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Finding Time for Weight Loss

One of the biggest obstacles people seem to have to weight loss�success is a lack of time. Here are some ways to make time for fat loss.

# 1 - Weight Loss at Work

There are many things you can do at work to ensure you are working on your weight loss. Most of them involve being a little creative.

• Swap your normal swivel chair for a fitness ball and do crunches or stretches each time you have a mental block or a rostered break.
• Have bottles of water in your drawer and on your desk so that you are constantly satisfied by that instead of craving coffee and food.
• Eat nuts at your desk.
• Use the stairs instead of the lift.
• Go to the gym at lunch time or walk to your lunch destination each day going a little further.
• Pre-make salads and put them in the fridge at work.
• Don’t go out to fast food joints just because everyone else is.

Things like this will not only minimize the calories you take in but they will start burning them while you are at the computer.

# 2 - Get Up Early

I have said before that getting up early is the best way to make weight loss progress. Getting up early…

• Allows you to have more time to train and thus burn more calories.
• Burns fat instead of sugar as the first workout of the day is done before breakfast.
• Allows you to prepare the days meals in advance so you aren’t tempted to go to a fast food joint when you are tired after work.
• Etc.

The pre-planning aspect to getting up early has many advantages to your health as well. You will feel fresher and more awake during the day and many studies show you will sleep better at night as well.

# 3 - Walk to the shops

Any place you need to go that is nearby - walk instead of driving. If you are going shopping it is a bonus as you can carry the shopping bags for an added workout.

Many people may scoff at this idea thinking “why would I do that to myself?” but the reality is, if you can’t find time for proper workout sessions and you want to lose fat you will do whatever you can to get over the line.

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# 4 - Keep Exercise Equipment Handy

If you’re like me, you will have weight loss equipment lying around everywhere. I have a fitness ball in my room, a pair of forearm grippers on my computer table, a sit-up mat in front of the television and a dumb bell by the phone. Doing this allows me to not only keep messy house (joking) but it allows me to do little bits of exercise whenever I am in the room. It also reminds me to do a weight loss workout when I am sitting around being lazy. Constant reminders are important until good habits are formed.

# 5 - Don’t Procrastinate

If you put things off you will never get anything done. Weight loss will be the first thing to go when you are busy so aim to not be busy. 90% of the time I skip a weight loss workout if I am doing something that I should have been doing earlier. So plan ahead and use your intelligent foresight!

Does anyone have any other ways of making time for weight loss?

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