Secret Ways to Lose Weight

There are many ways incorporate exercise into your daily life and activities. You do not have to go to the gym to workout or to burn calories. This is the biggest secret to weight loss and how to lose weight. You just need to be creative and come up with your own list of activities that you can do, or be doing while you are doing something else to lose weight and burn calories. Even doing just a little more activity each day can make a difference in your weight loss goals.

When it comes to weight loss, we're always looking for ways to burn the most calories. Cardio, strength training and diet are often the best ways to burn calories and lose weight, but what you may not know is that your body has secret ways of burning calories as well just by doing ordinary things. Here are a few helpful tips I have used to lose weight and keep it off.

• Stand up every chance you get.

• Pace when you're on the phone.

• Walk everywhere.

• Visit your co-workers instead of emailing them or use a pedometer and see how many steps you can get in each day.

• Don't take the elevator.

• When at the mall, make three laps around the mall before you can buy anything.

• When you park the car, make a complete circuit around the parking lot before entering the building.

• Park your car as far away from the door as possible.

• When carrying groceries, bring the bags in one bag at a time.

• If you're stuck sitting for long periods of time, change position, shift in your seat or even do some isometric exercises - squeeze your hands together, contract your abs or squeeze your glutes.

• Hide the remote control and get up to change the channel.

• Sit on an exercise ball and roll around while you watch TV or work at the computer.

These are just a few basic ideas that have worked for. All you need is your imagination and you can add to the list. Hopefully this helps with your weight loss goals as much as it has helped me.