How to lose fat/weight without having to hit the gym?

[KLTheErudite7229]

So I am thinking of getting an ideal body image/shape/type. I don't like to hit the gym but I have been eating less but it takes a while for me to lose a little weight/fat. What should I do if I don't want to hit the gym? (I am sure hitting the gym isn't the only way)

[Darkfairie17]

Well, ideally you would be combining diet and exercise to get optimal results. Diet alone is going to be a much slower and harder method to achieve the results you desire. Especially if you want an ideal body.

Dieting alone might get you down in weight, but you might lose muscle if you aren't careful, and you may not be happy with how you look.

Now, you don't necessarily need a gym membership to be healthy and fit. If you are going to do some exercise, but just don't want the gym membership, then YouTube some fitness routines. There are literally thousands out there. Find something you enjoy and give it a try.

Don't be discouraged if at first you can only get through a portion of the video. In time you will be flying through it.

Go on walks, do some weight training exercises, combine this with a healthy eating plan. Watch your portions and make sure you are eating foods that contribute to your goals.

[lanternhill]

Walking outside - way more fun, in my opinion (you're not staring at the treadmill screen or whatever for like 30 minutes). Besides, sunlight is great. I do like weights - they're addictive and fun and good for you, but if you're trying to lose *weight* that's probably not helpful (fat, probably yes).

[jesseray]

The body burns calories to digest food and each food uses different amounts of calories. Your body will burn ~30% of the calories in lean proteins to process the proteins, ~18% of the calories in carbohydrates to process the carbohydrates, and ~3% of the calories in fats to process the fats. When you take one of your current meals and change it a bit to reduce fats and carbohydrates and increase proteins while keeping the pre-digestion calorie count the same or lower, then you will improve your chances of losing weight.

In addition, the body burns calories to keep your core body temperature up. For this reason, you can increase the amount of calories you burn for heat production by showering with colder water, sleeping with thinner blankets, covering up less in cold weather, and so on.

[OpenClose]

You could say "Just eat less", but if you go below 1500 calories, you risk not getting enough nutrients, and your metabolism would also slow down, making the issue worse.

I haven't had nearly as much physical activity since I started working, instead of walking between classes all day. Lately I've just been skipping lunch, grazing on mini-wheats the whole day.

The worst part is that you get more hungry when you're bored. If you have something to keep your mind heavily involved, eating less comes naturally.

So you could try a combination of grazing on something healthy, keeping your mind busy, and adding in walking in ways that don't take you OUT of your daily routine. For me, I used to just walk everywhere on campus. Got about 8 or so miles every day.

[kaybay]

Depends on how far you wanna go, i know if you don't eat breads, that can help a lot, my friend went gluten free and lost 30 lbs cuz she didn't eat bread. but i like bread too much so i eat it anyways. But don't go on diet crap that says to eat a granola bar for every meal. You get healthier if you're eating little things throughout the day, and smaller proportions at meals, instead of three huge meals with nothing in between. Also drink lots of water.
You don't need to go to the gym, do something you like, or get a buddy to do workouts with you or else you won't stick to it. Like rockwall climbing, or dancing, or biking, or playing basketball, or I like swimming :) just make sure you dont sit around all day.

[kaybay]

And fast for 24 hrs every other month, and try not to eat after 9:00 pm

[confugirl]

Cut out sweets. Drink water instead of soda, lots of it. Only eat what you've made yourself from fresh ingredients. Take it easy on the salt. Eat when you're hungry, truly hungry, don't eat out of boredom. Sometimes hunger can be confused with thirst, so try drinking water before eating anything. Stop eating when you're no longer hungry, but don't stuff yourself completely, leave some room in your stomach.

This will make you lose fat, but if you want to be in shape and not just skinny fat, you'll have to exercise. Weight lifting is best for toning and when you build muscle, the muscle burns energy throughout the day. So you keep burning energy even when you're not exercising, so you'll lose weight faster.

[LightUp]

If you don't want to go to the gym why don't you try something like running around your neighbourhood or walking. If you can do a sport swimming that's also good. Or you could go to Planet Fitness , since it's not a real gym.

Eating less ain't going to do shit for ya. You will just end up loosing Nutrients instead. So Better eat healthy and workout at the same time.

[Jakoos]

You can do plenty of work outs without going to a gym. If you're not that fit, try starting off with power walks every evening and build it up to a jog. You can also work on toning at home by doing exercises like the plank, sit ups and press ups. It may also be worth buying a 20KG dumbbell set which are around £20 as they will give you a lot more variation in your work out.

[llorando]

I started loosing weight, just by cutting down on my eating wand walking more. I also take a apple cider vinegar supplement tahts contains kelp and lecithin. www.dollartree.com/.../search.cmd

[repetron]

Getting the ideal body image/shape/type is only possible through "hitting the gym", it take a lot of hard work to look that good. That's why so few people look that good.

[justbanANNAz]

eating less… way less, can work. but its not healthy

[johari]

Omg simple!! To lose 1 lb a week, cut out 500 calories from your regular diet

[Datbuffkid]

Hmm who told you that? Lol don't do it if you are doing it. That's so not true

[DodgersGM]

500 calories a day equals 3500 calories, which equals one pound.

[johari]

Yep Dodgers knows what I'm talking about :D

7 days are in a week

[KLTheErudite7229]

I believe ya. I have tried like eating one meal a day and lose like quite a bit.

[johari]

you don't have to cut out a whole meal :O

That's not healthy, I meant change the types of food you eat or eat less of it at every meal.

Like instead of pancakes for breakfast eat toast & fruit

[sweatgirl]

eating less is a good start, but don't eat less then 1,200 calories a day. if u want to get in shape u have to exercise. u can down load YouTube workouts if u don't want to go to a gym. good luck

[Datbuffkid]

So if you can workout at home? I can suggest many ways including HIIT.

and even if excluding that. Do quick fluctuations in your diet to see em veins:p

[Hyped_up_on_coffee]

Try a lymphatic system massage everyday for 1 hour

[Bluemax]

Exercise at home. Eat healthy.

[Jbgurl20]

Walking and running

[Cutie_Baby]

you can use pills