Samuel De Mazarin
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This hasn't been posted on in awhile, but I'll throw in m two cents.
Running is the easiest way to get your body fired up. It's a harder workout than almost any other activity. 800 calories for an hour and a half of yoga? I burn 800 calories running for 40 minutes. Less than half the time required.
Of course, running for 40 minutes is harder than yoga, so....
And the only equipment you need is a pair of running shoes.
That's my favorite method. I lost over 100 pounds through diet, running, and weight lifting.
I agree... yoga-aasanas and praNayama were meant to strengthen, tone, and most of all loosen up the body... they completely revolutionize your body, but they have to be done consistently for at least six months to a year for you to realize that you've changed.
I'd like to add, though, as a purist: yoga is not supposed to be hard... in fact, it's supposed to be easy and meditative... though I would think doing some of the new-fangled "yoga" styles, like Bikram Yoga (where you go into a room heated to over a hundred degrees and essentially do massive amounts of stretching) would burn shitloads of calories...
Running... swimming... cycling... these are 'sports' which will make you lose weight and tone up quickly.