Monday, August 4, 2008

Losing Pounds For Dummies

By Huge Chickie


The belief that the only way to lose weight is with extreme exercise is wrong. Exercise is not supposed to be strenuous. Unwanted pounds can be shed with moderate exercise.

When people decide they need to diet, the average amount desired to lose is 20 pounds. This small goal can be achieved with simple exercises that usually occur daily. This is the definition of moderate exercise.

People should not grimace at working out. One must first assess their present daily activity to get started in working out moderately. Goals can be set to advance the level or maintain it properly once the person has determined the level of their activity.

One simple exercise will show results to the person usually without appearing to be an exercise. A person who works or lives in a building with more than one floor can exercise by climbing the stairs daily. Climbing one flight of stairs instead of using the elevator is a moderate exercise.

If there are not stairs around, the person can take a walk around a block or two after dinner. This will not take long and will bring the person back to the house before their after dinner shows begin. The best forms of moderate exercise are running, walking or jogging.

Fun and not at all like exercising are aerobics like swimming, skiing and bicycling. Losing weight is also possible with gardening and cleaning the house. These things can help lose weight because you are bending down, getting up, picking things up and moving around.

A moderate exercise can be anything that has the potential to cause a sweat to break out on your brow. Getting on a stationary bike for 10 to 20 minutes a day is also another form of moderate exercise. This actual working out causes many people to not consider it as a moderate exercise like walking or gardening.

Instead of driving to the store three blocks away for a couple of items, walk to the store. Get a bicycle and every Saturday, ride a mile or two. Adding these moderate exercises to your daily life will not defer from normal activities and the weight will be gone without noticing it.

Set a goal for one year ahead. Mark down on the calendar that you wish to lose that 20 pounds in exactly one year. Mark down dates to check the weight loss at one month, three months and six months.

Setting this goal will help in generating a desire to perform the moderate exercise you have chosen. This desire and a little self-control will push you to getting to your goals. Eating right will also help in reaching your goals.

The key to successful moderate exercise is maintaining the desire to lose the weight. Keeping at it is helped by the knowledge that you are not taking the elevator because you want to lose weight. Becoming a habit of daily life, moderate exercise will continue to help you lose your weight and keep it off.

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