Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself – George Bernard Shaw

Easy exercises

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Exercising regularly has numerous benefits. When you exercise, your brain releases chemicals that help improve your mood and decrease depression. Exercise will help prevent the risk of serious diseases such as cardiovascular disorders, diabetes and even some types of cancer. Although you may be aware of the benefits of exercise, you might find it difficult to follow a scheduled workout routine. This could be due to time restraints, lack of focus or simply because you feel lazy.

Fast Abs Exercise

If you feel lazy, you will likely prefer to do an exercise you can complete quickly so you may resume more relaxing activities like watching a movie or sunbathing. The Captain's Chair exercise is an exercise that tones the abdominal muscles and only takes one minute a day. Sit on the edge of a chair, and grasp the front of the seat at either side of your hips. Inhale deeply, then upon exhalation, gradually raise your knees toward your chest without arching your back. Hold your knees in the raised position for three seconds, and then lower them. Repeat for around a minute.

TV Exercising

If you like to spend a lot of time watching TV, a fitness ball may be the solution for you. By sitting on the ball instead of in your armchair, you'll strengthen your core muscles and improve your balance without noticing you are exercising. You can additionally use your exercise ball as a seat while reading or working on the computer.

Exercising in Bed

Sanford Bennett looked and felt like an elderly man, although he was only 50 years old. This led him to devise a program, which he later wrote about in his book named "Exercising in Bed." All Bennett's exercises are designed to be executed in bed, under the covers, which makes them ideal for lazy people. To develop the triceps, or back muscles of the upper arms, lie on your left side. Grasp your right arm between the elbow and shoulder with your left hand. Try to pull your right arm back while simultaneously creating resistance with your left hand. Do this for a few seconds and relax. Repeat five times before switching sides. Gradually increase repetitions until you are performing 25 on each side per day.

Easy Walking Exercise

The benefits of walking on a regular basis are well-documented. They include increased cardiovascular strength and calorie burn at a rate of around 100 calories per mile. However, if you feel lazy, walking may seem like too much of a strenuous exercise, particularly uphill walking. Nordic walking poles help make walking a more enjoyable experience for lazy people, as the poles ease strain on joints. Furthermore, when Nordic walking you use 90 percent of all muscle groups, and calorie burn is around 40 percent more than when walking normally. Therefore, it takes less time to burn calories with the poles than without them.

Lazy Ways to Burn Calories

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Extra weight doesn't just affect your wardrobe options; it also elevates your chances of experiencing heart disease and other health problems. You don't need to work out excessively and become stick thin to experience the health benefits of weight loss. In fact, a simple weight reduction of 5 percent to 10 percent leads to immediate, beneficial results, reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If you find yourself feeling complacent and unmotivated to work out, rejoice that there are easy ways to burn fat without spending hours in a gym.

Stand

Simply getting off of your behind helps you burn a few extra calories, and this adds up over the days, weeks and months. For people who have never exercised but need to lose weight, the American Heart Association recommends standing instead of sitting while doing routine tasks, such as talking on the phone.

Green Tea

Green tea, a natural source of health-boosting antioxidants, improves fat oxidation in your body thanks to its high amount of catechins, reports "Health" magazine. The magazine recommends drinking green tea as a way to "crank" your metabolism's efficacy and achieve a slimmer body.

Sleep

When you sleep, you may think you're not really doing anything at all. However, getting enough sleep --- approximately seven to eight hours a night --- plays a vital role in metabolism and weight control, according to a 2011 research study published in the "Journal of Clinical Investigation." Ensuring you sleep enough keeps your metabolism and fat-burning systems running smoothly.

Skip Steps

Whether you're using a stair climber exercise machine or simply walking up the stairs at work, disrupt your natural gait by skipping one step out of every five that you take. This increases fat loss and activates new muscles, says strength specialist Cameron Garr, all without a lot of extra time or effort on your part.

Coffee

Coffee acts as a powerful metabolic enhancer, says the University of California's Dr. Judith Stern. That may be due to its caffeine content's stimulating effect. Don't undo the positive, fat-burning effects of coffee by overloading your beverage with sugar, syrups or cream.

Protein

Your body's metabolism burns 25 percent to 30 percent of the calories found in a single gram of protein. In contrast, only 6 percent to 8 percent of the calories in a gram of carbohydrates get burned during the digestive process. "Men's Fitness" magazine recommends switching out some of the carbs in your daily meals for lean protein to help you lose fat faster. Recommended lean protein sources, according to the Harvard School of Public Health, include legumes and lean poultry.

Exercise Ball

Swap out your office desk chair for an exercise ball. Just by sitting on the ball, you activate muscles in your core, such as your abdominal muscles and muscle fibers in your lower back, and basically get a workout while sitting down.

Fish

The omega-3 fats in coldwater fish, such as tuna and salmon, amp up your metabolism, reports "Health" magazine. Plus, the leptin content of the fish boosts how quickly your body burns fat.

Weights

Lifting weights might scare off the unmotivated dieter but do not fear. "Men's Fitness Australia" specifically encourages lazy people by noting that you need to do only 10 minutes of weightlifting a day three times weekly to experience fast weight loss. Pumping iron doesn't just burn calories directly; it also adjusts your body mass composition, and more lean muscle mass increases your metabolism rate.

Acids

Acidic foods, such as lemon juice and vinegar, regulate your body's blood insulin levels and can increase how your body's metabolism functions by up to 40 percent. Adding these ingredients to your meal may help increase your weight loss results, simply through the act of eating.

Relaxing photos and quotes

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Koh Samui, Thailand

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You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose. ~ Indira Gandhi
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Dominica - The Caribbean's "Nature Island"

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Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. ~ Mark Twain
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Annapurna Region, Nepal:

More Nepal trek photos

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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow
into you as sunshine flows into trees. ~ John Muir
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Vabbinfaru, North Male Atoll, Maldives - Indian Ocean:

Magnificent Above and Below the Waterline

Dive Into More Maldives Photos

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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. ~ Shakespeare
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Sydney Harbor (New South Wales, Australia) near Manly:

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Though we travel the world to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us
or we find it not. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Tanjung Rhu, Langkawi, Malaysia:

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Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds
long to play with your hair. ~ Kahlil Gibran
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The Mighty Urubamba River

When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy. ~ Rumi

Colorful Reef Scene

Grouper Cleaning Station

Hawksbill Turtle

Tulum - Mayan City of Dawn

"Precisely the least, the softest, lightest, a lizard's rustling, a breath, a breeze,
a moment's glance - it is little that makes the best happiness." - Nietzsche

Angelita Cenote
"There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle." - Einstein

Dos Ojos Cenote (Thanks to dive buddy James for photo!)

"Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature."
- Gerard De Nerval

"For human beings, as for flower and beast and bird, the supreme
triumph is to be most vividly, most perfectly, alive." - D. H. Lawrence

"When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere."
-La Rochefoucauld

"I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of stars makes me dream."
- Vincent van Gogh