71.
And if you can’t run, try walking. 15 minutes of brisk walking a
day is enough
to keep most fit.
72.
Any distance is walkable if you have the time, so consider walking
to places that you would normally drive (such as work or the market if they’re
not too far away). It may take you longer, but the health benefits will
last you a lifetime.
73.
It sounds strange, but some people have reported that they lost
more weight when they drank black coffee before a workout. While there’s no
hard data to support this, nutritionists speculate that the caffeine in coffee
makes the body rely more on fat for fuel during the work out. It’s worth
trying!
74.
Here’s a corollary to the tip above: Avoid drinking coffee in
excess, as it tends to desensitize your body to the fat burning effects of
caffeine.
75.
Stop using remote controls. Remote controls are the bane of a
prospective weight loser. They may be remarkable gadgets by themselves but
from the weight loss point of view, they just aren’t very helpful. They really encourage us to take a laid back kind of attitude
towards life itself. In fact if remote controls were not there, the television
would not have become so popular. It is because of remote controls that people
can remain where they are and switch from one channel to the other. And they
only have to twitch a finger muscle to achieve this. Now, I have nothing against multi channel television sets but what
I strongly advocate is that you get up from where you are and change the
channel of the TV each time you want to do so. The same thing holds true for other remote controls as well. As it
is we have remote controlled TVs, DVD players, A/Cs, garage doors, gateways
and what not. The next thing we know is that we will have remote controlled
people as well.
76.
Do things like fetching, turning things off and on by yourself.
Often when we come back tired from work, we tend to get others to do simple
chores for us. These things are no big deal. They are things that we can very
well do for our selves but we don’t. That is why we often ask our kids to fetch us this or take away
that. Training your pet is a wonderful thing indeed. It is quite
remarkable how
some people get their dogs to fetch them something. But the fact
is that while you may be making sure that your dog is getting a lot of
exercise, you are neglecting your bit of the story.
77.
Here’s a pop quiz. Escalators help us to:
1. Move up and down faster
2. Gain weight
3. Stand stupidly as they move up and down
4. Look down at other people when you are going down
5. Look up to others when we are going up
You have to pick the correct answer
from the 5 alternatives given. You can see
for your self that all the options
are in a way correct. So the next time you travel
on an escalator, don’t just stand
there...climb up or down along with it. (Or better
yet, take the stairs.)
78.
During commercial breaks walk about. If you want to sit all
evening with your eyes glued to the tube, then do so. But at least spare your
eyes the agony of a commercial break.
When the next commercial flashes on screen, instead of surfing,
get up and take a walk. Reach over and try to touch your toes or do any such
simple exercise that will at least get the blood flowing in your veins.
79.
Wriggle your toes and your fingers whenever you can. This too is a
stress buster and it gives you a chance to at least work your hand and
leg joints. This will tell you how sore they are and if their condition is so
bad, just think of the rest of your body.
80.
Turn on music and dance like wild. