Wellness Dietitian

Do slim people annoy you when you watch them eat loads of high calorie food and not put on a pound? Wonder how they manage it? They simply burn calories quicker than the rest of us. But how do they do this; is there a secret to being constantly slim? The answer is that people like this have found the key to getting slim and staying slim without paying a cent. They are life’s energetic people. I’ll give you an example:
You could have two siblings. One cannot keep still. They are constantly running about and burning loads of calories in the process. They cannot even sit and watch TV for long. They have to be doing something. Just watch them. Their feet will be jiggling, they will constantly shift their position, and they will probably jump up at the earliest opportunity to get on with something new.
At the TV interval, it will be this sibling who asks if anyone wants a coffee and will rush off to make it, always in a hurry to get things done.
This person will be slim. They will most likely also be healthy, and well toned. They are using hundreds of extra calories a day and exercising their muscles without even realising it.
The other sibling has to watch their weight and is constantly on a diet to lose the extra pounds they seem to have put on for no apparent reason. This person loves to read. They will curl up for hours on the couch with a good book. If someone (usually the slim sibling) offers to make them a drink they will say thank you… and get on with their reading. If you watch the second sibling, you will notice that they sit real still. They never fidget. They hardly move a muscle. This sibling will tell you they eat a healthy diet. They may tell you they go to the gym once a week and do aerobics exercise three times a week, but what they will not tell you is that for the rest of their time they are almost sedentary. They are not burning enough calories to maintain a slim figure. They are also probably not that healthy, despite the nutritious diet and the carefully planned (and often paid for) exercise. Their life is a constant struggle to get slim and stay slim and they are losing the battle.
Which sibling are you?
If you resemble the first sibling, then you are most likely slim and healthy already and the free exercise tips I am going to post below will be nothing new to you. You will be doing all these things already and probably more besides.
If, however, like many of us, you resemble the second sibling; the one who always struggles to lose weight and keep it off, then these exercise tips may help. They are part of my weight loss program and they are all for free.
First of all, you need to be a fidget. Don’t just sit there at the pc, or watching TV, move! Get up and walk around, stretch a little, change your position quite often. Not only will it prevent you getting stiff joints long before your time, it will get your circulation going and burn up a few extra calories in the process.
Is it the advert break on TV? Get up and make the coffee (in fact, jump up and make it). Be the first to rush to answer the phone, even if you think it might be a salesman. Someone’s got to answer the damn thing. Same as the front doorbell, make sure you are the one to answer it. Who cares if it is someone offering pamphlets, you can always say no thanks. Again, someone has to do it and that someone may as well be you.
The benefits? I don’t think I have to spell it out. You will be using up extra calories, getting your circulation going, exercising your muscles, and keeping slim.
Here are a couple more tricks you can try to lose weight for free:
If you have a kitchen which is organised so that everything is in easy reach, move a few things about. Make it so that you have to walk from the dishwasher to the cupboard to put things away. Store things at a low level so that you have to squat down to reach them. You are burning a few more calories and exercising your legs just from doing everyday things.
If you have stairs, use them. Put things away in cupboards upstairs so that you have to climb the stairs to fetch them. You have your own free stepping exercise right at hand.
Be the one who takes the dog for a walk and run with it when you let it off the lead. The dog will have fun and just think of all those calories you are using up chasing it.
It’s been said many times that driving your car when you could walk is bad for your health and fitness. I don’t think I need to spell out the advantages to having a slimmer more toned figure in walking, but I’ve added this anyway, just in case you forget.
There are many more things you can do to set up a free weight loss program like this. Of course, cutting down on calories and eating sensibly is essential if you want to lose weight, but wouldn’t it be nice to find a way to remain slim after you have achieved your weight loss goal? This free weight loss program will work.
And if you are reading this and saying “I’m much too busy to do these extra things.” Just stop and think for a moment. Would any of these things really use up much more of your time? And if you do them quickly, like all the slim people do, will they really take up any more time at all?
The benefits of being a fidget and moving quickly and making yourself move are really effective as a means of burning up calories and keeping slim and toned. And who knows? Once you get into a program like this you may never have to spend money on gym membership again.
That thought is worth a moment of your time at least.
And if you like this article and want to follow my progress as I lose weight and get toned up, you can check me out at My Free Weight Loss Program, where I will be posting more diet and exercise tips on a regular basis.
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