How Exercise Helps You Lose Weight Faster 

When many people think about eating less in order to gain weight, they often think only about the amount of calories they need to lose weight, while forgetting completely that exercise can be just as helpful in losing weight as their low calorie diet.

Exercise should be an important part of any weight loss program as it has many advantages compared to using diet alone in order to lose weight.

Some of the benefits of exercise in losing weight include the following:

Exercise Burns Calories

If you only focus on diet when trying to lose weight, you are missing out on the important fact that exercise burns calories so you can afford to eat more. Exercise can be aerobic exercise (like jogging, running, cycling, or swimming) or anaerobic (weight lifting). Both types of exercise will allow you to use your muscles to actually burn calories in the act of exercising, which means you will lose weight faster. Continue reading →