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The alli programme recommends you increase your physical activity levels to help you lose more weight.

When you consume fewer calories your body has to use its fat stores for energy and, as it does that, you lose pounds. When you exercise, you encourage your body to burn fat stores more often and, as a result, help increase your weight loss. Upping your activity levels should help you lose more weight.

Incorporating more physical activity into your everyday life is easier than you think. There are lots of fun and easy ways to exercise.

Exercising isn’t just good for your body, it’s a well-known fact that it’s good for your mood and relieves stress, too. It’s not just about joining a gym; there are lots of other ways to get moving and burn calories.

Whatever shape you’re in and however busy you are, it’s still possible to be active every day. Start gently and increase slowly. Begin with 10 minutes’ extra walking a day. If you’re already active, then build up the time or add in something else as well.

Remember to check with your doctor before you start any new exercise programme.

There’s a chapter on exercising as part of the alli programme later in the book, but here are some tips to get you thinking about how to include more activity in your daily life:

• Write your goals down somewhere you will see them every day.

• Break your goal into long-term and short-terms goals that are achievable.

• Involve family and friends in your weight-loss plan.

• Take the stairs more often at home – make extra trips and burn extra calories.

• Don’t sit down when you make a phone call – walk about the house while you talk.

• Cleaning is good: hoovering, mopping and dusting are all excellent activities for burning fat.

• Take a seat on an exercise ball. It will help you sit up straight and work your abdominal muscles.

• Get off the bus one stop early. When you feel ready you can try two stops earlier!

• Cycle rather than driving whenever you can.

• Walk up escalators.

• If you take the lift, get out a floor early or take the stairs from ground level.

• Park further from the shops and walk the rest of the way there. Supermarket car parks can be huge, so get into the habit of parking as far away from the shop entrance as possible.

• Walk the dog! A brisk daily walk will help burn off any extra calories consumed.

• Get gardening – a great way to burn some extra calories.