any fat loss diet requires you to watch what you eat and choose foods that fill you up while eating fewer calories. Pre-packaged foods can be a great tool to make you fat loss diet successful, but don’t forget to count the calories of all foods eaten.
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Burn Calories By Fidgeting
January 22, 2009 by mrogers · Leave a Comment
A study by the Mayo Clinic has found that people who fidget burn more calories. You, too, can burn calories by fidgeting. With plenty of fidgeting, you could potentially lose weight without even going to the gym. For example, you can burn calories by:
- chewing gum and burn 11 calories per hour
- standing instead of sitting and burn 20 calories per hour
- tap your toes and burn 9 calories per hour
While it may not seem that you’re burning very many calories, it does add up over time. Fidget and burn calories by going to the gym and lose even more weight. If you move every time you have the opportunity, Mayo Clinic researchers found that you could burn almost 400 calories a day.
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Boost Stomach Fat Loss
January 21, 2009 by mrogers · Leave a Comment
Everyone wants a flat belly. To help boost stomach fat loss, try eating mono-unsaturated fats at each meal. Mono-unsaturated fats (often called MUFA’s) have been shown to help improve stomach fat loss. Some common MUFA foods are:
- Avocado
- Canola oil
- Olive Oil
- Nuts like almonds, cashews, pecans, and peanuts
- Olives
- Peanut butter and peanut oil
- Sesame seeds
Add one of these foods to each meal you eat, and you will see stomach fat loss, as well as fat loss on other parts of your body. You still want to watch the amount of calories you eat, so be sure to keep your daily caloric intake to about 1600 calories a day for the best results in stomach fat loss.
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2 Tips If You Cannot Lose Weight
January 20, 2009 by mrogers · Leave a Comment
You’ve been exercising, you’ve been watching what you eat, but you cannot lose weight. Everyone losing weight experiences this once in a while. It may be that you’re at a plateau, and it’s time to knock yourself off the plateau to get back to losing weight! Here are 3 tips to help you:
- Document everything you eat. When you first started losing weight, you probably kept careful track of everything you ate. Do this again to see if you’re eating more than you think! By writing down every bite that goes into your mouth you can easily see how many calories you are eating. If you cannot lose weight even after tracking your meals carefully for a week, then it’s probably time to further reduce your calories.
- Change your exercise routine. It’s easy to get in a rut performing the same exercise routines every week. Choose a new sport or a new workout and see if the change in routine helps get back on the weight loss wagon.
If you cannot lose weight, take a careful look at what you are doing. Chances are you’ve allowed some bad habits to creep back in.
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Measuring helps losing body fat
January 19, 2009 by mrogers · Leave a Comment
It’s easy to eyeball portions and assume that the amount on your plate equals one serving, but the best way to ensure that you’re losing body fat is to measure your portions. A good kitchen scale helps you put only 4 ounces of meat on your plate, while measuring cups ensure that you have 1/2 cup of rice and a full cup of green beans.
When you are losing body fat, you won’t regret the extra time you took before each meal to carefully measure your portions. For pre-packaged foods, look at the nutritional information to see how much is included in a serving. For items made from scratch, invest in a calorie book or search the internet.
Losing body fat will improve your health and make you look slimmer. To speed up the process, take the time to measure your portions.
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Yogurt is a Fat Burning Food
January 16, 2009 by mrogers · Leave a Comment
When you want to lose weight, the food choices you make are very important. Did you know that yogurt can be considered a fat burning food? Not only is it a top source of calcium, but it also helps your body absorb less fat.
You should eat a cup of yogurt a day to get the most out of this fat burning food. The yogurt actually binds to the fat you eat, so that you don’t absorb as many calories. In addition, yogurt has good bacteria which boosts protection of your body againts indigestion and upset stomachs.
It doesn’t matter what time of day you eat the yogurt, but eating it in the morning is probably the best time so that you enjoy that fat burning food during one of your first meals of the day.
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Get Help Losing Weight
January 15, 2009 by mrogers · Leave a Comment
You can get help losing weight by choosing to eat a healthy, filling breakfast every morning. If you constantly skip breakfast, you may be gaining weight because your body isn’t starting the day with fuel and therefore skews the metabolism rates for the entire day.
Choose a breakfast that includes fruit, whole grains and protein for the best start to your day. This simple act can will provide you help losing weight. Sprinkle a whole grain cereal onto a cup of yogurt, mix and top with a mixture of berries for a quick, healthy breakfast. Another breakfast that will give you help losing weight is a bowl of oatmeal, pared with applesauce and an hard boiled egg.
You want help losing weight, and you can give yourself that help by ensuring you start your day with a healthy breakfast.
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