Posts Tagged ‘fun’
Exercise Can Be Fun!
Exercise doesn’t have to be boring. You don’t have to physically walk into a gym to burn extra calories, lose weight, and become healthy.
Did you know that you can make exercise fun? Check out the video below and you’ll understand what I am talking about!
What other fun exercises can you come up with?
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Tags: burn calories, exercise, fun
Indoor Date Ideas…that Burn Calories!
During the Summer months it can get a little too hot for comfort, and sometimes during the Winter months it can get too cold for comfort. Either way, there’s still no excuse to not be able to burn some extra calories!
Here’s a list of fun indoor date ideas that will help you burn some extra calories!
Bowling – Enjoy the cool indoors by going bowling and have fun burning about 180 calories an hour! Just be sure to skip the junk food available at the bowling alley and opt for a healthy meal before you go have fun bowling!
Indoor Swimming – As I have said before, swimming is a full body workout, if done properly. You can burn anywhere from 270 to 550 calories an hour - depending on how vigorously you decide to swim.
Yoga DVDs – Do yoga in the comfort of your own home as you watch your favorite yoga DVD. You can expect to burn about 220 calories an hour as you are sculpting your body to perfect form.
Roller Skating – Go to a roller skating rinkThis is a fun way to burn about 465 calories an hour, and that’s just if you are skating on a flat surface. If you roller blade uphill, expect to burn even more calories!
Karate Class – Take a Karate class together and and you could end up burning about 390 calories an hour.
Laser Tag – Ever played laser tag? You get to run around and shoot the opposing team with a plastic (sometimes heavy) laser gun! Play on the same team or opposing one and you can end up burning about 370 calories an hour!
Dancing – Do you and your date love music? Dancing is a great way to have fun while burning lots of calories! Turn up the music to upbeat songs and have fun burning about 160 calories an hour!
Museum – Take your date to an Art Gallery or Museum, and have fun while you do a lot of walking, which you will end up burning about 130 calories an hour.
Wii Sport – You will have loads of fun on your date when you play games on the Wii Sport! You can try out boxing, bowling, or tennis and you can expect to burn an average of 390 calories an hour!
Indoor Rock Climbing – For those of you who are not afraid of heights, this is the perfect activity for you! You can expect to burn approximately 575 calories an hour from Rock Climbing!
Spin Class – You can burn about 320 calories an hour by going to a spin class together!
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Tags: burn calories, burn fat, date ideas, exercise, Fitness, fun, Health, Weight Loss
Grocery Store Wars
I was just introduced to this hilarious – and admittedly very cheesy- video about Organic foods, and I just had to share this with you!
Also, I’d like to thank my brother Eli for sending me the video!
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Tags: fun, Organic foods, Twinkie, video
Ice Skating on Christmas Eve!
I went Ice Skating with my husband today and we had a blast! Of course, I had to wear my beanie with matching mittens! haha
I hope everyone enjoys their Holiday!
♥,
Twinkie
How to Burn Extra Calories this Winter
During the Winter months, too many of us dread the snow and wish we had warmer weather. We also tend to use Winter as an excuse to stay in doors! Be sure to dress warm, then you should go outside and have fun while you are burning those extra calories!
Build a Snowman – When was the last time you built a snowman when it snowed? It’s not just for the kids, and when you are working on building your very own Frosty, you will burn about 240 calories an hour.
Ice Skating – This is one of my favorite things to do in the Winter time! You don’t have to be doing triple axel jumps to get a good exercise with Ice Skating. All you need to do is just try to balance yourself and keep moving forward – oh, and have some fun! While you are Ice Skating, you will be burning an average of 470 calories an hour. Not bad!
Snowball fight - Have a friendly snowball fight with your kids, and plan on burning 319 calories an hour.
Cross Country Skiing – Looking for a good workout while enjoying some beautiful scenery? With Cross Country Skiing, you will burn an average of 610 calories burned per hour. That’s a lot of calories you will burn without realizing you are working out. Ok, you will know you are working out, but this definitely beats the treadmill at the gym. Enjoy the scenery!
Snow Shoeing – Enjoy some time Snow Shoeing! Unlike Cross Country Skiing, you can go uphill, downhill, and on flat tundra. With this fun activity, you will burn about 540 calories an hour.
Sledding – I love sledding and never knew that I could burn about 460 calories an hour! That’s a lot of calories being burned while going up that big hill so you can sled all of the way down.
Snowboarding – One of the great things about Snowboarding is that you can go up and down the hill for hours and not even realize how much time has passed you. The next day, you can feel it: 450 calories burned per hour!
Now that you have fun activities to do, you can start singing “Let is Snow!” and actually mean it.
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