How to Burn more Calories

Just a few more Calories Burned Adds Up!

 If you already have some form of exercise, such as walking, but are not satisfied with your weight, then you need to add some zing to your workouts!

For weight loss, we all know that we need to burn more calories than we take in.  It doesn't matter what diet you follow, or all those weight loss programs out there, at the end of the day, it is simple math. Burn more calories than you take in, and you will lose weight.

Exercise is a great way for your body to rev up enough to burn  some calories and help you along with your weight loss goals, plus for an added bonus, you will feel better, more energetic, and your body will feel a little tighter and toned.

But what to do? 

Take the exercise you do now on a regular basis and add some pep to it.  If you walk, throw in some jogging, or very quick walking, even for just part of your walk.  If you walk on a treadmill, adjust the incline a little bit, as if walking uphill, and you will raise your cardio.  If you already do aerobics, try spinning classes, or get your bike out, or try dance classes.

After awhile, your body gets very efficient at exercise, and will stop burning calories at the same rate, unless you add some more to it.  You can tell if it is working, by how your heart rate goes up, you may sweat a bit more, and you feel new muscles being worked on. 

If you change some of your exercise routines, or throw in something totatlly different, like some belly dancing classes, or a jogging class, or whatever, you WILL burn more calories. 

If you don't want to change your routine, and you say "I only have time for walking" then take a backpack and add some weights, that will make your body work a little harder, and you should see some calories being burned.  You have to keep tricking your body, and throwing new routines at it, to get the calorie burn you are looking for.

Everytime a friend of mine lost five pounds, she would add a five pound weight to a back pack and walk with it.  Not a bad idea!  So add some zing to your workout, you will get rid of boredom, and you will feel good for it.