Who said you have to spend more money to get in shape? Check out some super inexpensive ways to lose weight and eat healthily:
Drink Only Water
I don’t care what you say, nothing beats clean, fresh, free water. Water not only wakes up your metabolism, it also increases your energy level almost immediately. It promotes weight loss, flushes out toxins, improves your complexion, maintains regularity, boosts the immune system, prevents cramps, and sprains, puts you in a good mood, and saves you money!
Use Breathing Exercises
Breathing is free, too! Learning simple breathing exercises can improve your energy level, slow your heart rate, clean out your lungs, reduce anxiety, and exercise your diaphragm. They are simple to perform and can be done anywhere, whether you’re on a bus or sitting at your desk in the middle of the day. Within just a few days of doing these exercises, you will begin to notice positive changes in your physical and mental health.
Subscribe To YouTube Fitness Channels
Yes! I’m a fan of online workouts. As a frequent traveler, I have to get in my workouts whenever, and wherever possible. Find a fitness expert that fits your energy level and style of activity. I love dancing, so I watch Keaira LaShae's SuperheroFitnessTV channel. She is lively and upbeat as a choreographer incorporating hip-hop, sexy chair dances, and booty popping into all that she does. Love her!
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Walk Your Neighborhood
Don’t have money for a trainer or the gym? Take a stroll around your neighborhood or even walk back and forth in your own backyard. The point is to get up and get your body moving!
Dance In Your Room
Many don’t believe me when I tell them this, but one of my favorite things to do after a long day is to come home, close my blinds, change my clothes, turn on some music, and just dance.
I don’t turn on any lights, I feel my way around and I just do what comes naturally to me. It releases something in me that had just been suppressed all day but when I hit that door, I know it will all come out through dancing. No audience is necessary.
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Buy More Fresh Food
I have no clue what society has against creating things fresh and from scratch, and not eating fresh food will defeat your diet. Not only are highly processed or “ready to eat" foods not good for your diet, but they are usually full of preservatives.
Should salsa really last that long in a jar? You have to ask yourself things like this every time you enter the grocery store.
Thoughts like this will lead you back to your mission of eating fresh food. So, the question should be, "What are the ingredients needed to make salsa anyway?"
You’ll soon find out that a little jar of salsa can be made with just one large tomato and a few other simple ingredients for half the price. You do the math.
Utilize Free Gym Guest Passes
Everyone has that one friend who boasts about being in the gym all the time. Hit them up and say hey, ‘you got any buddy passes’? More than likely the answer is yes.
Many gyms allow each member at least two guest passes a month.
Not to mention, if you’ve never been there, you can walk in by yourself and simply tell them you want to learn more about their gym and if there’s any way you can try them out first before you sign up, more than likely the answer will be yes!
Sign Up For Free Community Activities
Every weekend I search to find out what's going on downtown or locally in my community, and most of it is free! I recently found out that the YMCA now offers CrossFit for free.
Who would’ve known this? Apparently, it’s all in your local newspaper, sites, and local news. Start tuning in, you just might be missing out on a lot of free opportunities.
Tia Muhammad, BS, is an award-winning freelance content & media creative, copywriter, blogger, digital designer, and marketing consultant. She owns the boutique content and digital media company, jackieGLDN|studio.
