14 Ways To Manage Your Weight During The Holiday Season - Part 2: Getting Exercise
9. Relieve Stress With Exercise:
In part 1 we discovered stress to be a leading cause of overeating during the holiday season. One of the best ways to relieve stress is exercising.
Imagine the positive impact on your weight management goals when you substitute overeating with exercise to relieve stress. So whenever you feel holiday stress creeping up on you, use one of the ideas below to reduce it:
10. Instead of the Escalator, Take the Stairs at the Mall:
Check out the numbers for:
Calories Burned while Walking Upstairs:
- At 130 Pounds - 470 Calories
- At 155 Pounds - 560 Calories
- At 190 Pounds - 690 Calories
- At 225 Pounds - 820 Calories
- At 250 Pounds - 910 Calories
Think about the mall you shop in. How many opportunities do you think you’ll have to take the stairs instead of an escalator?
11. Create an Exercise Schedule:
The holiday season is a very busy time for everyone, so it’s best to create exercise appointments with yourself. Chart out Twenty 1-hour appointments throughout the season where you do nothing but your favorite exercise.
12. Get into a Fun Indoor Exercise During the Holidays:
Check out some of the following fun ideas to exercise indoors. The cold season is an ideal time start one of these:
13. When Shopping, Park the Car as far Away as Possible:
Because of all the walking, shopping at the mall is a good exercise in itself but you can make it even better by parking your car as far away as possible from the mall entrance.
An added benefit of this: It will take you a lot less time to find a parking space.
14. Organize a Winter Team Building Exercise:
A weekend corporate team building exercise is a good way to refocus during the holiday season and get some great exercise in the process. Companies like Alpine Events and the Tahoe Adventure Company provide team building opportunities centered around various outdoor physical activities during the winters.
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