How To Lose Weight Without Losing Money

By Patrick King

If you are overweight, you have a lot of energy stored within your body. This is because fat comprises of maximum number of chemical bonds, and these chemical bonds store chemical energy in them. If you want to lose weight, you'll have to find some ways to utilize this stored energy in a productive manner.

Burn more calories

You will lose weight if you burn more calories than what you take in. So you should either eat lesser calories, or work out more. I suggest you to do both.

Watch what you eat

It is not the quantity of food that increases your weight, but the type of food that you consume. For example, if you eat raw food, even in a large quantity, you won't get fat. So you can eat all kinds of fruits, salad, sprouts, and raw vegetables as much as you want. So, there is no need for you to remain hungry while trying to lose weight.

Go vegetarian

Even if you do not want to turn into a completely raw food vegetarian, you can still lose weight by becoming a regular vegetarian. Meat contains a lot of fat; so to lose weight, you'll have to lose the craving for meat.

Stay away from Sweet temptation

Skipping desserts is another good way to reduce weight. Whenever I need to lose some weight, I simply drop dessert. Doing so helps me to shed at least a pound in a week's time. Replace desserts with fruits or dry fruits at the end of the meal. This even results in a self limiting effect on appetite. Use molasses or honey in place of sweets. I can easily gobble up a whole box of chocolates, but cannot even think about eating half a cup of honey.
What did you say? You want to lose weight without even giving up dessert. Well, the good news is that even this is possible. What you should do is eat the dessert before the meal. If you do this, you will end up eating less during the meal.

Practice Yoga

According to me, the best form of exercise is Yoga stretches. They are easy to follow and totally inexpensive. You will easily be able to find a beginner's class in your respective schools or colleges.

Walk

You and I both know that walking is the greatest exercise, but we tend to forget it in our day to day life. So go easy on that gas pedal and walk to the mall now onwards.

Do not be in a hurry; lose weight slowly and steadily. Crash diets often have an adverse effect and you gain back the weight faster than you had shed it. Even if you lose one pound per week, it means that you will lose over 50 pounds in an year.

Losing weight is just a matter of being determining to lose weight, knowing the right way to go about it, and following it through. I have seen many people shedding up to 70 pounds by following these simply steps. You will not only become slimmer, but the side benefits are wonderful too. You will have more energy, feel better about yourself, and lead a much longer and healthier life.





Pat King is a Nationally Renowned Health & Fitness Guru and Creator of http://www.fitnesslifeclub.com/ He has worked in the Health & Fitness field for 12 years and has dedicated his life to spreading the importance of living a conscious healthy life. You can learn more about Pat at http://www.FitnessLifeClub.com/pat-king Last year Pat started his own Health & Fitness training and developing company. Pat teaches seminars in several states which include Professional Development & Leadership trainings for Fitness Professionals and Health Empowerment seminars for corporations and the general public. Pat's passion for Health & Fitness proves true in the TRULY TRANSFORMATIONAL seminars that he teaches. Pat hopes to release the first of a series of books in 2008 which are what he says to be the answer to the Health Crisis in America. Pat believes that he holds the secrets that will change the way people view there health and how it effects others. Have a Health & Fitness Question? Ask Pat at http://www.askpatking.com/

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