Daily health tip #25
Fidget
Don’t think you have time for the gym? That’s okay. Just don’t sit still.
A Mayo Clinic study of 20 self-proclaimed couch potatoes―half of whom were lean, half mildly obese―revealed that the thin volunteers were more likely to stand, walk, and fidget.
The researchers noted that the obese participants sat, on average, more than two hours longer every day than the lean ones did. The thinner couch potatoes burned about 350 more calories each day just in their daily activities.
So the next time someone offers you their chair, politely decline. Or curl up on the couch with some dumbbells and bicep-curl away some calories. Or simply lift your leg repeatedly. Or buy a portable pedaling machine to keep under your desk.
Just. Keep. Moving.
Until tomorrow,
Let’s all walk the talk (emphasis on walking!)
Lisa
