How to Burn Calories Quickly
On average most Americans eat at least 250 calories more than they need each day, so a few extra bursts of activity throughout the day help burn off those extra calories. On top of that if you incorporate a few simple ways of dropping those extra calories without interfering too much with your diet then eating can still be enjoyable. Those mid afternoon and late night cravings can be a real pain and can challenge anyone's will power, but believe it or not, there are simple strategies to break those bad habits.
Instructions
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How to Burn Calories Quickly
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Take the dog or the kids out for a walk, take a walk on your lunch break, walk whenever you can leave the car at home. Walking burns up 250 calories per hour.
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Instead of taking the elevator, take the stairs, or take the escalator but climb the stairs as you ride. Spending just five minutes climbing stairs burns up 144 calories.
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When you’re waiting in line at the doctor’s office, drug store or dentist remain standing. Staying on your feet uses up 36 more calories per hour than sitting does.
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Rake leaves instead of using a leaf blower: You'll burn 50 more calories every half hour. If you have time to spend an hour doing general garden activity you can burn up to 350 calories.
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Wash your car by hand instead of taking it through the automatic carwash. You'll burn an extra 280 calories in an hour.
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Park further from the shopping mall and walk that little extra.
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Play with the kids: Shooting hoops for fifteen minutes burns 108 calories. Playing with the children is a fun way to burn calories because you don't even notice.
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Put on your favorite music and let yourself go. Dancing improves your mood and burns up 180 calories per hour. If you don't want to dance solo, join a dance class, that way you can burn calories and learn a new routine.
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If you are going to exercise, do it in the morning. Studies show that if you exercise in the morning your metabolism will remain elevated for hours and so you will get a head start on burning calories.
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Tips & Warnings
Kill your food cravings by:
Drinking two glasses of water and eat an ounce of peanuts or almonds
Chewing some sugar free gum.
Doing ten minutes of exercise-cravings typically only last ten minutes.
Not letting more than four hours pass between meals.
Having a ready supply of healthy snacks at home or at your office.
Understanding that no food has power over you.
Not skipping meals-cravings are a common response to skipping meals.
Drinking plenty of water throughout the day, instead of fizzy drinks which create more thirst.
Eating plenty of proteins and essential fatty acids; they create a sense of fullness and satisfaction in the body.
