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5 Ways to Burn Calories (That Aren’t All About Exercise)
We all know that if we want to lose weight than we have to burn off more calories than we take in. It’s a simple equation that most of us can understand. Getting ourselves to actually do the work necessary to burn calories isn’t always quite so easy though. A lot of people find it difficult because they think that it means that they have to exercise every day. It’s definitely important to get enough exercise if you want to burn calories to lose weight. However, that’s not the only thing that you should be doing to burn calories. Believe it or not, there are a lot of other things that you can do to burn calories other than just your standard trip to the gym.
Here are five great ways to burn calories on a daily basis:
1. Eat to Burn Calories.
You already know that you have to eat properly if you want to lose weight. But were you aware of the fact that there are a lot of foods that you can eat that will actually assist you in burning more calories? If you eat smart, you can burn more calories even as you take calories in to get energy. What a great concept. Some of the tips that you’ll want to follow if you’re going to eat to burn calories include:
• Eat often but make the meals small ones. There are some experts who believe that eating frequently assists you in burning more calories than you would burn if you ate the same amount of food in just one or two sittings. The reason for this is that you are working your digestive system every time that you eat. Those experts say that each time you start a meal, you burn up some calories by igniting your digestive system. If you only eat once or twice per day then you only burn those calories once or twice. If you eat five or six times per day then you’ll burn more calories. The trick is to make sure that you keep your meals small so that you aren’t taking in more calories while you do this.
• Eat breakfast. You want to get started right away with those digestion burning calories. You shouldn’t skip breakfast for a number of reasons anyway. Doing so is definitely linked to weight gain with a few different causes to blame. Think about this when you’re trying to burn calories each day.
• Eat protein. The body has to work harder to digest protein than to digest other foods. This means that you’re burning more calories when you eat it. Choose protein that’s as low in calories as possible to get the most benefit.
• Burn some calories to get your meal. It’s the little things that we do all day long that help us to burn more calories. If you order your food as a delivery meal then you’re not burning as many calories as you would if you went to get your food. If you get a pre-made sandwich instead of walking around the kitchen to make your own sandwich then you’re not burning as many calories as you could. Think about how to burn calories while you’re getting food and eating it.
2. Drink to Burn Calories
It isn’t just the food that we take in that can help us with burning more calories. If we choose the right drinks then they can also act as calorie-burners. There are two really important drinks that we want to get used to having daily if we’re going to drink to burn calories: water and tea.
Water is really important for our bodies and for weight loss. The body works to absorb and use water and it’s burning calories the whole time that you do that. Most people don’t drink enough liquid at all. You should increase your liquid intake to help burn calories throughout the day. The liquid you choose should be water since this helps you to burn those calories without taking in new calories. With all of the other benefits water has for your body, this is really a win-win situation.
When water just isn’t going to satisfy you then your next best choice for a beverage is green tea. Green tea has been shown to have calorie-burning properties. When you drink green tea, you burn more calories than you take in. If you don’t like green tea then you can also burn calories by drinking caffeinated black tea. However, green tea is a better choice. Remember that you lose out on the calorie-burning benefits of tea if you add milk or sweeteners to it.
3. Chew Gum
You might not think that you would burn a lot of calories just by chewing gum. However, that extra action for your mouth can end up resulting in a lot of calories burned if you’re chewing gum all day every day. You’ll want to choose no-calorie gum to get the benefits of burning those calories. And you’ll want to discuss this with your dentist since chewing gum all day may be bad for some people’s teeth. It’s a neat little trick to add to your repertoire of burning calories though.
4. Move Quickly and Often
Ultimately you’re going to need to move to really burn some calories. Get in the habit of doing all of your daily activities with just a bit more speed and energy than you usually do and you’ll find yourself burning off more calories than you did in the past. Simply speeding up your walking pace is a good start. Do your house chores with intensity instead of doing them in the lazy manner that you’re probably accustomed to. By working this type of non-exercise exercise into your daily routine, you’re naturally going to burn a lot of calories without feeling like you’re doing too much work.
5. Exercise
Finally, there is the thing that will burn the most calories and that’s exercise. What you should do is to make sure that you choose forms of exercise that you truly enjoy. This will allow you to do them often in order to burn calories while still enjoying each day.
Note: See links for resources used when researching this article.
- 10 Ways To Burn Calories Without Exercising
Ideas for non-exercise exercise - Burn calories without breaking a sweat: use these seven tips to make your metabolism work overtime e
Burn calories without breaking a sweat: use these seven tips to make your metabolism work overtime even while you're resting from Men's Fitness provided by Find Articles at BNET - 8 Ways to Burn Calories and Fight Fat
Great information from Web MD
Comments
Great tips. I particularly enjoyed the one about burning calories while preparing a meal, a good motivation for when I'm too lazy to cook.
