7 Summer Exercise Tips
Posted on | January 29, 2010 | 9 Comments
As summer approaches, many people want to get in shape. Here are some exercise tips to help you lose weight during the summer months.
Tip #1: Walk and Talk
The summer months are great for being outdoors and walking is a great form of exercise for weight loss. Instead of sitting at Starbucks or your neighbor’s house chatting get outside and walk and talk. Visiting with friends and family is important and fun, but who says you need to be stationary to enjoy someone’s company.
Walking 1 mile burns around 100 calories (for someone that weighs 150 pounds), and walking and talking is a great way to kill two birds with one stone.
Tip #2: Buy a Bike
Like walking, biking is also a good low impact form of exercise. As a whole we drive too much, sometimes even just 2 miles or so to run a quick errand. Use your new bike to run errands close to home, save gas, and burn calories.
Tip #3: Picnic and Plan Outdoor Activities
Summer is a great time for picnics. Plan a picnic and of course pack healthy foods, but also pack a Frisbee, football, whiffle ball and baseball bat. It may not seem like a hard core workout, but tossing around a Frisbee or football burns more calories than watching TV, and all the extra activity adds up in the long run.
Tip #4: Start an Outdoor Project Around the House
There are so many outdoor projects that are perfect for the summer. You can build a deck or plant a garden. Exercise does not have to happen in a gym or in front of a television. What do you think people did before gyms were invented… that’s right they worked on the land and on the house. Outdoor projects can be a sneaky way to get in more exercise during the summer.
Tip #5: Find a Summer Workout Partner
Having a workout partner helps to keep both people motivated. It can be hard to lose weight all by yourself, but if you have a workout partner with similar goals, you can push each other to stay committed to the exercise routine.
Tip #6: Take a Fitness Vacation
Most people gain weight when they go on vacation because they just want to go eat, drink, party and sleep on vacation. But, I’ll challenge you to take a fitness oriented vacation.
If you go to the beach to relax, plan a 3-5 mile walk in the morning and a 3-5 mile walk in the evening before dinner (that could be an extra 600-1000 calories burned a day). Plan a hiking vacation, or a tennis vacation, or a swimming vacation. Get in the ocean or pool for 1-2 hours in the morning and 1-2 hours in the evening before dinner. Do activities you love. But make a plan to be active on everyday of your fitness vacation.
Tip #7: Consult with a Personal Trainer or Fitness
Professional
If you have motivation to exercise but you’re not sure what to do consult with a personal trainer or fitness professional to get some guidance and structure. Structure really helps us to achieve goals and a health professional can help to provide structure to your workout routine so all you’ll have to do is follow the plan.
If you’re serious about losing weight, I recommend that you also incorporate healthy eating habits. Get started today and stick with it.
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January 29th, 2010 @ 11:11 am
EAT. You cannot gain muscle if you're described as "underweight". Your body is currently not replacing anything with muscle, it's just burning off whatever you eat. Eat more, eat less healthy foods, whatever works. If you're exercising as much as you say, you're not going to "get fat", don't worry about that, you'll notice if you're overdoing it. But you really do need to eat, you're metabolising all of the digested food and not storing any of it in your body.
January 29th, 2010 @ 11:25 am
first dont starve yourself.. it ends up catching up with you in the long run and its stupid and unhealthy
You can go on a diet. kick back on the junk food. and carbs eat healthy food look up diet meals. You can go on a diet plan but it seems stupid so just exercise you can find a buddy. or do it along make a plan you can go to a gym or start running. also when you see food that you know you shouldnt eat try not to, instead pick up a healthy bar apple or something that will hold you over.
and honestly 145 with your height is normal!! i wouldnt lose weight if i was you!!
January 29th, 2010 @ 7:33 pm
Eat smaller size portions of meals as well as drinking a lot of water.
Eating lots of fruits for snacks like bananas (you can get some of your fruits in juices like the V8 fusion and also in yogurt form).
Also, in addition to the treadmill try a bit of regular walking as well and even lifting weights (start off light).
I am also going to give you the link to a site that may help you find some additional information for nutrition. The link is at: http://nutrition.about.com
January 30th, 2010 @ 1:37 am
Get away from computer and video games and go outside and PLAY
That's the key work play
The youth forgot how to Play outdoors
January 30th, 2010 @ 4:23 am
Your BMI (Body Mass Index) is 23 which is in the middle of the normal weight range for someone of your height. In terms of muscle tone, you need to work out the areas you want to tone. If you want to tone your legs, walk or jog or use a stationary bike. If you want to tone other parts of your body use weightlifting, or swimming, or exercise bands. My wife and I have lost more than 65 pounds total in 3 months and lost several inches in waist and elsewhere just walking for an hour almost every day.
Good luck,
Dana
January 30th, 2010 @ 6:11 am
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January 30th, 2010 @ 7:28 am
January 30th, 2010 @ 8:23 am
Maybe not 'impossible' but very very very unlikely
You'd be better looking at 1 stone to be honest
But even in 1 stone you can see a massive difference you'd be completely surprised
January 30th, 2010 @ 7:25 pm
You need water for your body to burn fat. Without water, your kidneys can not do their job properly and your liver must pitch in to help. While it's helping the kidneys, your liver can't burn as much fat, so some of the fat that would normally be used as fuel gets stored in your body instead. Drinking more water lets the liver get back to its own job of turning fat into fuel.Your body needs water-it's sixty percent water. But if you don't drink enough, your body thinks it's in danger and tries to hold onto all the water it can get. The water is stored between the cells and shows up as extra weight. Your feet, legs and hands may even swell up. When your body gets enough water, the stored water is released.
The more water you drink, the less you'll eat. Water is nature's own appetite suppressant. A glass of water before eating will help you feel full and eat less. You'll also get rid of extra salt by drinking water (salt can also cause the body to hold onto water).
Drink at least 8, eight-ounce glasses of water every day. If you're overweight, drink an additional glass for every Twenty-five pounds of excess weight. Now ,make sure you eat well each day.eat foods like fruit,veggies ,baked and boiled meats,no fried foods, no eating before bed , no junk food, no sugar ,no butter, no mayo,and eat fat free cheese drink milk it will help take off pounds around the belly and sides,no hot dogs or lunch meat.eat less bread,i like to make big meals like bake extra chicken with veggies ,then you can snack on leftovers,i hope i helped,,,no soda no cafine,,