How a Guy Can Lose Weight at Home

Weight loss is a factor of metabolism, which involves burning more calories than the body absorbs as food. This can be accomplished in two basic ways: Eat less food with fewer calories, or burn more calories than you consume by exercising. If you're a guy and want to lose weight at home, follow these steps to shed pounds and feel better.

Things You'll Need

• Doctor's consultation to develop a diet plan
• Home exercise equipment suited to your budget and personal preferences

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Instructions

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  Talk with your doctor about your weight-loss goals, so the two of you can craft a diet and exercise plan for achieving your objectives based on your health and current physical shape. Guys who form a plan for losing weight are typically more successful in their efforts, research shows. The doctor may also prescribe appetite-curbing medications for you to take.

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  Stick to the diet. Losing weight at home means practicing self-control, because there may not be anyone around to stop you from raiding the refrigerator. To resist temptation, avoid buying fatty foods to bring home. If you do not have calorie-rich foods in the house, it will be more difficult to eat them.

• 3

  Buy a pair of pants or a cool shirt in the size you want to reach with your diet. Hang up the clothing where you must see it every day. On a towel rack in your bathroom is a good place to hang those smaller clothes as a daily reminder that you have a goal to meet.

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  Track your calorie consumption with a chart and write down the information faithfully. All packaged foods contain calorie information based on individual servings. If you need to cap your calories at 2,000 per day, you need a record-keeping system to know when you've hit your limit. A wax pencil and erasable chart can be held with magnets on the refrigerator.

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  Work out. Follow your exercise plan, whether it involves pumping iron with free weights or walking around the block three times a week. They key to losing weight is to consume fewer calories while burning more calories. Exercise will help you do this. Regular exercise is also proven to elevate mood, enhance self-esteem, improve a person's ability to sleep restfully through the night and heighten mental activity, which makes a guy more alert and functioning at his best.