How to Lose Weight Without Working Out

Watching your food intake and keeping your metabolism up to speed will help you continue to lose weight even when you are not working out.

Many people want to lose weight, but instead of misplacing pounds they misplace their momentum when working out becomes too much of a hassle, too time consuming or just plain too hard. While it is not a good long-term plan to lose weight without exercising and maintaining a healthy cardiovascular and fitness regimen, there are times in your life when you may simply be too tired, too stressed or too busy to work out. At times like that, you do not have to sacrifice your figure, but you will need to focus very intensely on the things you eat as well as when you eat them.

Things You'll Need

• Daily multivitamin

Instructions

How to Lose Weight Without Working Out

1. Take a daily multivitamin. Work with your doctor to make sure that you are getting all the vitamins and minerals that you need. Because you will need to cut your calorie intake dramatically in order to continue to lose weight without a regular workout, you need to insure that you still are getting all the vital nutrients.

2. Replace breakfast with a nutritious protein or meal replacement shake. This will help make sure you get enough energizing calories to start your day without adding in excessive carbohydrates that are in most breakfast cereals, toast and other classic morning meals.

3. Eat carbohydrates before 1 PM.Carbohydrates give you energy, but they are also one the easiest things for your body to turn into fat. Avoiding carbs after lunch gives your body time to burn up the carbohydrates that you ate early in the day.

4. 

   Avoid sugar entirely. If you must sweeten something, use a sucralose-based sweetener instead of the real thing. When you are not exercising, your body automatically stores glucose and turns it into fat instead of using it for energy.

5. Cut your portions in half. If you are going to forgo exercise, then you will need to forgo nearly half of the calories that you are accustomed to eating. Try to eliminate calories from breads, sugars and sweet drinks like teas and colas while keeping high-protein foods like chicken, lean red meats and fresh fruits and vegetables.

Tips & Warnings

• Even if you do not have time to exercise, you can still give your metabolism a boost by taking a brisk walk or eating spicy foods.

• Work with your doctor and a dietitian to make sure that you do not become malnourished when you cut your calorie intake.