Burning 500 calories in a day is not some magical number but doing it day in and day out will mean that you will lose on average 1 pound a week. While there are many activities that will burn 500 calories at a time most people will find that if you break up your day and burn 75 calories here or 50 calories there it is much easier to reach your goal of burning 500 calories in a day.
Two important points to remember:
1. There are about 3500 calories in one pound of weight.
2. Eating less will trigger your metabolism to slow down. This explains why it is so hard to lose weight just by eating less. That is why it is so important to include exercise as part of any weight loss program
So let's get started and find ways to burn 500 calories a day without even realizing it. For these examples the average calories burned are based on someone who weighs 150 pounds. Weighing more will increase the calories burned while weighing less will decrease the calories burned.
Picking up and vacuuming around your house for approximately 30 minutes will result in 150 calories being burned.
Washing your dishes by hand three times a day will result in about 110 calories being burned.
Mowing your lawn for one hour using a walk behind mower will result in 420 calories being burned.
Doing other yard work around your house for just 20 minutes a day will result in almost 140 calories being burned.
Parking your car in the furthest part of the parking lot and then walking into the store and shopping for one hour will use up close to 200 hundred calories.
Cleaning your kitchen floor for a measly 30 minutes a day will burn almost 100 calories.
The point being made is that as you move around and go about your daily activities you will be burning calories and thus losing weight. Combine that with a similar reduction in your caloric intake and you are on your way to losing weight in a healthy way. If you are work outside of the home as most of us do it becomes much harder to eat right and lose the weight we want to. Try and find creative ways such as taking the stairs instead of the elevator. If the weather is nice outside spend some of your lunch hour walking in a safe environment. Many larger companies offer workout facilities for their employees or discounts at area health clubs. Make sure to take advantage of them.
I'd like to show you a free video that will tell you even more ways to shed those unwanted pounds. In addition to exercising one of the easiest ways to burn calories is to know what foods help you in the process, the foods that actually prevent you from burning calories and how to combine certain foods to help you burn calories even faster. And you can do all this without ever feeling hungry again.
Once again this is a free video and it is available for a short time at www.500calorieburn.com [http://www.500calorieburn.com/].
Once again here is the link to the free video [http://www.500calorieburn.com/] which will show you how to consistently burn calories in a safe and effective manner without having to follow some crazy diet plan or go hungry all the time.
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