Exercise tips for weight loss

If your waistline is groaning from the excesses of Christmas and you want to kick-start a fitness routine that lasts well beyond the winter months, here are our tips to help you stay on track and shed the pounds...
To lose weight, you need to be in calorie deficit from your Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE). In plain English, the amount of calories you eat needs to be less than the amount of calories you burn each day.
Going to the gym but not losing weight? Studies show that people who exercise often cancel out the calories they burn by eating more.. So beware of that seemingly innocuous hot chocolate after a gym session – it may actually being undoing all your hard work!
Sports drinks contain salts and sugars to replenish what the body has lost through sweating that water alone can’t replace. It’s wiser to choose simple water, or a zero-calorie electrolyte drink and avoid the hidden calories.  Moving more doesn’t mean you need to join a gym. From walking up stairs to gardening, any activity that gets your heart rate going and your muscles moving will have an effect. You don’t necessarily need to take up a high intensity Zumba class to lose weight either. Research shows that moderate exercise, such a walking, can be just as effective for weight loss since it doesn’t trigger the appetite hormones, which can lead to you reaching for the biscuit tin after a hard workout.
Building muscle mass isn’t just about building a six-pack, muscle tissue also uses up more energy than fat tissue. This means that if you increase your muscle mass and lose fat you’ll be burning more calories more efficiently - even while you’re at rest.
There’s little point in going to the gym five times a week if you’re going to undo it by eating a poor diet and consuming more calories than you’ve managed to burn. When it comes to food choices and losing weight, it’s a case of eating less and eating wisely. Alongside upping your activity levels, eating regular meals, avoiding hidden calories in alcohol, shunning saturated fats, increasing your intake of vegetables and snacking wisely will help you to shed those excess pounds.
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Exercise tips for weight loss

If your waistline is groaning from the excesses of Christmas and you want to kick-start a fitness routine that lasts well beyond the winter months, here are our tips to help you stay on track and shed the pounds... To lose weight, you need to be in calorie deficit from your Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE). In plain English, the amount of calories you eat needs to be less than the amount of calories you burn each day. Going to the gym but not losing weight? Studies show that people who exercise often cancel out the calories they burn by eating more.. So beware of that seemingly innocuous hot chocolate after a gym session it may actually being undoing all your hard work! Sports drinks contain salts and sugars to replenish what the body has lost through sweating that water alone cant replace. Its wiser to choose simple water, or a zero-calorie electrolyte drink and avoid the hidden calories. Moving more doesnt mean you need to join a gym. From walking up stairs to gardening, any activity that gets your heart rate going and your muscles moving will have an effect. You dont necessarily need to take up a high intensity Zumba class to lose weight either. Research shows that moderate exercise, such a walking, can be just as effective for weight loss since it doesnt trigger the appetite hormones, which can lead to you reaching for the biscuit tin after a hard workout. Building muscle mass isnt just about building a six-pack, muscle tissue also uses up more energy than fat tissue. This means that if you increase your muscle mass and lose fat youll be burning more calories more efficiently - even while youre at rest. Theres little point in going to the gym five times a week if youre going to undo it by eating a poor diet and consuming more calories than youve managed to burn. When it comes to food choices and losing weight, its a case of eating less and eating wisely. Alongside upping your activity levels, eating regular meals, avoiding hidden calories in alcohol, shunning saturated fats, increasing your intake of vegetables and snacking wisely will help you to shed those excess pounds. BBC health