Stay Active and Lose Weight


Usually the person that wants to lose some weight agrees that it is a hard job, but it has to be done in order to look good and be healthy. Diets, endless exercises, set schedules wear people down even before the course is complete. However, the extra weight can be given up with fun, in free time and without some set “job”.

Having grown up people forget how to have good time and keep themselves in good shape. Watching children they might learn many good tricks: running, jumping, dancing, riding bikes, playing fun games and hiking does not bring additional stress, but helps to entertain and lose weight in no time.

Spending time with children and letting them be the leaders of the activities for the day is unbelievably good for weight loss. Here are some tips what one can do to lose weight without diets or hard aerobics exercises:

Tip 1. Play active games with children. Take them to a playground and play tag or hide-and-seek. If you get tired from these games make up your own: let a “wolf” chase little “bunnies”, arrange “turtle” race. The activities like these help to burn calories and unite families. Besides, your children have been waiting for days when they can run around with parents for many weeks!

Tip 2. Active life should not be necessarily with children; you can try to work something out with friends or members of your family like spouse, brothers and sisters, cousins. Make an agreement to go and play a game that brings joy to both of you: paintball, basketball, tennis, badminton, volleyball, soccer. If the group is bigger than just two people, the fun should be even greater. All of you will not notice how the time flies by together with extra calories.

Tip 3. Study the world on a bike. As the previous activities bicycle riding brings more fun if done with some company. However, for those enjoying solitude and waiting for some days of rest from society, nothing is better than bike hiking somewhere on mountain trails.

Tip 4. A picnic with healthy food low on calories is beneficial for weight loss too. Go on a walk after the snack, breathe fresh air in the woods or swim if the picnic is on a beach. If you go on a picnic with children, do not just sit on a bench watching them: entertain together teaching or learning with them the names of birds or plants, have fun water-fights or try to look for wild animals. Days like these are unforgettable and “require” repetition again and again.

Tip 5. Many teens go to dance, but after growing up they forget they used to move hips as soon as they heard the rhythm of the popular songs. Why do not you remember this habit since it is not only fun, but very beneficial for weight loss? Dancing raises heart rate and strengthens major muscle groups. It is important to remember that faster music like rock-n-roll or fast jazz and therefore, moves, burn more calories than something slow like ballet or blues. If you completely forgot the moves, arrange a home dance and let your teenage kids show how to move!

Tip 6. Join some active club. There are various clubs all over the country in which people share their interests and have good time being active. For example, some people go on tours like Volkswalking. Many of the walks take a lot of time and effort, but bring a lot of joy stealing the calories. As a rule, walks are 10K or 6.20 miles long and take place in various territories: some go through hills and mountains while the others are straight and easy even for whole families with children and pets. Visiting interesting places, walking in fresh air, meeting new people is worth trying.

Tip 7. A little reward after achieving a goal is a good motivation to go on. Do not reward yourselves with food, but set a goal: if you lose first 5-10 pounds, buy a tennis ball or CD with new music to go on dancing. Before the next try, set a goal and a much desired award: knowing that you badly need a new purse, promise you are not going to buy it before the goal is achieved.

Rebecca Valentine

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Posted on May 26, 2009 
Filed Under Fitness and Exercise, Psychology and Weight Loss, Weight Loss, Weight Loss News, Weight Loss Tricks

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