If you burn just an extra 500 calories a day, you can easily lose a pound a week. Exercise doesn’t have to be monotonous, painful or unenjoyable. In fact, making sure that it’s not can help you avoid burning out. If spending 60-70 minutes on the gym’s elliptical every day of the week sounds mind numbingly boring to you, as it should, try pulling from any of these more interesting ways in order to keep yourself interested. Skipping rope You see pretty much every athlete in the world spending time on the skipping rope – and it’s with good reason. Skipping is a great way to burn fat, and studies have shown that you can burn 10-16 calories per minute – even at a moderate pace. It also helps to build agility, speed and bone density – plus, it’s great for your mind, and some people even describe getting into a meditative state when they revisit the schoolyard classic. Try 10 x 30 second efforts over 20 minutes to begin with, and then build on it as it becomes easier. Bear crawls Bear Crawls