Exercising for these many minutes can help you lose weight

Losing weight effectively without exercising is impossible. To shed kilos and maintain a healthy weight, you not only need to alter your food practices but also need to adopt healthy lifestyle habits that include exercising. The question is how much one should exercise every day to burn fat from the body.

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People are mostly confused when it comes to exercising for shedding kilos. Whether they go for a short HIIT session for rapid calorie burning or need to opt for activities which go on for a longer time. It is really hard to decide. Well, according to the new study published in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, one needs to spend a lot of time in the field shedding sweat to lose weight. For a person to lose about 1 pound that is approximately 1/2 kilos per week, they need to burn 3000 calories, which requires an abundant amount of exercise. As per the study, to burn this much calories one needs to exercise for about 300 minutes every week or an hour per week for five days.

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The study was carried out on a group of 44 adults between 18 to 49 years. The participants were divided into three groups- one who exercised six days per week, the other who exercised two weeks per day and those who did not exercise at all. The participants were allowed to choose whatever exercise they wanted to do- running, weight lifting or simply walking. In the end, it was found that people belonging from the first group burnt more calories and shed more kilos.

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The most important thing found during the study was the changes in the level of leptin among those who exercised. Leptin is one of the most important hormones of your body. This hormone sends a signal to the brain when you are not hungry and you stop eating.

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When it comes to exercising for weight loss you can choose whatever you are comfortable with or interested in. Whether it is walking, running or cycling. All these physical activities can help you shed kilos, just be consistent and do it for a considerable time. But remember exercising alone cannot help you shed kilos. To create the calorie gap you also need to eat healthily and in limited quantity.

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