5 Tips to Help You Lose Weight on a Budget

Posted: Mar 16 in Weight loss, Weight Management Strategies by Dr. Lazarus

It isn’t hard to lose weight on a budget. There are plenty of ways to get the healthy nutrition and exercise you need, without spending much money at all. Here are tips.

• Fill up on cheap, healthy foods. While chia seeds and organic greens can be a very good way to lose weight, you don’t actually need these expensive items. It’s easy to gain much of the same effect with much cheaper things, like seasonal vegetables, lean protein, fruit, nuts and whole grains. As long as you get something from each food group, you’ll stay healthy and lose weight as well.
• Find wonderful sources of protein. Meat can be an expensive way to get your daily dose of protein. Eggs, instead, are a great source of protein, and they go well with any meal. Lentils and beans, tofu and yogurt are all protein-rich and filling. They also make for excellent, protein-rich meals. Vegetarian foods are often cheaper, and offer you just as much nutrition as a regular diet of chicken and meat.
• When you are thirsty, drink flavored water. Regardless of whether you are trying to lose weight, water is an important part of a healthy diet. If you are on a weight loss plan, water gives you a great deal of help getting to your goal. Replacing your morning coffee with warm, lemon-flavored water alone can save you $50 a month and take hundreds of calories out of your diet. Similarly, replacing every drink of your day with fruit flavored water can help you lose a great deal of weight and stay within budget too.
• Get your workouts at home, without a gym. You don’t have to sign up to an expensive gym to be able to do your workouts. You can find dozens of different at-home workouts on the Internet, ones that gradually take you from beginner level to advanced level. You’ll lose just as much weight, and save a lot of money in the process. Giving your body exercise doesn’t have to be only about working out. Moving more in any way can help you lose weight. Called non-exercise activity thermogenesis, or NEAT, moving is an important part of keeping your body weight under control. According to a recent study, people who park their car far away from their offices, take the stairs, do the dishes, or walk around the office end up burning as many as 2,000 calories a day more than people who don’t do these activities. NEAT activities can add up to a great deal over a period of time.

• Get on social media. A motivated weight-loss enthusiast stands a far greater chance of finding success losing weight than a person trying to lose weight without motivation. Social media can be a great way to find such infectious enthusiasm. Thousands of people trying to lose weight get on social media communities and groups to find others just like them. They manage to find support, ideas, and plenty of motivation. Getting on social media can be one of the best ways out there to lose weight effectively at little expense.

Weight loss is not just for the rich. You can easily commit to losing weight on a budget and find that everything just falls into place.