In order to lose weight and keep it off, it's naturally important and necessary to burn calories. Both diet and exercise are central to burning calories in order to lose weight, but there are other, simple ways as well that you can do to burn even more calories, all with little effort. Once you know the very simple, little things you can do to boost your metabolism, you can facilitate your ability to lose weight at a faster rate. While it will certainly help best if you are exercising regularly and eating a healthy diet, just following the tips for burning calories, as written in this article, can be a great start towards putting you on the path to weight loss and a slim, toned body.

If you want to speed up your metabolism and lose weight without crazy diets or obsessive exercise, read on to find out about tips for burning calories easy and fast.

1. Move around. People who lead sedentary lifestyles and do not move around much throughout the day, compared to those who exercise every day or lead somewhat of an active lifestyle, burn much less calories on average. You don't have to exercise 3 hours a day in order to burn more calories: just get your body moving during activities in which you would normally stay still. Move your legs around when sitting down, or tap your feet when waiting in line or cooking. Walk around the house while on the phone, or do some sort of activity while watching TV: folding laundry, doing the dishes, sweeping the floor -- anything that gets you moving. You don't even have to get up out of your seat to burn more calories: simply clench and release your muscles.

2. Be more active. As stated above, it's not necessary to go to the gym every morning and have a long workout (although if you can do that, more power to you). Do little things that will put you in the position to be more active. Park at the far end of the parking lot, instead of just a few feet from the entrance to a store. Take the stairs at work instead of the elevator. Use water bottles as weights and do arm exercises with them while reading and studying.

3. Drink cold ice water. When your body raises the temperature of your cold water to the temperature in your body, it, as a result, is therefore burning calories. It doesn't burn a huge amount of calories -- maybe around 50-70 by the end of the week, if you replace your regular fluids with cold water. Of course, it's important that you don't drink too much water, as it could decrease the levels of sodium in your body and cause water intoxication (which can be a life-threatening condition). The general rule is: when you're thirsty, drink. If you find yourself drinking a lot of water, make sure you are including a good amount of electrolytes in your diet to keep your sodium levels up and at a healthy level.

4. Exercise with weights. While it's not necessary to go to the gym and start lifting 75 pound weights with their heavy equipment, it certainly helps to add 10 pound weights when doing aerobic exercise. (Note: If you don't want to bulk up, use smaller weights.) Regardless, make sure you're using weights that do not cause you strain too much when using them. Pick something that gives you a workout, but doesn't have the chance of causing potential harm to your muscles.

5. Do exercises that use all of your core muscles. A lot of exercises only focus on just one part of your body. Instead, find an exercise program that targets all of the core muscles in your body while doing the exercises.