You can lose weight only in conditions of energy deficiency. You can limit food only to certain limits. If the diet is less than 600 kcal, health and performance will decrease dramatically. Scrupulous Germans gave 600 kcal for 24 hours for prisoners of concentration camps to work. However, such nutrition is not possible for a long time. Therefore, reasonable losing weight are looking for the opportunity to spend the calories gained.
Burning calories is not as enjoyable as consuming them. As you know, losing weight is difficult and unpleasant, getting fat is easy and fun. However, you can not concentrate on the bad feelings of losing weight. Every time you feel hungry, tune yourself to the fact that it is at this moment that the blood carries fat molecules to feed them cells. Of course, this is not so easy to achieve, and you will have to switch to low-calorie nutrition. Then you have to spend less. Consider the best ways to burn calories:
- The best way to consume energy is by running, and it’s slow. You should not focus on time, but on the distance covered. For beginners it will be enough 4 km, it takes about half an hour to run such a distance. You can measure the distance using Yandex Maps using a special function. If you do not have a lot of excess weight and a lot of free time - running is best. In order to burn an equal amount of calories, a bicycle with an average intensity will have to work out about 1.4 times longer. Any calorie burning table will prove it to you. It is difficult to determine the absolute values of calorie burning for your weight from the tables, unless, of course, you weigh not exactly 70 kg, it is under this figure that tables are most often compiled.
- Now let's talk about cycling. If you live in the city center, then a bicycle is not the best choice. Few people like to jump on borders, and if you stop near each border, you will have to spend a lot of time. In addition, not everywhere you can drive fast enough to spend a lot of calories. However, burning calories on a bicycle is perfect for those who have diseases of the joints or spine, which does not allow running. The energy consumption of a bicycle is quite substantial, although running is still better.
- A good alternative to running is walking. Suitable for almost everyone, does not give a huge load on the knees and allows you to lose weight no worse than running. Any calorie burning calculator will prove to you that calorie consumption for walking the same distance differs by 20-50 units. That is, walking is as effective as running, but it will require twice as much time for the same result. Personally, I, the author, managed with a walk of 5-6 hours a day for 2 months to say goodbye to 25 kg. Against the background of the diet, of course, but without walking I would never have lost weight so quickly and could not go on to run.
- Gym. Calorie burning is not very large, but there is one very important effect - your metabolism becomes much faster. The body accustoms the muscles involved in consuming more carbohydrates, which means that they can be eaten more. And if you do not eat immediately after training, the body will quickly get to fat stores. And just burning calories even without load will be at a higher level - this is how our body works.
- Aerobics and fitness. Only suitable for those who need to lose weight and only 5 pounds so 5. Running is more effective than aerobics in terms of stamina formation. In addition, you will have to invest a certain amount in special clothes. Fitness is effective only if you very strictly restrict yourself in food and work out with a class instructor. But in general, the ratio of price and result is not in favor of this type of calorie expenditure.
Ultimately you choose. The article considers only some of the most popular methods. But there are also martial arts, a swimming pool and dancing. Look for what the soul will lie to.