Friday, November 16, 2007

How To Burn More Calories To Lose Weight

We all know that to lose weight, we need to burn more calories than we consume. But how can we burn more calories? What are calories?
Calories is a unit of measurement for the amount of energy that is released from food upon oxidation by the body. Also the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1°C at 1 atmosphere pressure.

There are 3 ways to burn calories.

1. Increase your metabolic rate
Metabolic Rate is the rate which the body burns up calories. A body that consumes 3,000 calories a day and burn 3,000 calories a day will stay at the same weight. However, a body consumes 2,500 calories a day but burn 2,000 will gain weight and vice versa.

The secret of burning calories knows your metabolic rate and what you can do to influence it.

2. Burn calories to provide energy
a. Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) - These calories you burn just by being alive even when you are doing nothing.

b. Burning Calories for Activity - These calories you burn from energy used during movement such as walking.

c. Dietary Thermo Genesis – These calories you burn in the process of eating, digesting and absorbing.

3. Speed up your rate burning calories
a. Build Muscle
Try just 3 times a week for 20 minutes training with weight is enough to build muscle. It’s helps to burn more calories and looks better.

b. Move More
Remember and being aware to move more can make a dramatic difference to the amount of calories you burn. Movement such as stand up and stretch, pace up and down, swing legs, etc are good and easy way to burn more calories.

c. Aerobic Exercise
Try just 3 times a week for 30 minutes of aerobic can helps raising heart rate which is good way to burn calories. Studies shown that high-intensity exercise can burn more calories for several hours after works.

d. Eat Spicy Food
Spicy food especially chili can increase metabolic rate up to 50%.

e. Eat Little and Often
Metabolic rate can raise by eating several small meals a day instead of usual three big meals. By eating more frequently, your insulin level is also regulated and less insulin will then be converted to body fat
To burn more calories and lose weight, you have to increase your metabolic rate, burn calories to provide energy, and speed up your rate burning calories. By doing so, you will be losing weight naturally in a healthy way.

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