Back to school is a great time to focus on your weight loss because you have more alone time and there is an emphasis on schedules. Incorporate the back to school weight loss tips below to save time, calories, and stress. Do them all and you'll see big time weight loss fast. You can also try incorporating one weight loss tip at a time until you are ready to do more.

1. Carve out time for moderate intensity circuit training early in the morning.
It only takes 20-30 minutes a day to get a great full body workout that addresses cardio, strength, and flexibility. Find a circuit training workout that you feel comfortable doing 5 days a week then get up 30 minutes before everyone else and do it. Focusing on yourself first thing in the morning will give you energy for the rest of the day, it promotes better eating habits, and boosts feel-good endorphins so you'll be able to handle whatever life throws at you without stressing (which adds fat to your body). Be sure that your workout is a circuit workout and not just cardio, just weights, or just yoga. Balance in exercise will translate into balance in your diet and your life.

2. Start off with a power smoothie and pack a snack bag.
You probably hound your kids about eating a power breakfast so it's time to start doing it for you! A metabolism boosting smoothie is fast, easy, super nutritious, and promotes fat burning. You can drink it while getting ready, in the car, or while packing lunch for your kids and for you. Why pack a lunch? Regardless of whether you eat out for lunch or not you should pack a bag full of healthy snacks that you can eat on your commute, while running errands, and/or at work. Eating something small every 3-4 hours keeps your blood sugar in check and boost metabolism big time. What should you pack? Almonds, apple, peach, baby carrots, yogurt, lowfat cheese stick, luna bar, grapes, leftovers from the night before, 1/2 sandwich, instant soups, etc. If you're prepared you won't be tempted to hit the vending machine, the fast food drive through, or the office junk food stash.

3. Take up some weekend warrior workout habits.
Nobody has time to fit in all the activity the body needs to lose weight and get fit during the school week so be proactive and plan to be active on weekends. Lots of people relax by doing sedentary things i.e. movies, computers, eating out, sports on t.v., and reading. Instead of sitting more, try frisbee at the park, take your dog for an early morning hike, check out a new exercise class, take dance lesssons, do your own yardwork, or join a weekend sports league. If you are doing moderate full body circuit training throughout the week your body will really start to change when you add in a new activity on weekends. It doesn't have to be an all day thing. Any new activity that you can do for 1-3 hours on Saturday and/or Sunday will be enough to reinforce a higher metabolism, healthier eating, and stress releif, which all contribute to increased fat burning and weight loss.

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