Do Research

Before exercising do your research.

Calories:
If your goal of exercising is to burn calories the first thing to do is learn about what a calorie is. Your body needs certain calories. Every diet needs to be healthy and should not be over done. Before starting a diet plan of counting and cutting calories, you should always learn about what you are actually doing to your body and if it will be beneficial.

Exercising:
If it is the calories you are worried about, however, a simple activity such as playing tennis will do the trick. The American Heart Association has a very helpful chart that indicates about how many calories a person would burn doing a particular exercise for an hour. This chart can give insight to how valuable each exercise can be.

Health:
The American Heart Association website is a very helpful site to refer to with other questions about diet and exercise as well. The tips they have are coming from a health perspective, and are all very important to keep in mind when choosing to diet. There are short and long-term benefits of diet and exercise, all of which should be motivation in helping pursue your goals.