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

How to Shed Pounds

A good way to shed pounds is to increase your level of physical exercise. 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 pounds and helps you to maintain a healthier ‘weight loss lifestyle’.

How Greater Activity Helps You to Shed Pounds

Let’s say you eat a 2oz bar of milk chocolate (approx 300 calories).

• If you jump rope, you can burn off all these calories in about 27 minutes.
• If you walk at 3mph, you can burn off these calories in about 60 minutes.
• In addition, exercise helps to raise your metabolic rate, which makes it easier to shed pounds.
• Finally, exercise also helps you to lose weight 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.