Great tips. There are also Negative Calorie Fruits and Vegetables including:
Asparagus, Broccoli, Cabbage, Carrot, Cauliflower, Celery, Cucumber, Lettuce,Spinach, Zucchini...Apple, Blueberries, Cantaloupe, Cranberry, Grapefruit, Honeydew, Mango, Orange, Peach, Pineapple, Raspberry, Strawberry, Tomato, Tangerine, Watermelon...
That actually require more calories to digest than is provided by the food itself. Include these in your diet or substitute these for higher calorie foods, feel full and actually lose calories from eating.
Excellent hub! Very useful information!
This is exactly what I have been doing for the last 3-4 years and it does work!
This is a wonderful article, eating small meals is one good way to burn calories. I also like green tea and other herbal teas to increase my water intake. Cheers, BB
well written..useful information
great ideas. I never thought of just moving more quickly. thanks.
Thanks for these good tips.
agree with you breakfast play an important role in weight loss !
2 months ago on a diet low in calories and do 2 hours of exercise and have seen good results in a short time
"You shouldn’t skip breakfast for a number of reasons anyway."
I disagree completely. Can you give reasons for your argument?
You really hit the basics. Nothing better than simple diet and exercise to lose weight. Thanks
Tahnk you for the details you provide because I too thought that I have to exercise every day just to burn off what I ate. I know of folks that put in 1 hour of exercise each day and they look real good but as for me I can only do 15 minute if any at all but after reading you details I've try to set a goal of burning just 100c per day and I'll see how that works.
Some great tips, thanks!
Great Hub!! Weight loss is always an issue with my friends. It's nice to know some of the things I do, anyway are helpful.
yes eat to burn calories specially when you eat fat burning foods.
Thank you for the nice tips, especially, moving faster.
Too much colories is a very common poroblem which many people face. Some of them do not want to exercise for some reason or the other. Your article will motivate these people to take better care of themselves.
As a fitness professional, I have to say that this article is spot on. I don't care much for tip 3 though.
I'm with some of the others I never thought about chewing gum to lose weight. One thing that I've started doing which I think helps is that I always use the furthest bathroom in my house from where I'm at. It may not sound like much but it adds, I don't even know how many, trips up and down the stairs to my day.
the part that drink a lot to burn fat is the exact way i have did few months ago. the result is very good. i have not idea that the chew gum can burn fat....really new stuff idea for me.
Thank
Chew gum! hmmm... i didn't know this. This is a good way to burn some calories. liked the other advices also. thanks for sharing
This is really good info and people really need to know and understand this!
great advices
thanks very informative hub!
Chewing Gum? Thanks for the tip!
great article, did not consider the gum chewing, goin to go out and but two packs of gum today, maybe ten packs if it helps! lol
In Today's busy life it's so important to focus on the health. But it is not possible to do exercise regularly. I had read this and find it so much impressive. It's good to know this easy and applicable ways. So helpful tips and tricks are given here. I am surely gonna apply this in my life from tomorrow only.
Great information! I'll have to try chewing more gum.
I have heard a lot of fruits and vegetables actually expell more calories during digestion than they contain. Is this true? What do you think about negative calorie foods?
Going to eat 5 times a day in smaller portions now. I use to eat 3 times a day but after seeing this hub I now get the point on how smaller portions help you burn more calories.
Some great tips, thanks! http://healthmad.com/conditions-and-diseases/retin...
Great information, Kathryn. I'm a vegetarian but still have to watch everything I eat!
great tips Kathryn! I'll keep these all in mind :)
For me, whole wheat and whole grain foods assist in burning off calories very quickly. I also do the gum chewing thing..which helps a lot.
I agree with you 100% on everything in this hub!
great advice on portion size, I'd like to know what low cal protein there is. I am doing almonds but they are high calories. Yes, definitely drink more water too.
Missing from the article is when to drink water. Always drink before you get thirsty - ideally first thing in the morning to pre-hydrate your system and get you ready for an active day. That has been my personal experience. Can't say it enough - water before exercise is key to getting the most benefit from exercise.
hey i just needed it for my hmwork haha thnks :)
I have heard it time and again that one can actually burn fats by taking in calories and not necessarily the other way round! Nice piece!
Though I do agree with most of your presented ideas, I can`t however agree with the chewing gum part. We burn calories by watching tv or sleeping, everyone knows that, but chewing gum will do nothing but increse the level of stomach acid. This will not only make you constantly hungry but it can also cause serious damage to your stomach. All the other ideas are really cool and i can`t wait to try them out1
I think Oradius is wrong, there are foods that will help with speeding up metabolism, adn with building muscle which basically helps eliminate fat storage. Well written.
Good tips that work. Specially, the protein, the moving and exercise and not skipping meals.
However the explanation is not right. There is no food that has the ability to burn fat. Well, caffeine can speed up the fat metabolism but just for a short period and in determined circumstances like aerobic exercise.
This is a wonderful article... keep up the good work
Nice hub with great information!
