Do you ever feel jealous of the fact that your friend wears a medium sized T-shirt and you could not manage to fit into it so you end up buying an extra-large size? Do you feel bad that you cannot wear body hugging clothes because of your uncontrollably increasing body size? If your answer to these questions is YES, then it is the time you should do something – right time to start working out, motivated by your inner strength. You might have gone for many weight loss programs, in light of which, you have forgotten the basic things that you must follow to remain healthy and fit. Here are some of the basic exercises which you can follow so as to remain in shape and loose your extra body weight:

1. Walking: – The most basic thing you need to do is to walk daily for 40-45 minutes. Walking continuously for sometime maintains your body rhythm, burns calories, regulates body metabolism and controls weight gain.

2. Jogging: – It helps you loose weight two times faster than walking but it should not be overdone.

3. Sit-ups:- This is the best exercise possible for controlling your bulging tummy. When you do sit- ups, your abdominal muscles are affected.

4. Dancing: – It is a blessing in disguise. Many people have a passion for dancing but it can help you loose your extra weight. Dancing requires immense amount of energy which is obtained by burning body fat. Thus, it serves the dual purpose of enjoyment as well as easy weight loss.

5. Swimming: – It is also an enjoyable activity which helps in fast weight loss. 2-5 laps of a long Olympic like pool are more than enough for a day.

6. Cardio- vascular exercises: – Exercises like walking a tread mill for 30-35 minutes helps in easy weight loss. It also maintains the working of cardio-vascular system of the body.

If you do not want to go for some rigorous weight loss program then these above stated exercises are more than enough and easy to follow for effective weight loss.