No-Workout Weight Loss

Redbook Magazine January 2009

No time to get to the gym? No problem! Sneak extra activity into your day with these easy exercise shortcuts.

Adding more activity into your daily and weekly routine can help you burn extra calories that could be as beneficial as getting in a workout. Check this out:

At Work:

Instead of taking the elevator, take the stairs. If you park five blocks from your office, then walk and take the stairs you can burn 700 calories in five days (instead of 280).

Sitting and talking on the phone for one hour will burn 40 calories, but stand up and pace while talking will burn 140 calories!

Sitting down for a 45 minute lunch will mostly add calories, but if you eat for 15 minutes and add a 30 minute walk, you could burn 100 calories and cut your lunch calories in half.

At Home:

Watch TV sitting on the coach will burn about 10 calories, but take a 30 minute stroll after dinner browsing a book store or walking through town and burn 60 calories

Get more social and play a game with your family for an hour (instead of surfing the internet alone) and burn about 30 calories.

Tidy up just one room a day for 15 minutes and you could burn 150 calories in five days – and have your weekend off from cleaning.

Out and About:

Don’t drive around the mall for 10 minutes looking for a parking spot close to the door, park in the farthest spot and walk 15 minutes to and from and store entrance and burn 80 calories.

With just these small changes to your days you could burn close to 1,500 calories a day. And once you revamp that routine to maximize your movement, you’ll notice increased energy, improved mood, and a weight loss of up to two pounds a week!