Burn Baby Burn!

The New Year is fast approaching and you may already be contemplating those resolutions, maybe even regretting the indulgences that have occurred thus far, knowing full well it’s not over yet. Admittedly your best defense against this holiday weight gain is abstaining from the excessiveness that occurs but that can be so hard sometimes and nobody wants a grumpy, hungry guest sipping water in the corner of the room to avoid temptation.

Go with a Game Plan.
Your next best bet is to LIMIT those indulgences – go into the season, the parties, the get–togethers with a game plan – yes – eat a balanced healthy meal before, stay away from the snack food, time and space out those beverages.

Get Up and Move
That being said, you may still be feeling the snugness of your pants, but all is not lost and you don’t have to wait until Jan 1 to be proactive (besides, chances are Jan 1 will be another indulgent day or at least a recovery day). Get up and move! That’s my best advice, burn those extra cals by getting off your butt. Standing burns more cals than sitting, moving burns more than being still.

To get an idea of the amount of cals you burn doing various activities, check out this calorie counter: click here. Plug in your weight and the number of minutes for the specific activities. It has everything for typical exercises like walking and running to playing with your kids or playing an instrument, and even laundry and housework.

Finding out how many calories you are burning can help you two ways:
1. Maybe you’re already doing a great job balancing the caloric intake of food and drink with the amount of exercise and activity you’re doing OR

2. Find out if that one hour yoga class is enough to make a dent in the extra cals you’ve been taking in. This can inspire you too, maybe you’ll add an extra 10 minutes to your usual run or have a much cleaner home. Whatever motivates you – go with it.

Before You Take a Sip of That Drink,
Check Out Our List of Low-Cal Cocktails.