Here are five ways to burn an extra 50 calories -- which may not seem like much, but if you do them all you will burn 250 extra calories per day! That means 1/2 pound per week that you could lose or not gain! (values are for someone who weighs 155 pounds)
1. Do 10 minutes of low impact aerobics – try starting a tape and stopping after 10 minutes
2. Play with your dog for 15 minutes (Fido will be thrilled)
3. Bake for 20 minutes (just don’t eat everything that you bake which will cancel out the extra calories burned)
4. Do calisthenics for 12 minutes – I have hand weights by the TV and I do them during commercial brakes in addition to situps
5. Clean for 15 minutes – there is always something that can be cleaned in the house, right?
Just do anything you can to move more over the holidays so come January you haven’t gained five pounds!
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Hello, Dr. Melina.
Regarding drinking water, does it matter if it is hot or cold? I know this is a silly question, but I often wondered if there is a difference in how the body reacts to drinking either hot or cold water.
Thank you,
Gerard Stone (gerard@gerardstone.com)
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