Wanna Know How Much You Should Be Exercising?

275 minutes per week.

Yup, if you're looking to lose weight, it's that simple.

Scientists found that women who worked out 275 minutes a week lost almost 10 per cent of their body weight and kept it off for two years.

According to the findings published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, the researchers studied more than 200 overweight and obese women as they tried to lose weight over two years. All the women were told to eat a diet of between 1,200 to 1,500 calories per day and given different levels of physical activity to perform.

Although all the groups lost an average of between 8 and 10 per cent of their body weight after 6 months, most could not keep the weight off.

Almost 25% pf those who did maintain the weight loss over the two years worked out approximately 275 minutes a week, burning around 2,000 calories.

You can break up the 275 minutes into as many increments as you want, as long as they are at least 10 minutes in duration. And if you want to kick up the fat loss, add interval training to these workouts.