swimming, dance, skating, or anything that gets you going. Or just make small changes in your daily routine, like taking the stairs when you can instead of the elevator.If you walk, varying your walking speeds can also help you lose more calories.
You don’t have to be a super athlete in order to burn enough calories to lose weight, either. According to a study reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association, moderate exercise can be just as effective as vigorous exercise. Women in the study were asked to reduce their calorie intake and were then given exercise programs of varying intensity.
After a year, the women who exercised moderately lost about the same amount of weight as the women who worked out more vigorously and for longer periods. That’s good news for people who prefer a half hour on the treadmill to an hour in a spinning class.
It’s also a good idea to build strength training into your workouts. The less muscle you have, the harder it is to lose weight and keep it off. Here’s why: Muscle is metabolically active; it takes energy, in the form of calories, to sustain it. Fat isn’t, and it doesn’t.
So the more muscle you have, the more calories you burn, even at rest. Two or
