3 easy steps for weight loss this weekend

Let’s get ready for the weekend! Here are 3 small steps you can do (without stepping foot in a gym!) to help you lose weight and improve your health now:

1) Get more and better quality sleep. Studies have shown that a lack of sleep creates havoc on our system. Our bodies confuse the need for sleep with the need for food, and we end up craving food full of sugar and fat (like you needed any more temptation to eat that holiday food). The solution? Wind down before bed earlier, tape your favorite late show and aim for 7-8 hours of sleep every night.

2) Eat 250 less calories a day. That’s all it really takes. Even if you change nothing else, eating 250 less calories (that is about equivalent to the last four bites of your hamburger) everyday adds up to a weekly deficit of 1750, or losing half a pound. Lose a pound a week by eating 250 less, and moving 250 calories (about a 30 minute walk for the average person) everyday.

3) Fit in “activity” exercise. You may not be hitting the gym, but you can still burn calories with everyday activity. Park your car in the spot furthest from the store; take the stairs instead of the elevator, even fidgeting gets you moving and torching calories whenever possible.