We all know going to the gym and sweating buckets after cardio session may burn calories; but there are a lot of less strenuous ways to burn calories all day without sweating profusely. The basic idea behind losing weight is to put the body in a calorie deficit so it uses stored fat to generate energy to run its daily activities. In this article, we list out 10 effective ways to burn calories all day long.
5 Effective Ways To Burn Calories All Day:
1. Correct and Maintain Your Posture:
No one will ever tell you this – maintaing your posture without hunching over the computer screen will help you burn more calories! There are a few reasons behind this theory – sitting straight would require you to engage core muscles and tone them so that they would burn calories even at rest. Maintaining a good posture would also improve breathing and oxygen intake, boosting metabolism. So, every time you start to hunch over, remember that you have to lose weight, so sit straight!
2. Sleep in a Cool Environment:
Do you know we have two types of fat in the body – brown fat and white fat. Out of these two, brown fat gets stimulated in a cold environment and burns to generate heat. To stimulate brown fat, keep your bedroom cool, avoid heavy blankets, avoid heavy meals close to bedtime, and wear light and comfortable clothing. Also, do remember, it’s extrmely important to get at least 7 to 8 hours of sleep each night to keep metabolism high and burn calories.
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3. Chew on a Sugar-Free Gum:
Get that sharp jawline, maintain fresh breath, and keep mindless snacking in check by chewing on sugar-free gum. According to an article on Webmd, research done at the University of Rhode Island showed that participants who chewed gum managed to burn 5% more calories than those who didn’t.
4. Increase Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis:
NEAT (non-exercise activity thermogenesis) is the kind of energy we use for activities we do in our daily lives except when we are sleeping or working out. Using the stairs instead of the elevator, squatting on the floor to lift something up, walking around while texting on the phone, every movement we do while we are on our feet, falls under NEAT. All these movements help burn a few calories and these calories burned adds up to a lot when you’re trying to lose weight.
5. Do These Household Chores:
As mentioned above, calorie deficit is the formula where you consume fewer calories and burn more so that the body uses up its stored fat resources to perform its daily functions. But it’s not necessary to spend hours in the gym to burn calories when you can shed extra pounds by doing some simple household chores like mopping, sweeping, doing the dishes, scrubbing the bathroom, etc.
Additionally, having a cup or two of green tea, coffee, have been found to speed up metabolism, helping burn more calories. We also underline the importance of getting good quality sleep in weight loss because sleeping for less than 5 hours would greatly impact metabolism and in fact can lead to build-up of belly fat. So, early to bed, early to rise, aids in weight loss. With these amazing tips in your kitty, your weight loss journey will be less of a struggle and you can burn calories all day long.
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