The Easiest Way to Burn Calories
Losing weight calls for routines like exercising and indulging yourself to those healthy and nutritious meals like salads, tuna, whole wheat pasta and rice and a lot more. Well, you should be doing these religiously so you can achieve your goals right away. But wait, you can also try these simple ways in burning and losing your weight even if your working at your office or simply watching a show. Got this from Yahoo and I would share it here.
Burn, baby, burn on the weekends
- Walk at a sightseeing pace (2 mph): 161 calories an hour. Keep abs tight during the walk to help tone them.
- Mow the lawn (30 minutes): 177 calories
- Push a cart around the grocery store (45 minutes): 121 calories
- Plant in your garden: 290 calories per hour (Plus it strengthens your arms and back.)
- Rearrange your living room furniture (30 minutes): 193 calories
- Pack the car for a trip (15 minutes): 56 calories
Work it on workdays
- Go casual: Study participants took 80 percent more steps (translating to 25 extra calories) when they wore jeans to the office versus dressy clothes, research from the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse reveals.
- Stand and deliver: Simply staying on your feet revs metabolism and doubles your calorie burn for the day, a study in Diabetes reports. Sitting for a few hours switches off enzymes that capture fat in the bloodstream, but rising reignites them. So try surrendering your seat when possible.
- Take a fitness break: Instead of a coffee run, jog or walk up three flights of stairs—approximately 12 steps per flight. Walk back down; repeat nine times to burn a quick 100 calories.
July 03 2008 08:56 am | Healthy Living Articles and Losing Weight