Effective Ways to Burn Calories: Simple Strategies & Diet Tips

Don't get discouraged when you miss your daily work out. Finding time to exercise may be a lot easier than you think. After all, who doesn't want to burn more calories? Add more movement, some ice cold water and spicy food to your diet and you can burn some extra calories.

Instructions

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  Burn calories by walking more. Take the stairs, not the elevator. Walk to your co-worker's desk instead of messaging him. Walk on your work breaks. Walk the golf course instead of taking a cart. Buy an inexpensive pedometer to keep track of how many steps you take a day. Try to add 50 steps a day.

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  Burn more calories by drinking ice cold water. It may sound too good to be true, but drinking ice cold water will burn more calories than drinking warmer water. Drinking a 16-ounce glass of ice water will burn 17.5 calories. When you drink ice cold water your body works to warm up, thus burning calories.

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  Move your body. When sitting at a desk, standing in line or talking on the phone these activities get you moving and burning extra calories. Stand up and sit down, tap your fingers or feet, swing your arms and legs. It's as easy as fidgeting or pacing. Clenching and releasing your muscles will also burn calories.

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  Eat spicy food. Evidence shows that eating spicy food will raise your metabolism which helps speed up calorie burning. Eat a bowl of chili and add extra hot sauce.

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  Add muscle to your body. Strength training adds muscle mass to your body and helps burn extra calories. Muscle tissue burns more calories than fat tissue.

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  Eat several smaller meals a day. Eating more often during the day is recommended to maintain blood sugar levels, but it is also burns more calories. Every time you eat your body's digestive system needs to work, which burns calories.