It's Monday. The calorie scales after a weekend of fun groan from all the delicious cocktails you drank and yet, a smart and talented woman like you dare to ignore the chime of the clock as it strikes gym o’clock!
You
promptly divert all thoughts about exercise to a black hole in your head and
focus instead on your list of tasks to achieve for the week. Exercise, surely it can wait right? After all, why bother thinking about that tempting
piece of cake or that delectable 5 course meal you shared with the new boy in
town when you simply have got oh so much to do. Right? Wrong!
Admittedly,
your body looks great in that new dress but what are you going to do when you
have a little wardrobe crisis after a few more indulgent weekends like so? There’s only so much bulge that even the ‘ultimate
magic secret slimming firm control knickers’ can cope with.
So let me
rephrase; how many calories do you need to burn after your weekend? I suppose it depends entirely on how many of the extra treats that 'shall not be named' you had.
To avoid any panic attacks over clothes in
the future, make sure that you fit in a date with exercise. On a positive note, your options for burning calories truly are
endless.
For
example, assume a female weighing 60kg spends 45 minutes cycling to work. She could burn 300 calories. Increase the tempo on the bike and you could
be burning up to 600 calories per exercise session.
Walking is also a great energy busting
activity, in that you could burn up to 200 calories depending on your speed. Choose a route with hills and this could
increase up to 300 calories.
Running is
brilliant as you could burn anywhere between 500 to 600 calories depending on
your weight, speed and distance. This
really is an excellent calorie burner.
Swimming
is not only relaxing but 45 minutes in the pool for the same female weighing 60kg could
result in an energy deficit of around 400 calories. If a slice of bread provides approximately
100 calories, then you are not doing too badly.
The butterfly stroke is another efficient activity and for this movement
you could burn up to 600 calories.
Playing
sport such as tennis, squash or volleyball are all fantastic options for
burning calories so why not join a team? It's also fun and a great way to make new friends.
Alternatively,
you may prefer the gym whilst we head towards winter. Even resistance training exercise with weights burn
calories when you perform the activity.
As you build muscle tone and increase lean body mass, your metabolic
rate will rejoice and utilise energy in the form of calories.
Before you commit to hours and hours of
exercise, research does recommend less calories in, so make eating fewer
calories from treat foods your top priority.
When this fails, balance the energy scales with regular activity to burn excess calories after a fun weekend, but to also keep your heart ticking happy.
For tips on how to incorporate little bite sized portions of exercise through-out the day, read Keep Your Body Moving and visit my page dedicated to Exercise 'Push Yourself'
So next
time it’s exercise o’clock, think back to your long, lazy, indulgent boozy
lunches and dinners with girlfriends over the weekend. Let me remind you...did it start with something like this? That single innocent little drink...
That's right ladies, think real hard and say yes to
exercise. Your body and heart will thank you for
it.
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