It's easy to hide those extra pounds in the winter. You just cover them up with large sweater and thick pants. But you can't break through the summer without swapping your clothes with some more thinner, lighter and shorter clothes. And those clothes, even if they are slack, can't hide your extra pounds.

So what most of the women do in this time of the year? Looking for easy weight loss tips and tricks and diets.

Don't expect you'll lose all those extra pounds you gained over the winter in just couple of weeks, but any weight loss is better than none.

If you are afraid to exercise because you think that after you stop, your muscles turn to fat, you are out-of-shape for the wrong reason.

Saying that your muscles can turn into fat is like saying that diamonds can turn into glass. Muscle and fat are two different types of tissue on your body! You simply cannot turn muscle into fat, or fat into muscle.

As any trainer would tell you - the best fat burner is cardio. Jogging is great - but for some reason, I never had the motivation to jog on a daily basis, it’s just too boring. Swimming was another option I tried - but after a while I couldn’t help myself, as the jacuzzi was a few feet away. I would swim a few laps and jump in the tub - stay there for a bit and go home. If you have the personal motivation to do these things regularly, good job, but I don’t. I needed something that I could keep on doing - why would I want to keep doing it?

I found this great article written by Jackie Silver and I just have to share it with you.

Getting older may be beyond our control, but how we age is not. I, personally, am Aging Backwards. I am almost 50 years old and I still get asked for ID to buy wine - something I consider a real compliment!

I like to find unique ways to look at ordinary situations - and here are a few tips you can try right away that will start you on your way to rediscovering your youth.

Much has been said about the physical benefits of aerobic exercise. It's true that a regular schedule of aerobic exercise can help lose weight, but that's not the whole story. It can also reduce migraines, heart attack and stroke, lower blood pressure and improve all measures stamina and physical health.

Regular aerobic exercise is as important to our sense of well-being and mental health as it is to our physical health. The increase in our quality of life is well worth the effort.

If you want to get rid of the fat, you don't have to melt in a sweat. The harder the body gets loaded, less fat it burns. The best way to determine your body's ideal load is to watch heartbeat.

Provide yourself with a heart rate meter. It will watch over your heart rate and reminds you when you are over your capability and also if your heartbeat is too low.

For approximate orientation:

If your pulse in a rest is 59 beats a minute:

* the highest pulse when exercising at the age of 20 to 39 is: 140
* the highest pulse when exercising at the age of 40 to 49 is: 135

If you want to lose one pound of body fat, you have to burn 3.500 calories.

You should focus on creating a deficit of 500 calories a day, which over the course of one week will result in one pound of weight loss (500 calories X 7 days = 3,500 calories). This can either be accomplished through burning the calories through exercise, creating a caloric deficit through your diet or a combination of both, which is the best choice.

Work on making a small changes in your diet to create a 250 calorie deficit and then add about 30 minutes of cardio training a day to burn the other 250 calories.

The #1 secret to keeping off weight

You have tried everything from very common to very strange and sometimes downright crazy. Restricted foods, unbalanced diets, drugs, supplements, surgery, strenuous exercise are just a few to mention. But no matter what you do, your excess weight keeps coming back.

Everyone knows what to do but nobody really knows! Everyone has heard how to keep weight off. "Eat sensibly and exercise". But, few people manage to do it.

Exercising in the postpartum period is a way to help you get back into shape and stay healthy for your baby and yourself.

Movement is perfect and should begin within hours after you give birth, even if you required surgery. We know that moms who move after birth do tend to heal more quickly and feel better sooner than their less active counterparts.

Obstacles to Exercise and Quick Tips for Losing Postpartum Weight

Having a baby changes your life and it also changes your body. Gaining weight in the childbearing years is almost a given for many women, though it need not be. If you look at some celebrity moms out there, you may think you should emerge from the hospital looking as though you were never even pregnant. But, the reality is a little different. Having a baby affects every part of your body and, despite what's going on in Hollywood, it can take up to a year for your body to make a full recovery.