Good Weather As A Natural Fat Burner
As this day dawned upon me, I couldn’t help but remind myself of how just being outside when the weather is nice and warm and how any activity we do will burn calories at a higher rate. Of course, hydration IS key in warm, hot, and humid temperatures. What I want to stress is how simply going for a walk outdoors can help you feel better about burning calories. Per hour of walking at a moderate pace for a person around 150lbs will burn about 250 calories. That’s excellent, especially considering that you’re simply going for a walk. The more weight you have, the more calories you’ll burn. A person 40lbs heavier will probably burn an additional 50 calories. That’s because the body is working harder.
Every 1 pound of weight(fat) is equal to 3500! This is something that we all must know and remember! More importantly, when you’re being active (walking), you’re further working on increasing your metabolism (metabolic rate). There can be a focus on burning calories, but the bigger positive with that is the fact that you’re also increasing your bodies ability to burn fat and calories at a faster rate…something we all would love to attain. An increased metabolism is generally defined as your bodies ability to burn calories. Look at it as the bodies internal diet pill.
So getting back to using walking as a means to burn a few calories, overtime, if walking becomes a constant for you, over a period of time, you’ll be able to see the result of how just walking helps in maintaining your current weight. We want to lose weight, and we also want to maintain our current weight…thus not going backwards.
Lets take your lunch break at work where most of us have an hour to eat. And lets say that you work 5 times a week. Can you make the commitment to walk 4 of those times? And with that 4 times, you can include the hour walks here and there that you’ll do while not at work. Or perhaps, eat for the first 15 minutes of your break, then go for a walk for 45 minutes, give and take a few minutes to freshen back up a bit. Again, walking is something that’s easy that you can do and incorporate into your ‘daily’ life. Go at your own pace, but always try and improve your pace. As a rule of thumb to myself, I always take the opportunity to park the farthest away in the parking lot to the grocery. Every calorie burnt counts. Especially after every meal, it’s encouraged to go for a walk for like 30 minutes. It’s said that being straight up and walking allows for food to past through us faster which doesn’t allow for as much time for all the bad and unwanted ingredients to release and attack to us.
Any information provided here has been borrowed from memory and the content found at websites such as caloriecouter and nutristrategy. Always consult with professional for precise nutrional facts and stats. I am not responsible for any content of this blog. I try and prescribe to the reader a dummied down version of health and wellness and weight loss.
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