The #1 Weight-Loss Recipe

 Eat Less.

Exercise More.

That's all there is to it!




But do plug in this formula as a reality check:

There are 3,500 calories in every pound.


So if your calorie burn = 100 calories per day.

And your calorie consumption is constant.....

How long will it take you to lose 1 pound?

3,500/100 = 35.

35 days of burning 100 calories a day will get you down a pound.

So if you burn 100 calories every day, or 200 calories every other day, and keep your calorie consumption constant, you will be 10lbs lighter this time next year. Yeh!!!!!!! 

  

If you change your eating habits (reducing what you eat, or changing what you eat), your results will be even better. 

One of my previous posts may have a few ideas on that:  http://minoojha-actionableideas.blogspot.com/2010/12/4-healthy-eating-ideas-for-2011-from-my.html .

You could also look at ideas from thought leaders.

Ray Kurzweil comes to mind - one of the greatest living inventors of our time, he has written a book, the main idea of which is that reducing the fat in our diet by 10% can save your life.

If you want to know more about Ray, here's Ray's profile on TED.

Wishing you a Happy and Healthy (Exercise Filled) 2011!