Every time you turn around there’s a new way to lose weight. From tripping your Skinny Switch to the latest in fitness machines someone seems to have an answer that is better than all of the rest.

While doing some work inside of Daily Burn recently I read a comment to a blog post that made more sense to me, concerning weight loss, than just about anything I’ve ever read on the subject. Long story short, the message was simple… reduce your food intake and get more exercise.

Let’s look at both sides of this formula for moment starting with the reduction of food intake. The simple reason people gain weight is because they consume high calorie and/or large quantities of food without burning it off. Food is fuel for our body, if we don’t use it then it’s stored as fat… pretty simple. Now, looking at the second half of this equation, exercise (movement, activity) burns off the food we take in.

If we look at ANY weight loss program or fitness machine we will see that they have been developed to help us either reduce our food intake and/or increase our exercise. Do we really need a fancy program or fitness machine to help us do this? Quite honestly, no we do not. Here’s why…

While there are those who will argue the point, the simple truth is that counting and monitoring calories is a great way to monitor food intake. It allows us to utilize simple math to determine the amount of FUEL we are consuming to make our body run. Utilizing the nutrition label on the side of a box for finding a free calorie calculator online will help us make this determination.

If we can commit to making this simple change to our life and understand that, in most cases, we can thrive on 1500 to 2000 calories per day (and we are willing to monitor that) then we can simply add some basic exercise (along with our daily routine) to burn the calories we need to lose weight. It’s really very simple!

As stated by the gentlemen whose comment I read on Daily Burn, he’s just making sure that he consumes no more than 2000 calories per day. To burn it off, he’s made the commitment to burn calories each day by walking at a steady pace for a half an hour. This is all he is doing and the weight is coming off. He also went on to mention that he’s eating whatever types of food he wants, he’s just staying inside the numerical limit of 2000.

If I may be so bold as to add my 2 cents here, this really comes down to a commitment on the part of the person who wants to lose the weight. You must make a decision and stick to it. Once you do that you will get the results you are looking for.

I find it very difficult to believe that anyone who says they want to lose weight couldn’t make a decision to start here, provided they have the physical capabilities to walk for a half an hour everyday. You have to want it if it’s every going to happen for you.

Cheers!

Rex