As most of us all know, obesity is a HUGE problem in this country literally and figuratively. The amount of calories we take in should be close to the amount of calories that we burn. In order to burn calories our bodies must be active. My research project in physical therapy school was to determine if there was a different in calories burned between doing one bout of 30 straight minutes of aerobic exercise vs. two 15 minute bouts vs. three 10 minute bouts. The study showed that there was no significant difference. So, if you are unable to exercise for 30 minutes straight due to time, stamina, pain, etc, then try and be active throughout the day. Take a walk in the morning, or lunch, or after dinner. Also add in resistance training because this also helps burn calories.
A quick thing to remember is 3600 calories is equal to 1 pound of body weight. So if you take out 500 calories a day and burn 500 calories a day then you would lose 1 pound in roughly 3-4 days. This is obviously just one example. Most people may have to go at a slower rate.
Keep active everyone! Holiday season is right around the corner, so let's finish the year strong!
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