Losing weight is as simple as burning more calories than you eat. However, burning more calories than you eat is easier said then done for most of us. Over the last few months I have managed to lose thirty-two pounds. Many days I needed just a few more calories to get my full five hundred calorie deficit. So I had to come up with easy ways start burning extra calories.
Wear Heels
My Body Bugg showed that on the days I wore heels I was burning calories at a higher percentage than non-heel days. I actually discovered the higher percentage on accident when we had an emergency on the way home from church and I ended up wearing my heels all day. Even though I was standing around most of the time I burned about 100 more calories then I normally do just standing around. So I did a short experiment where for one day I switched between two pairs of shoes every hour. The hours that I had heels on I had a base calorie burn of 1.7, without the heels I had a calorie burn rate of 1.3.
Make Extra Trips
If your life is anything like mine you don't have time to exercise. So how do you make sure you are burning calories so that you have a deficit? One way that I found for burning more calories is by taking extra trips for everything I do. In other words when I am cleaning I put away one thing at a time, when I get a glass of water but also need to use the restroom I take a trip from the couch for each task. By taking extra trips I can ensure that even on fairly inactive days I get steps in and thus ensure that I burn more calories.
Fidget
Whenever you find yourself having to sit in a meeting or at the movies you can still be burning calories. It is as easy as fidgeting! Jiggle your foot, bounce your knee, etc. Fidgeting doesn't burn a ton of calories, but any calorie burned is one calorie closer to weight loss. Besides, it will help keep you awake during those long boring meetings...
Lose Your Chair
Trade your chair for an exercise ball. Not only will you strengthen your back and improve your posture, but you will find yourself burning calories. Add some sand into your ball for stability. The sand will also ensure that the ball is not always rolling away. Buy an exercise ball for every room of your house and your desk at work.
Add Weights
There is one downfall to losing weight and that is that the more weight you lose the less calories you burn just by moving. When I first decided it was time to lose weight I found it easy, even on inactive days, to easily burn 2,500 calories. Now thirty plus pounds down and I am having trouble burning 2,500 even with thirty to forty minutes of activity! So, I got some ankle and wrist weights that were just a few dollars at Target and added some of the weight back. Now I am burning more calories with every step I take without extra effort.
Stand, Don't Sit
Whenever possible choose to stand instead of sit. Standing burns more calories than sitting, plus you can walk in place and burn even more calories. On the bus, stand. In your meetings, stand. Waiting for your kids after school? Get out of the car and stand. Better yet walk to the classroom and surprise them at their door.
Drink Cold Water
Your body has to warm up the water before using it to hydrate your body. Every time your body warms up a 16 ounce glass of ice water you burn an extra 17.5 calories. When you drink the recommended daily allowance of water you will be burning an extra 140 calories a day!
Eat Negative Calorie Foods (See article written by author)
Recent scientific research has revealed that foods high in cellulose are so difficult for the body to digest that they actually burn calories! Burning calories couldn't be easier. Some high cellulose foods are celery, asparagus, apples, and blueberries.
Wear Heels
My Body Bugg showed that on the days I wore heels I was burning calories at a higher percentage than non-heel days. I actually discovered the higher percentage on accident when we had an emergency on the way home from church and I ended up wearing my heels all day. Even though I was standing around most of the time I burned about 100 more calories then I normally do just standing around. So I did a short experiment where for one day I switched between two pairs of shoes every hour. The hours that I had heels on I had a base calorie burn of 1.7, without the heels I had a calorie burn rate of 1.3.
Make Extra Trips
If your life is anything like mine you don't have time to exercise. So how do you make sure you are burning calories so that you have a deficit? One way that I found for burning more calories is by taking extra trips for everything I do. In other words when I am cleaning I put away one thing at a time, when I get a glass of water but also need to use the restroom I take a trip from the couch for each task. By taking extra trips I can ensure that even on fairly inactive days I get steps in and thus ensure that I burn more calories.
Fidget
Whenever you find yourself having to sit in a meeting or at the movies you can still be burning calories. It is as easy as fidgeting! Jiggle your foot, bounce your knee, etc. Fidgeting doesn't burn a ton of calories, but any calorie burned is one calorie closer to weight loss. Besides, it will help keep you awake during those long boring meetings...
Lose Your Chair
Trade your chair for an exercise ball. Not only will you strengthen your back and improve your posture, but you will find yourself burning calories. Add some sand into your ball for stability. The sand will also ensure that the ball is not always rolling away. Buy an exercise ball for every room of your house and your desk at work.
Add Weights
There is one downfall to losing weight and that is that the more weight you lose the less calories you burn just by moving. When I first decided it was time to lose weight I found it easy, even on inactive days, to easily burn 2,500 calories. Now thirty plus pounds down and I am having trouble burning 2,500 even with thirty to forty minutes of activity! So, I got some ankle and wrist weights that were just a few dollars at Target and added some of the weight back. Now I am burning more calories with every step I take without extra effort.
Stand, Don't Sit
Whenever possible choose to stand instead of sit. Standing burns more calories than sitting, plus you can walk in place and burn even more calories. On the bus, stand. In your meetings, stand. Waiting for your kids after school? Get out of the car and stand. Better yet walk to the classroom and surprise them at their door.
Drink Cold Water
Your body has to warm up the water before using it to hydrate your body. Every time your body warms up a 16 ounce glass of ice water you burn an extra 17.5 calories. When you drink the recommended daily allowance of water you will be burning an extra 140 calories a day!
Eat Negative Calorie Foods (See article written by author)
Recent scientific research has revealed that foods high in cellulose are so difficult for the body to digest that they actually burn calories! Burning calories couldn't be easier. Some high cellulose foods are celery, asparagus, apples, and blueberries.
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