Best Way To Lose Weight Fast

Anybody who tells you that losing your middle age spread is easy is probably one of those annoying skinny people who have five percent body fat and can eat anything in sight without gaining an ounce. The truth is that losing weight is not easy, but it is a fact that it is simple, in that changes in your weight obey the simple laws of physics just like every other object in the universe. In order to gain or lose weight, you have to cause an imbalance in your body’s use of energy. Losing weight requires that you consume fewer calories in food than you burn during the day. To gain weight, more calories must be taken in than burned off. Simple, even if not easy.

In order to lose a pound of body weight, you have to burn about 3500 more calories than you eat. Taking in 500 calories less every week than you burn, you will lose a pound about every seven weeks. In order to lose fifteen pounds in a year, you need to eat about 1000 fewer calories per week than you burn. You can create a calorie deficit in order to lose weight by eating less, exercising more, or doing a combination of each.

Let’s consider a simple approach to losing fifteen pounds in the next year. To lose those fifteen pounds, you need to achieve a calorie deficit of 52,500 calories in the next year. That seems like a large number, but you can easily achieve that with a simple combination of exercise and calorie intake reduction.

If on average you drink two cans of soda a day, approximately 150 calories per 12 ounce can, all you need to do is to eliminate one of those cans a day in order to lose 15 pounds in a year (150 calories x 365 days divided by 3500 calories in a pound equals around 15 pounds). Be careful, though, what you substitute for that daily soft drink. There is mounting evidence that diet sodas actually contribute to weight gain, so your best bet is to exchange the sodas for pure water, or unsweetened coffee or tea.

Increasing your exercise by walking one and a half miles will cause you to lose fifteen pounds over the course of a year (a 155 pound person walking 3 miles per hour burns 100 calories per mile).

You could also combine the two by eliminating one soda every other day and walking an extra mile and a half every other day in order to get the identical result. Better yet, do both things every day and lose thirty pounds in a year!

Although this is an example of how simple it is in theory to lose weight. In reality, of course, it is always more complicated. The key to achieving this weight loss through cutting calories or increased exercise is not to inadvertently add new calories somewhere else. You may need to adjust your eating habits or consider using appetite suppressing supplements to help with cravings. You have to keep the right frame of mind to be successful in losing weight. It may help to have a good weight loss guide at hand to help you develop your personal weight loss program.