How do you lose weight successfully?

The average man is supposed to take in 2500 calories a day, for a woman, 2000.  If you want to lose a pound a week, you would need to shed 3500 calories from your diet, as an example.

So, there are two ways to do it. One is to shave off 500 calories a day.

This will be more or less easy to do depending on what your food diary says.  Can you cut an extra snack or two here and there, cut down on portion sizes, or give up the coffee with full cream in it, and go for skim instead? Every little bit helps.

Another way is to do more physical activity, and also eat less or shave off those little unnecessary calories here and there.

You will feel a bit less deprived with the latter method, and also be building a better body at the same time.

In addition, muscle burns fuel more efficiently than fat, so the more you do to build muscle, the more your body will run like a well-oiled machine, rather than one clogged with grunge. Fat is the grunge in your body than clogs your arteries and makes you feel so sluggish you don’t want to exercise.

Physical activity will also improve your mood, and if you do it out of the house, it will keep you away from the fridge and TV remote.

If you can burn 500 calories a day by, say swimming 10 laps, and cut back a bit on some of the extra calories you see yourself putting into your mouth when you review your food diary, you should start seeing the pounds come off in no time.

Keep to your goals, and you will feel fit and fabulous, and while easy weight loss may be just a fairy tale, being fit will help you live happily, and healthily, ever after.

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