Guest Post by Sandra Wade: Ever wonder what Exercise Is Best For Weight Loss?
Perhaps I can answer this question for you as I’ve lost 44 pounds (20 kilos) by doing easy exercises from home; the same ones I am about to share with you. But first, let me give you a little info about myself.
A work at home mom, I WAS always busy, either attending to kids or household chores, or rushing to do work on the computer. Eventually, I couldn’t escape the mental and physical stress that rushing back and forth had brought up on me. It seemed that I had no time to exercise or even just to step out into the open air to breathe – deeply.
Feeling almost lethargic, I started binging on snacks and fries, while working. Lacking physical activity as well as devouring the extra calories, I was soon putting on fat, worse yet, was diagnosed with cholesterol.
Being diagnosed for high cholesterol was the final blow, making me look closely at myself, my eating habits, my health and level of fitness.
Thus, I made it a point not to eat while working on the computer. And I chose healthier snacks and made snacking a family affair my kids participated in as we prepared food together.
Moreover, I wanted to start exercising my body. This took some thought. Especially in allowing myself the time for exercise, and integrate it without the usual guilt, into my already busy schedule.
As dire my need for exercise, I couldn’t afford spending money on gyms and fitness centers. Trying to find an exercise routine that is best for weight loss, I’ve devised my own exercise regimen, helping me to lose a lot of body fat and regain my health back. Mix and match these exercises, consisting either of cardio or muscle building exercises, all best for weight loss. Just pick one to start with, right now.
Best Cardio Exercise for Weight Loss: Skipping Gets Your Heart Rate Up
- Skipping doesn’t require special exercise equipment. Start with just fifty skips a day and increase gradually, up to five hundred skips a day. Skipping is a great aerobic exercise that increases your heart rate, metabolism to burn fat and facilitates the blood flow to your brain for clearer thinking. While skipping, you exercise all of your muscles, including facial muscles. Skipping is the cheapest and funnest way to exercise for weight loss.
Start Running
- Running is another great exercise. All you need for running are good shoes. Run as much as you can at first, then increase distance/time at your own pace. Even when you are anxious to lose weight, you should not over do it. Start by jogging through the neighborhood. You’ll be surprised how good running makes you feel about yourself.
Pushups, Pull Ups and Sit Ups
- Pushups, pull ups and sit ups are also part of an exercise regimen, easily done at home. For sit ups, lay down on the floor, clasping hands lightly behind your head, raise your knees, then lift your upper body by keeping within a straight line until you reach a 45 degree angle, being mindful of always supporting your lower back by flattening the stomach, using your core muscles throughout the entire exercise. Using your core muscles is vital for any exercise you do. Doing the above exercises, ideally using the help of instructional exercise DVDs, will dramatically increase your awareness of the muscles in your body as well as your fitness level.
Try Yoga
- Yoga is yet another form of exercise that can be done easily at home. Deep breathing exercises and ‘suryanamaskar’ can help in keeping the body flexible and in great shape. You Tube is filled with several yoga videos. Browse through them and choose one that suits you.
Dancing for Weight Loss And Stress Relieve
- Another best exercise for weight loss is dancing as it relieves you from stress, physically and mentally. Swinging to the rhythm of music helps tickle your happy hormones, increases your heart rate for a great cardiovascular workout, and strengthens the muscles throughout your entire body. A twenty to thirty minute dancing session, at least thrice a week, is enough to keep you fit and healthy.
Buy Inexpensive Exercise Equipment from Ebay
- There are many types of aerobic equipment that are fold-able and can be kept underneath the bed. You find those at a reasonable price at Ebay and other online stores. Stepper, spinning cycle and treadmills help in performing easy exercises to keep or get back into shape. A DVD of aerobic exercises can lend you an instructor for keeping good posture and entertained.
There really is no need to spend time and money on the gym. The only necessary tool for weight loss and exercise is motivation. Who knows this better than me.
Author Bio- As a work at home mom Sandra Wade likes to blog about health, fitness and weight loss. She likes to write about weight loss techniques which she has tried and benefited from. On her website she makes available diet pills like proactol for healthy weight loss.
