Hello Folks!
Ready for your day of feasts,
family and fun? We are ready—and ready to do it right! Here at NEXT LEVEL, we
pride ourselves on exercising balance
over the holiday season. When you have everything in moderation, you can better appreciate the quality of your food and the overall holiday experience.
It’s important to treat yourself to the one or two items you love (small
slice of pecan pie, perhaps?), and balance out these choices with: 1) healthy side dishes (green beans! Baked
yams!) and 2) exercise throughout
the day.
“Exercise on a holiday??”, you may ask in disbelief!
Well you better believe it. Just because you don’t want to do a full-on workout
that day, doesn’t mean you can’t do fun activities that torch calories at well!
Here are some examples of easy calorie burning activities that will benefit your
holiday and your waistline!
-Cooking (standing) your favorite foods*: 140 cal/hr
*150lb client*
-Playing
Cards/Board games: 102 cal/hr
-Cleaning up the kitchen: 157 cal/hr
-Playing
Tag with your kids: 30-90 cal/15 min*
*depends how fast you run!*
-Wii Bowling: 77 cal/15 min
By doing some of the activities you
love, you can easily stave off those excess lbs and feel fit and fabulous this
holiday season. Just because you don’t see your favorite past time on this list
doesn’t mean that it’s not a valuable exercise tool on your day off! There’s
only one trick to keep in mind: KEEP MOVING! Movement=Calories Burned. It’s as simple as that!
Check out our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/NEXTLEVELPersonalFitnessSystems
for more Thanksgiving recipes and tips; we welcome your input!
Wishing you a healthy and happy
Thanksgiving.
Dr. Abu Pigott
Aurora Baxter
