Compared to women, men find it easier to achieve weight loss and win the battle against the bulge. However to achieve consistent and sustained weight loss men have to have oodles of discipline, motivation and self control for the key to successful weight loss is abstinence from all those delicious tasting food that are finger lickingly good.

First of all you have to modify your unhealthy lifestyle and bring about a complete overhaul of your diet. You have to eliminate all sorts of oily fatty food, junk food, red meat, alcohol, aerated drinks etc and substitute them with whole wheat products, fresh fruits and fruit juices, green leafy veggies, lean meat, lean protein, olive oil etc.

Since water – an appetite suppressant – flushes out the toxins in your body and completely drives out constipation, drink gallons of water, lime juice, herbal tea etc.

You should eat only when you feel hungry.  Not because the cookies or fritters look tempting. Unless you stop your snacking habits, your waistline won’t improve. If you feel hungry between meals chomp on salads or fruits like Acai berry or guava.

Next you have to concentrate on exercise. The fastest way to lose weight is to build muscles by practicing weight lifting and muscle building exercises that will accelerate the metabolic rate of the body.

Along with these resistance training and strength training and cardio workouts will prove to be very beneficial. You can combine them with power yoga.

High impact scuba diving will help to burn 300 calories, playing beach volleyball will burn 340 calories, vigorous stroke swimming will lead to the shedding of 450 calories, water polo and serious martial arts training will burn 430 calories, fast bicycling and playing squash will lead to a loss of 500 calories and running at a pretty fast pace emerges as the topper with 550 calories burning rate. All these figures are for a 30 minute practice session.

The bottom-line is that playing your favorite form of outdoor sports, especially high intensity games like water polo, soccer, cricket, tennis etc will help you lose weight fast. Along with these you have to utilize every opportunity for walking because your goal must be walking 10000 steps a day.

If you are too hard pressed for time, you can run or walk on your tread mill indoors, but walking briskly outdoors with your family members or friends or neighbors or with your dog will be of more benefit than doing it alone.

Always see to it that you perspire a lot while exercising or else it won’t be of value. But don’t overdo your exercise regimen for it will tire you out, result in muscle tear, muscle sprain and besides your body won’t get the time to repair the damage and take some much needed rest. Exercising 4 to 5 times a week is more than sufficient.

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