Week Five Tip – Exercise Bursts
Find ten minutes a day just to march or dance!
A key component of the Medi-Weightloss program is regular exercise. I was prescrbed three thirty minute aerobic workouts a week. For me, this was the hardest thing about the whole Medi-Weightloss program! I used to workout all the time, but, for years, I had been pushing the idea of exercise into that “tomorrow” time slot. I really had to work hard at getting back into it!
I found two exercise videos I liked, “Core Rhythms” and “Walk Away Pounds” and worked out to each once a week. I got the balance of my exercise through exercise “bursts”.
What I mean by this is ten minute exercise breaks during my day. I sit at the computer much of the day, so I took periodic breaks from my sitting position to march, dance, or do fast paced side bends and twists. I would watch the clock and exercise for no less than ten minutes, sometimes fifteen. I still do this every day. Brisk marching for ten minutes burns 91 calories!
These exercise bursts add 70 minutes of exercise to my week, and I hardly notice it! Use the Caloriecount.com activity calculator to determine what exercise bursts add the most pop for your ten minutes.
Additionally, I’ve added other calorie burning habits into how I run my day. I stopped being so efficient about my trips up and down the stairs, I stopped just walking around the house, instead high stepping or low lunging to what ever destination I had in mind. To read about more calorie burning ideas, read my ”How to Burn Bonus Calories“ article.
Stop thinking lazy and start thinking active!
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