How To Lose Weight During Winter? Tips You Must Know To Burn Your Calories

Measure The Intake

Keep an observation on the overall intake of calories in a day, as consuming more than the required calories could lead to weight gain.

In winters we don’t feel like doing much so our body doesn’t use enough of the energy and it gets stored.

For better results weigh your body 2-3 times a week and if you don’t gain any weight then that is how many calories your body needs.

To lose weight, start by taking fewer calories than your regular consumption. Do not change the intake instantly but reduce it by 10% a week.

This could help your body in adapting the changes easily or else it would affect the performance of your body.

Change Your Drinks

In winter we feel like having something hot very often and it can be in our favor only if we have only low-calorie fat-free drinks.

You could pick one from soup, green tea, coffee/tea with less sugar, warm water, etc. You can also keep your body hydrated by having such beverages.

Try not to have any additional add-ons to these as they may make your drink calorie-dense. Below are some refreshing herbal drinks you can add-

1. Green Tea

   These are rich in antioxidants which can help in weight loss along with many other health benefits.

   Catechin and antioxidants help in breaking down the excess fat from the body as well as increase metabolism.

   Although the weight loss benefits seem to work for a long period, doing regular exercise or workouts along with this in a day might help to reduce significant weight.

2. Lemon Tea

   Drinking lemon tea not only enhances the metabolism of the body but also removes toxins from the body.

   You can drink lemon with water hot or cold but during winters you can make lemon tea by adding ginger lemon and honey and serving it hot.

   This would not only make it healthy but would also keep your body warm.

3. Apple Cider

   Apple ciders are known to boost the metabolism of the body.

   Making apple cider hot juice by mixing it with lemon, ginger, and honey could help in keeping the body hot and burn fat.

Find Some Indoor Activity

Try to find some activity that will keep your body moving. Understandably, in winter no one feels like going out in the cold morning to do jogging.

Hence, you must find some alternatives like going to indoor gyms or going up and down your house’s stairs.

It is good for your cardio, doing dancing/Zumba, yoga, etc. If your house has space you can also do walks or small jogs in your house only.

Below we have mentioned some indoor exercises/yoga you can do at your home without requiring any types of equipment-

1. Planks

   Planks are a bodyweight cardio exercise to lose body fat.

   It is known for being very effective as it includes the neck, shoulder, and stomach strength.

   You can perform planks anywhere where you can stretch your whole body and hold it for 10-15s at the beginning of 3 sets and increase the span as you get comfortable.

2. Skipping Ropes

   Skipping ropes just for 10-15 mins is enough to make you sweat and lose 200-250 calories.

3. Crunches

   These are good to keep your stomach in shape by reducing belly fat.

   There are many types of crunches you can do like bicycle, reverse, double crunch, etc but you can start by doing regular crunches and then increase your level.

4. Yoga

   Yoga not only helps in increasing the flexibility of the body but also reduces fat, says the research.

   These are easy to do at home as you don’t require much space for doing it and also make you feel refreshed afterward.

   In the morning you can do Surya namaskar, warrior pose, Bridge pose, Bow pose, triangle pose, etc.

   You can also find many yoga poses which have specific health benefits which you can add to your schedule.

Be Nutrient Friendly

Try to have a more nutrition-friendly diet and cut fats or sugary products out of your meal. 

Adding more protein and fiber-containing food as protein helps in building your muscles as well as metabolism and food-containing fibers could help in improving digestion and bowel movement.

Carbohydrates are also good for the body but taking anything too much is not, try to limit carbs by substituting white bread with brown bread, white rice with brown rice, etc.

Try Intermittent Fasting

It is a cycle of eating between periods of fasting and eating with more focus on when you are eating rather than what you are eating.

Many Intermittent Fasting methods can help you in weight loss or have benefits.

Most people schedule an 8 hrs period of eating during the day and fast for the remainder, also known as the 16:8 approach.

There are other methods of it like, Eat-Stop-Eat (fasting for 24 hrs and starting it from the evening of a day till the evening of the next day).

Warrior diet (eat less during the day and have their proper meal at night), 5:2 approach (involves limiting yourself to one 500-600 calorie meal for two non-consecutive days a week).