Losing Weight Fast & Easily

The fastest and easiest method for losing weight involves a combination of changes in your dietary and exercise habits. Losing weight is about balancing the calories that you take in with the calories you expend. If you take in fewer calories and expend more calories with exercise, you will lose weight fast. You must commit to making easy changes in both what you eat and how you work out to lose weight successfully.

Decrease Amount of Food

Your daily sum of calories is determined by how much food you eat per day and the types of foods that you eat. For starters, use a saucer-sized plate instead of a full-sized plate to reduce your portion sizes. Avoid returning for a second plate. Over time, you will notice a fast reduction in weight loss because you are eating less food each day.

Avoid High-Calorie Foods

You may not be eating a lot of food, but you may be eating the wrong types of foods. High-calorie foods, such as cookies, cakes, chips, fatty meats and fried foods, contain many calories, which make it difficult to lose weight. Each pound of fat contains 3,500 calories. Therefore, avoiding high-calorie foods will prevent excess calories from being stored as fat and will result in fast weight loss.

Perform Cardiovascular Exercise

Begin a high-intensity cardiovascular exercise program. The more exercise you do, the faster you will lose weight. Perform at least one hour per day of high-intensity exercises, such as running, biking, aerobics, swimming or competitive sports to burn calories. If you are not now exercising, start slowly and gradually increase the amount of exercise you perform to avoid injury.

Build Muscle

Increase your muscle mass to lose weight fast and keep it off. The more muscle you have, the higher your metabolism will be, because muscle burns calories at rest. Begin a resistance training program in which you lift weights at least three times per week. To keep it simple, choose five exercises, such as push ups, sit ups, calf raises, lunges and squats, and perform 100 repetitions of each exercise for a total of 500 reps per workout or 1,500 reps per week. Perform the exercises at your own pace, and take breaks when you need to. Keep track of how long it takes you to complete the workout, and try to beat your time the next time you perform the same set of exercises.

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Article reviewed by Holland Hammond Last updated on: Mar 28, 2011

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