| So you want to lose weight. All of us do at | | | | "extra" that you don't always have time for. |
| some point and losing weight is a great way | | | | |
| to both look and feel better. Not only that, | | | | Now say instead of going to the gym to lose |
| but you'll feel better about yourself and | | | | those 10 pounds you decide to bike to work. |
| have more confidence. A great goal to set for | | | | While it may take a little longer to lose the |
| yourself when initially trying to lose weight | | | | weight, by biking to work you're really |
| is to try and lose 10 pounds. This should be | | | | losing no time at all. If you live in a city |
| an attainable goal for almost anyone. | | | | there's a good chance that it's not going to |
| | | | take you a whole lot longer than a car trip |
| So where do you start? Most people, when they | | | | does. So basically you get to lose 10 pounds |
| think of weight loss, think of unappetizing | | | | "for free", as it were, because you don't |
| diets or strenuous exercise regimens, but it | | | | have to make time for exercise. |
| doesn't have to be that way. If you're | | | | |
| looking to lose 10 pounds while still having | | | | When you engage in most other forms of |
| fun and getting some fresh air, look instead | | | | exercise, you're engaging in it exclusively: |
| to what was probably one of your favorite | | | | you're not getting anything else done when |
| childhood activities: bicycling. | | | | you're at the gym. With biking, on the other |
| | | | hand, the exercise is almost a secondary |
| There are many benefits to biking, but the | | | | bonus to the primary function of getting |
| main one is that it's really the only form of | | | | somewhere you need to go. Add to this the |
| exercise that can also function as | | | | fact that you're saving money on |
| transportation. The reason it's difficult for | | | | transportation and doing good for the |
| many people to lose weight is because to try | | | | environment, it's hard to argue against |
| work too much time into their already busy | | | | biking as one of the best forms of exercise. |
| lifestyles. For example, let's say your plan | | | | |
| is to lose 10 pounds by getting a gym | | | | By simply biking to and from work every day |
| membership and going a few times a week. | | | | you should be able to lose 10 pounds fairly |
| While this may be great at first, there's a | | | | quickly without affecting your schedule too |
| good chance that it's going to start | | | | much. If your employer is a far enough |
| interfering with other commitments: one day | | | | distance away from you that you must drive, |
| you have to stay late at work so you skip | | | | consider instead using a bike for errands |
| gym; one day you have to pick up your son | | | | outside of work. And if you want to really |
| from soccer practice so you skip. Eventually | | | | lose those 10 pounds quickly, start biking |
| it becomes easy to break the gym routine, | | | | for recreation too - some weekend bike riding |
| because it's always going to seem like some | | | | will do wonders for weight loss. |