Effective Weight Loss: A Guide to Calorie Counting & Exercise

With the new year many people want to loose weight and counting calories is a good way. It is a tried and true method. But along with calorie counting you should include some kind of exercise in your life. Walking is an excellent exercise without too much effort. Just remember the faster you walk the more calories you will burn.

Instructions

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  First, most experts feel that a diet of 1500 calories a day will let you loose weight. You should not try to cut all of your calories at once, try to lower them each day and at the end of a few weeks your calorie intake will be where you want to be. If you start to eat lower calorie foods you will also be able to eat larger amounts of food, and at the same time lower the calorie intake.

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  Secondly, you will find it is better to eat more small meals each day, rather than 3 large ones. If you eat just three meals you will find you are hungrier at meals and tend to eat too much. You must learn to eat fruits and vegetables,lean meats and low carb foods. Keep in mind even when dieting your body still needs a certain amount of fats to burn energy.

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  In addition, you must estimate the amount of calories you are taking in each day and and try to estimate the calories you are burning from exercise to see if you are loosing weight. The norm is about 60% of calories are being burned off. If you do not fall in that range, you may have to cut back on calories and adjust your eating.