| The secret of weight loss is not a secret at all - it is | | | | - Rollerblading for and hour burns 800-820 calories |
| all in the math. If you burn more calories than you | | | | approx. |
| take in, you lose weight, if you ingest more calories | | | | - Swimming for an hour burns 500-550 approx. |
| then you work off you gain it. A healthy body | | | | The above calorie burning depends on weight. If you |
| weight relies on balancing income and out go of | | | | weigh more than 150 lbs these activities will burn |
| calories. | | | | more weight. If you weigh less than 150 lbs you will |
| So here is the math: | | | | burn less. |
| One must burn an extra 3,500 calories from what | | | | Doing any one of the above exercises for even a |
| they ingest to lose a pound fat. Sound like a lot | | | | half an hour can burn from 100 to 400 calories. |
| doesn't it? Well really, it isn't that much, and it actually | | | | See, burning 500 calories a day is really not that hard |
| doesn't take an extreme amount of effort to create | | | | if you try it, and the results can be astounding. |
| a 3,500 caloric deficit. If you can cut 250-500 calories | | | | Now lets get to the food part: |
| out of your diet on a daily basis, and expend an | | | | Substituting low calorie foods for high calorie ones |
| extra 500 calories through some type of exercise, | | | | can be quite easy, you just have to do it: |
| you will easily be able to shed a pound a week if not | | | | - Fat free milk: 80 Cal |
| two. | | | | - Low fat milk (2%): 138 Cal |
| If you only lose a pound a week, you will lose 4 | | | | - Whole Milk: 160 Cal |
| pounds a month, eight pounds in two months, twelve | | | | Between fat free milk and whole milk, there is a |
| the next, Etc. | | | | difference of 80 calories. If you make a few small |
| If you loose two pounds in a week, you can lose up | | | | adjustments in your diet you can easily shave off |
| to 24 pounds in three months. | | | | 250 calories a day. Couple this with 250 calories |
| All of the weight loss programs use these numbers | | | | burned through exercise, and you can easily cut 500 |
| to help you lose weight. By buying their food, they | | | | calories a day from your diet. But beware, there are |
| simply make it easier to consume the proper amount | | | | a lot of surprising food choices that can pack on the |
| of calories without thinking about it. And they will | | | | calories. |
| always suggest that you exercise. | | | | If you are not sure how many calories are in a |
| Speaking of exercise, here is the math on that: | | | | particular food, there are tons of calorie counters on |
| - Walking for an hour burns 200-250 calories approx. | | | | the Internet. Here are just a few: |
| - Bicycling for and hour burns 500-600 calories approx. | | | | So, there it is. The mathematics of weight loss! |