Weight Loss in the Winter

Do you feel it is harder to work out in the winter than in the spring, summer and fall months? Need to fight the slump in your winter weight loss program?

For most people it is harder to work out in the winter months due to shorter days, cold weather, and the many holidays that come at this time of year. So try and keep yourself motivated by doing activities that you already have to do. For example, shoveling snow. Most of the country has been hit by huge snowstorms already this year and the only way to get out of some of them is to dig yourself out. So don’t view it as being such a pain but more of a way to achieve your weight loss goals.

Did you know that a person who weighs 160lbs. can burn 173 calories just by clearing snow with a snow blower for only a half an hour? There are snow blowers like this one that can move 800lbs. of snow per minute. Can you imagine how many calories you can burn by moving 800lbs of snow by hand? Try it. Do it the old fashioned way and pull out the shovel to burn a minimum of 230 calories–that is if you don’t have very much snow. If you have lots of snow you can burn even more! And it is a great way to tone arms, shoulders, back and legs!

Just think how many calories you can burn in an hour doing the same. So get out your winter gear and make your mark on the neighborhood by shoveling your driveway and then moving on to your neighbors!

February 16, 2010 Posted in: Basics to Losing Weight, Tips to Lose Weight