Great ideas to keep me healthy. I will be doing many of these. I've also written a hub on weight loss. Thanks!!
Nice hub on great tips for losing weight and being in good health.
Eat your wheaties, drink vitamin juices, I like Levive!
I drink green tea and eat protein. Good hub a lot of help for me Thanks!
more people need to know about this article, great job
Kathryn Vercillo, Nice hub with great healthy tips, Thank you for sharing, Blessings!
Love this hub. Quality content. ;)
Great hub!, i already follow the chewing gum tip! hah :)
Great advice. Green tea definitely helps u lose weight. I have tried it and lost weight for the first time in 5 years. Ty for the other tips. Keep up the good work.
Good article, enjoyed it. Sometimes little things can add up to make a difference.
Such wisdom, such common sense! Why is it so difficult to do...
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your hub was great but what happens when you only have enough money to afford one meal and its probably not the best choice.
I hate doing execrcises. Thanks for so much solutions
Interesting, thanks!
This is a really nice hub with so much great information. I would like to share something to you though. Have you tried Acai Berry? Just as Sally has said, this berryy really performs wonders when it comes to weightoss. Further more,it has lots of benefits it comes with . It contains lots of antioxidants more than apples, bananas and even blue berries. Antioxidants are the body's fuel for fighting off radicals (nasty little molecules that come from cigarette smoke, pollutants, pesticides etc). When also combined with exercise, it increases your stamina, energy levels and greatly strengthens your immune system. Have a try of it..
I have also read that certain foods give you a metabolic boost. You mentioned green tea. I would add flax oil or flax meal and cayenne pepper.
It sounds so simple and logical, but it is hard to execute. It is a good reminder to eat less and exercise more. You provide good advice and motivation to start and stick to a healthy lifestyle.
Take the stairs instead of the escalator
Good advice. I am a work in progress. Just bought the Sketchers raised trainers to encourage me to walk more...
Thanks!
Good advice. working my way down from 408#, 400 calories at a time.
I try to eat lots of small meals. My metabolism isn't what it use to be.
I have a 30-minute routine I like to use. Develop your own strategy, it works really well.
Great post, thanks for sharing.
I love the concept of chewing gum :) I think the concept if correct though Im sure we need to balance that out with weight training exercise.
To those people that eat just for enjoyment, it would be hard to eat to be fit. Within those people, there are those that wouldn't eat a healthy meal that didn't taste great. Not that all healthy meals taste bad, but a simple thing like green tea wouldn't be acceptable to them.
What is your thought about salt, especially at the table salt. My thought is that sodium captures water and water is heavy.
Great hub.
Thanks
Nice little article, a lot of people don't realize that eating actually promotes calorie burning in your body. As long as you don't keep eating =P
You have done amazing here and gave great tips for lose extra weight and make our body slimy.We all know that if we want to lose weight than we have to burn our calories.But its not easy one we have to follow good tips like what you have already given.Thanks Kathryn Vercillo.
can you make hub about slim person and how to get weight because iam slim every body wanna loose weight but i want gain weight
Great tips. Especially the metabolism one
Gr8 information you have shared.
Great article with good tips. I like that you slipped in exercise at the end, since it's my line of work, but it brings to mind the question, how is exercise not "all about exercise" ? eh, semantics. Cheers!
Perfect
I know about the green tea, but I hate all forms of tea! Even if I'm as big as a bus I'll still stick with my coffee. Good advice though for those that are willing to drink tea!
Great hub, I like "3. Chew Gum" Thats probably the easiest one to burn calories..
woot. love it. great article. ^_^
Thanx for the advice very much appreciated
Thanks! Lots of good reminders in here, remember these during the Holiday Season!
very good info!!!thanks
Good advice and very well written article.
Thanks for the read
Well I need to lose weight and burn calories. I hate doing exercises. This is exactly what i was looking for. Thanks!
Great hub, some great and interesting information. thanks for witing such a wonderful paper.
I also heard that laughing burns calories too, so if you're gonna veg out and watch a movie, pick a comedy that will keep you laughing almost non-stop. Remember to use the bathroom before doing that though.
It is excellent. I have written an hub 'Tips for your good health'. Please see and offer your valuable suggesions.
Great information!
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Nice hub - great info.
Excellent Hub! Thank you for this Hub.
Eat protein to stay full. Works great for me!
Yoga is a good way to burn calories..
Great hub, good advice
I have had great success with losing weight
Here's how I did it
grat article, very informitive
Great advice. I rated your article 'up'.
I think that is a great medium to long term solution. But people often lose motivation in the long run. I think what was mentioned before about body shaper garments is a good bridge from a short term solution to a permanent habit change.
I used to do #4 often but now I have to spend so much time at the computer I do not get the chance to move around as much.
This hub is very informative. I have learnt it for the first time, that chewing gum could be used to burn calories. Thanks for the hub.
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