A Collection of The Best Weight Loss Aids and Tips!

It is simple science. A single pound of fat contains 3500 calories of energy. Therefore, if you are looking to lose a pound of fat per week, you need to ingest 3500 less calories than you burn per week. The key to achieving this goal is by reducing your calorie intake by 500 calories per day. Doing so will allow you to lose around a pound of fat per week.

Sounds reasonable, right? Especially is you are 25 pounds or more overweight. In fact, it has been scientifically proven that people who lose weight at this gradual rate are far more likely to maintain this trimmer weight for good.

Now the task is to figure out what needs to be cut out of your diet to reduce it by 500 calories per day. I am sure that we can find a few things. In fact, I have compiled a list below to give you some ideas.

1. Putting milk in your coffee in stead of cream saves you 50 calories.

2. A baked potato is great without butter. If you agree, you can cut 100 calories right there.

3. Drinking flavored water rather than the sugar filled liquid 16 ounce soda can cut 200 calories out of your diet. This adds up.

4. Special sauce on a sesame seed bun? Forget the 460 calorie Big Mac and order a healthy salad. Even if you add light salad dressing to your salad, you are still cutting more than 360 calories.

5. You do not need that bag of chips. If you agree, you are giving up 300 empty calories. This is a good thing.

6. Pass the corn please, but make sure it has ears. Corn of the cob consists of 80 less calories than canned corn.

7. Making the switch from regular cream cheese to low-fat cream cheese on your bagel will cut 90 calories per ounce.

8. If you insists on having fries and have a choice, select the steak-cut fries over the thin fries. Thin fries withhold far more grease which amounts to any extra fifty calories per four ounce serving.

Guess what? You can do other things to lose weight which do not involve food. For instance, physical activity is a great way to burn calories. Let us look at some activities that you can engage in.

1. A great activity to lose weight is simply walking for 30 minutes a little faster than a casual stroll. This will burn 160 calories.

2. Get on a bike and ride for 5 miles. Doing so will burn 250 calories.

3. Dancing for just 1 hour can burn up to 400 calories!

4. Not only is swimming fun, it is also a great way to burn 500 calories in just 60 minutes.

5. Most people see gardening as a hobby. However, this hobby involves bending and stretching, which can burn as many as 250 calories. Furthermore, it keeps your mind off of unhealthy food.

6. Tennis anyone? Hopefully you said, “Yes.” A mere hour of tennis will enable you to burn 800 calories.

Are you ready for the good news? The good news is that the above calorie burning numbers are based upon a 130 lb woman. Therefore, if you weigh more, you will burn more calories! Furthermore, when you exercise, you build lean muscle mass. Lean muscle mass is important because it enables your body to burn more calories while you are motionless (eg. sleeping, sitting at work, etc.), than fat does.

While we can either cut back on the calories which we consume, or engage in more physical activities to lose weight, I suggest a combination of both for optimal results. However, you must make sure to not limit your calorie intake too much. Doing so will cause your metabolism to slow down as a defense mechanism to starvation. Make sure than you always consume in excess of 1000 calories per day to avoid this.

Just keep your calorie intake in a reasonable range, and exercise consistently. Keep track of both your calorie intake and exercise over the months, and stay motivated. You will see great results.

Cheryl Carter is an expert in healthy weight loss, and the inventor of the Weight Loss Oracle weight loss software.

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