How to Lose Pounds
How to Burn Extra Calories and Shed Pounds of Body Weight

How to Lose Pounds

A good way to lose pounds is to increase your exercise level. This increases calorie burn, protects against muscle loss and raises your resting metabolic rate. It keeps your body working efficiently, raises your motivation to lose weight and helps you to maintain a healthier ‘weight loss lifestyle’.

How More Exercise Helps You to Lose Pounds

Let’s say you eat a Twix bar (approx 280 calories).

• If you jump rope, you can burn off all these calories in about 25 minutes.
• If you walk at 3mph, you can burn off these calories in about 56 minutes.
• In addition, exercise helps to raise your metabolic rate, which makes it easier to lose weight.
• Finally, exercise also helps you to lose pounds by boosting your motivation to stick to your weight loss program.

Note: all calorie-burn figures are approximate. They are based on a 150 pound woman. If you weigh more, you’ll burn more calories. If you weigh less, you’ll burn less calories.