Turn Up The Heat: 10 Tips to Maximize the Calorie Burn While Walking

Burning calories is all about walking the walk. While it’s true that jogging will burn more calories than walking, walking is a lot less stressful on joints, shins and feet. The simple facts about weight loss include increasing the number of calories you burn daily. 3500 calories burned a week will help to take 1 pound off. Exercise and diet are the combination to better fitness, weight loss and overall health. Calories along with carbohydrates are your body’s fuel sources. Calories burn during aerobic exercise, such as walking, biking, swimming and running. To maximize your caloric burn you can employ … Continue reading

Cycling’s Power of Three

Cycling is the one of the best forms of exercise that accomplishes multiple goals in a short amount of time. But if you are still not totally convinced the following are the three most powerful reasons to invest in a good bike, some padded bike pants, a helmet and an hour on the trails or road. Power of One Bored with your workout? You won’t be when you take up cycling. You get out the spinning room, out of the gym, out of the house and into the sunshine and the fresh air. Your bike can travel just about anywhere … Continue reading

The Calorie Trade Market

When it comes to dieting, there are good choices and there are bad choices. The way you determine is how much stock in the calorie trade are you taking out when you choose to eat one item over another. For example, if you want to eat a small bag of chocolate chip cookies. We’ve all had that kind of craving and if you’re anything like me, the first time you’re not allowed to have a cookie, that’s when you want one the most. Okay, you’re on your diet of eating healthy choices, but you are really craving those cookies. It’s … Continue reading