All of us stay occupied with one or the other work which makes it difficult to find time to go to the gym and exercise. A majority of the people couldn't keep up with their fitness due to time constraints. But if you know how to utilize your time, getting fit becomes easy. A fit and fine body indeed demand time and hard work but that doesn't mean you can't get fit with lesser time. Here are some tips to get fit in the easiest way possible.
Get up and walk around office or home
This should happen at least every two hours for 5 minutes. This brisk five-minute walk every two hours will give you an extra 20-minute walk by the end of the day without making any special effort. Walk to your kids' school, or to the park a few blocks away, to the local market. If you are taking a vehicle, park it three blocks away (6 blocks round trip) from your intended destination, just a few times a week. This will simply increase your activity level without sparing extra time.
Wash something thoroughly once a week
Be it the floor, a couple of windows, the shower stall, bathroom tiles or your car, anything that makes you don your cleaning gloves and exert some pressure on your hands and elbows burns nearly four calories for every minute spent on cleaning. A washing session of 30 minutes and you've worked off nearly 120 calories!
Drop a movie for an active date
It's a weekend and you're planning to spend time with your love. Why not head to the local park rather than sit in a movie hall? This will not only give you a chance to walk hand in hand, but will also avoid the calories that a large bucket of butter popcorn you would reach out for in a movie hall. What's more? Explore other active dating ideas like cycling together; playing a tennis match or going for swimming. You won't lose anything except your calories.
Take a walk before and after dinner
Yes, you are reading it right! Walking post-dinner helps in digestion and burning calories but walking before gorging on your favourite dinner cuts down the appetite.
Healthy Munchies
When stressed, many people tend to eat more and crave foods that are high in salt, sugar and fat. If you find yourself prone to munchies when you're feeling stressed, it seems too hard to control your cravings, you can really help yourself by switching to more healthy fare for snacking.
Satiate the sweet tooth
Eat fruits. The healthiest sugar is found in fresh fruit, with high fructose content which satisfy and stabilize sugar levels in the blood. Moreover, fruits come packed with vitamins and minerals.
Also Read: Dried Fruits or Fresh Fruits – What’s Better For You
'Trick' the feeling of hunger
Drink a lot of water combined with fibres. If eating in small amounts and very often, a regular repartition of the food should be ensured all over the day.
Make the most of your TV time
This one is for the cricket-crazy or soap-obsessed couch potato. Now make the most of commercial breaks to burn some calories and tone up your body with the following set of exercises:
- As the break starts, do 25 jumping jacks.
- Then jog on the spot to the count of 30.
- Do 25 abdominal crunches.
- Lastly, get on the floor and place your feet up on your coffee table and do 25 hip lifts. By the time the break ends, you would have burnt a major chunk of calories.
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The following tips have worked for many
- Carrots have a satisfying crunch and are good for you too. They're packed with flavour and aren't too bad for your body.
- Sunflower seeds (try low-salt or unsalted varieties for better health) which have protein and nutrients and are pretty yummy. If you get them in the shell, they give your hands something to do, and it's hard to eat too many when you have to shell each one.
- Rather than popping open a can of soda, which is packed with empty calories and sugar which can send you on a downward spiral of mood swings later opt for sparkling water; you'll feel like you're getting a treat. Your body will surely appreciate the choice.
- If you're a discreet chewer, you can turn one of those snacking sessions where you're really not hungry but want something in your mouth into guilt-free flavourful fun. Just try not to blow too many bubbles if you're in the office.
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