Speed Up Weight Loss by 50% by Having Fun Alone or With Friends

by Marcio Rocon on July 27, 2010 in Weight Loss, Weight Loss Hypnosis, Weight Loss Pills:, Weight loss medicines:, weight loss

Weight Loss: Try Stealth Exercise Tactics

Everybody knows that exercise is a key component in any successful weight-loss program. But many of us think we’re too busy or too tired to start “an exercise program”. Gym memberships are expensive and people will stare…

Enough, already. We already know the excuses.

While it may be difficult to find an hour a day to exercise you can burn extra calories during your leisure time by making a few painless changes. An important thing to remember is that 3500 calories=1 pound. Weight loss comes from either taking in less, burning more, or a combination of both.

Your body burns a certain number of calories no matter what you’re doing.

Weight Loss won’t come from watching TV

If most of your leisure time is spent kicked back in the recliner, watching TV or listening to music, you’re burning around 90 calories an hour. That’s around the minimum rate, except maybe for sleeping.

Speed Up Weight Loss by 50% by Having Fun Alone or With Friends

You can increase the number of calories burned per hour by just having fun. There are lots of fun things to do that burn up to 150 calories per hour. If you’re a loner, you can pump up TV time by knitting, sewing, or doing other crafts while watching. Computer work or play also burns around 150 calories per hour. Sing along with the music you’re listening to and you’ll burn about 50% more calories.

Socializing with friends—even just sitting and talking together—also burns about 150 calories an hour, and it’s a lot more fun than sitting home alone. And playing cards or board games add to the fun.

Double Your Weight Loss Power with These

Two fun activities that burn twice as many calories as just sitting are fishing or playing guitar. (And fishing may provide the bonus of having something tasty and nutritious for dinner!)

Triple Your Weight Loss Fun

Even the simple act of stretching can triple the calories your body is burning. Of course, you probably won’t want to stretch for hours at a time. But playing an organ or sitting and playing with your pet are two more triple treats.

Weight Loss Power Play

Finally, exercise doesn’t have to be boring, regimented or routine. Playing Frisbee burns about 275 calories an hour. Or challenge yourself to a rousing game of hacky sack and burn 365 calories and hour. And if that seems a little strenuous, then go for a horseback ride. This stealth exercise burns about 365 calories per hour while enjoying fresh air and scenic trails.

Weight Loss by the Numbers

None of these stealth exercises will help you lose a large amount of weight in a short amount of time. It would take about 35 hours of knitting to lose a pound (and gain a sweater!). Or 19 hours playing Frisbee. But as an overall strategy to improve your well-being and boost your other weight loss efforts, they can have an incremental fact while boosting your mood and helping to make your life more fun.

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