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Back to Basics on Weight Loss

In today’s modern world losing weight can be a little overwhelming, with the diet pills, the diet shakes and the conflicting information available. Despite the way it feels, losing weight isn't a mysterious process. It's a simple matter of burning more calories than you eat.

Weight loss can be such a struggle that we start thinking we have to do something drastic to see results -- diets, pills or those weird fitness gadgets on infomercials that promise instant success. The true secret to weight loss is this: Make small changes each and every day and you'll slowly (but surely) lose those extra pounds. The key is to forget about instant results and settle in for the long run.

Despite the way it feels, losing weight isn't a mysterious process. It's a simple matter of burning more calories than you eat. But, if it were really that simple, none of us would have a weight problem, would we? Weight loss can be such a struggle that we start thinking we have to do something drastic to see results like crash diets, pills or those weird fitness gadgets on infomercials that promise instant success.  

The true secret to weight loss is this: Make small changes each and every day and you will slowly (but surely) lose those extra Kilograms! The key is to forget about instant results and settle in for the long run!

If you can find a way to burn an extra 200 to 500 calories each day with both exercise and diet, you're on the right track. Try these ideas:

Instead of...	Do this...
An afternoon Coke	Drink a glass of water. (calories saved: 97)
An Egg McMuffin	Eat a small whole wheat bagel +1 Tbsp of peanut butter (calories saved: 185)
Using your break eat sweets	Walk up and down a flight of stairs for 10 minutes (calories burned: 100)
Hitting the snooze button	Get up 10 minutes early and go for a brisk walk (calories burned: 100)
Watching TV after work	Do 10 minutes of yoga (calories burned: 50)