Spring Into Spring with Less Weight

Winter in Beverly Hills certainly has a way of contributing to more sedentary lifestyles. Even though we don’t live in “snow country,” cold temperatures and rain keep us indoors and inactive far more than we would like.

Unfortunately, such a lifestyle often packs on the weight, and when spring finally makes its appearance, many people’s thoughts turn to shedding pounds along with shedding the winter clothes.

It’s that annual event: spring into spring and intensify your efforts to lose weight, because summer is just around the corner! Time to get off your seat and on your feet, and increase that activity level, to help you lose weight .

Strategies to Jump Start Weight Loss

• Spring cleaning: Ah, yes – that ongoing effort to declutter and sort through the things that manage to collect while we’re not looking. That, and some deep cleaning of floors, carpets, windows – maybe even tackling an attic, basement, porch, or garage. All this additional activity promotes calorie burning, which in turn, converts to weight loss.
• Yard work: Another sign of spring is the sight of people working in their yards – raking, pruning shrubs and trees, preparing for summer. This activity likewise helps you burn calories as you move around more and work outside in the warmer temperatures.
• Gardening: Whether you prefer planting a vegetable garden or a flower garden, either one will increase your activity level as you prepare the ground and plant the seeds or flowers. A garden also provides an ongoing source of exercise and activity as you tend it throughout the growing season.
• Walking: One of the easiest ways to increase activity, suitable for nearly anyone who is physically capable of doing so, walking on a regular basis is great cardio exercise whether you walk outside or on a treadmill. You burn calories, strengthen your heart (it is a muscle, after all), and improve your lung capacity.

So if you need to lose weight this spring, leave that sedentary lifestyle behind and choose the activities you enjoy most. Consistent exercise, combined with eating the healthier, lighter foods of spring and summer, can help you attain your weight loss goals. Make it a lifestyle change, rather than merely a seasonal change, to maintain your weight loss.