The equation is simple, if you burn 500 more calories than you consume each day you are bound to lose one pound a week.
One pound a week!
There’s good news–that doesn’t mean you have to live in your gym, day in and day out.
Here are some fun activities that will have you burning calories in no time and you won’t even know it.
Activity Time to roast 500 calories (thanks to www.shape.com):
Fore!: Golf, 1 hour and 45 minutes
Walk It Off: Race-walking (4.5 mph) 1 hour, 10 minutes
Five, Six, Seven, Eight…: High-impact aerobics, 1 hour, 5 minutes
Row, Row, Row Your Butt: Rowing, 55 minutes
Jump Around: Jumping rope, 45 minutes
Feet to the Pavement: Running (6 mph), 45 minutes
Spin Me Right Round: Group cycling, 45 minutes
On the Rocks: Rock climbing, 40 minutes
Throwing Punches: Boxing, 40 minutes
Full Speed Ahead: Elliptical trainer, 40 minutes
Urban Girl Fitness Quote of the Day:
I keep trying to lose weight… but it keeps finding me! ~Author Unknown
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