After writing about food around Christmas, it is only logical to talk about exercising and calorie-burning to prevent weight gain during the holidays. Even if we eat low-density foods during this season (as I wrote in my previous post), we will put on weight if we are just sitting, socializing, driving, or otherwise. It’s important to burn the calories consumed. And I don’t mean that you have to compromise time with family and friends during this festive season to go to the gym and sweat out your calories. It can be as simple as walking in your neighbourhood or the park, touring the home decorations on your street, whatever you can think of. You just have to think about ways to incorporate walking into your daily routine: .park the car away from the Mall entrance (probably the only parking spot left anyway) .walk up the stairs instead of using the escalators (even in the gyms with escalators, can you imagine!) .walk to your grocery store, the shopping weight will increase bone production as well (don’t overload your shopping bags) Dr. Barbara Rolls , Professor and the Helen A. Guthrie Chair of Nutritional Sciences at The Pennsylvania State University, writes in her book, The Ultimate Volumetrics Diet, “your ultimate goal is 10 000 daily steps. Here are some tips to get you started, .walk around while you’re on the phone .make a daily appointment with yourself to walk, whether around the house or around the block .get off the bus one stop earlier .get up from your computer and take a five-minute walk several times a day” Besides helping you keep the weight off, exercising routinely as other benefits too. According to the North American Menopause Society, “regular physical activity has been shown to greatly reduce the risk of heart attacks in women. Women should aim for at least 30 to 60 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise (brisk walking, for example) most days.” There are, of course, other ways to burn calories and prevent weight gain: swimming, skiing, snowshoeing, stationary bicycle (for many of us living in Toronto, the only safe cycling we can do in December). I think we all know this information already, now it’s a matter of incorporating this knowledge into our daily lives in order to reap its benefits. Try it. Be mindful of your body’s needs: good food and exercise (and sleep, maybe I’ll post about that sometime soon). Happy moving and less sitting!
Posted on: Thu, 01 Jan 2015 16:14:00 +0000
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