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Summer Slimming

With the weather improving, you’re doing more physical activities outdoors. Ever won- der how many calories you’re burning? Using the calculator at CaloriesPerHour.com, we found out how many calories are burned during a few common summer activities. Note: These are based on a 150-lb individual during one hour of activity.

Activity

Cal. Burned per hour

(for 150-lb person)

Swimming (leisure, not laps) 408

Golf

Canoeing Bicycling

Mountain biking Rollerblading Softball Tennis

306

Beach volleyball 544 Hiking

408 238 544 578 476 340 476

Walking (3.5 mph) 259

Looking for an

outdoor option? Mountain biking is a

great calorie burner.

meaning body fat-burning. Experts at the Mayo Clinic believe that NEAT is an under- appreciated way to fit a bit of weight-loss energy into your day, even at the office. James A. Levine, MD, who is a professor of medicine in Mayo’s department of endocrinol- ogy, says that even minor lifestyle adjustments for our NEAT activities can increase weight loss by up to 20%. To that end, Levine devised a “healthy office”

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13,000

That’s the approximate number of injuries per year for people while using golf carts — yet another reason why getting out of the cart to walk the course is better for you.

ave you heard of NEAT? It’s an acronym for “non-exercise activity thermogenesis” — thermogenesis

guide to making workplaces more fat-fighting- friendly. One Minneapolis office tried it, and 18 workers lost a total of 156 lb in six months by utilizing the super-NEAT approach, and 143 lb of those were pure body fat. Here’s what they did, according to Healthday.com.

 Chairs and traditional desk-seating were replaced with desks that came attached to treadmills. Walking tracks were installed around the circumference of the office to facilitate “walking meetings.”

 Landline phones were replaced with mobile sets.

 Spaces for games such as Wii and foosball were made available.

 Workers were also offered nutrition counseling.

While some of these changes aren’t practical for all work environments, it underscores the fact that even minor changes that inspire activity can reap surprisingly large benefits.

They got the memo: Moving at work burns fat.

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