If your goal for 2020 is to lose weight, you can do it with some changes in your routine (without going through the
The new year is here, 2020 has come hitting hard and with it all our purposes for the next 12 months. Among them, losing weight is usually among the most common. However, it can also be one of the purposes we abandoned before.
Among other things, because it implies a clear effort not only in the care of our diet, but in maintaining a greater physical activity that usually involves going to the gym or doing a specific sport. Luckily, if this year we want to lose weight and take care of ourselves, there are simple ways to get it even if we have little time, making some small and simple changes in our life.
How can we lose weight by making some changes to our routine?
Train at home
We know that time is something that is scarce and many of us do not have the time, or the possibility, to spend several hours going to the gym on a regular basis. However, this does not mean that we cannot play sports.
Training in our own home is increasingly common. There are those who set up their own gym at home or who train without any material. Anyway, there are very complete routines that we can use to exercise under our own roof.
Take advantage of the meal time to go for a walk
Spending more time walking is one of the main recommendations made for both weight care and health. However, working hours, or the fact that more and more jobs are sedentary, do not usually favor us walking all that is necessary.
Starting to take advantage of mealtimes to walk can be a good start. And, we already have an hour for lunch or two - especially when we eat in the office - we usually end up having plenty of time after eating. Taking advantage of that time to walk, instead of sitting still, can be a difference that we notice much more than we imagine.
Move on work breaks
Anyone who works eight hours sitting knows that finding the time to move more can be complicated. And, for some things or others, we ended up stuck to the chair all day. Of course, this does not help our health, or our legs and, also, our weight.
Therefore, we can make a small change in our routine and start using the breaks we have to move a little. Whether walking around the office, stretching or simple physical exercises. Not only will we increase our activity level - facilitating weight loss - but we will feel better.
Get a bracelet that counts our physical activity
Activity wristbands have entered our lives strongly and many of us already have one. Especially if we are trying to control our weight or take more care of our health can be of great help.
And it is that these bracelets not only quantify how much we move a day and the amount of exercise we do, but we can program them so that they remind us that we have been sitting for a long time and encourage us to move. Having a reminder will help us not to spend much time without moving.
Make the purchase in the market
The tendency we have to buy in supermarkets has been increasing and our purchases in the market have been reduced. However, if we want to eat healthier and avoid falling into ultraprocessed or very caloric foods, it will be much better to buy in the market.
And it is that in the market we can get more fresh food, vegetables, fruits, fish and quality meats.
Follow nutrition and healthy eating accounts
Social networks have brought us closer to information and allow us to have information on our phone in just seconds. In terms of health and nutrition, we can follow numerous dissemination accounts of experts in nutrition and healthy eating that can give us information that helps us to eat healthier.
Take the stairs
Choosing the stairs instead of the elevator or the escalators is a small change that can make a big impact. Especially in those people with a very sedentary lifestyle. They will improve our cardiovascular capacity, as well as strengthen the muscles of the legs and buttocks.
Make use of applications for a healthy life
Technology puts facilities within our reach that we didn't have before. In our hand we can have simple applications that help us take care of ourselves more. From apps to practice Yoga or create different sports routines, through applications to calculate the calories we consume or the amount of water we drink, to others to help us cook healthier. All of them can be effective in helping us lose weight.
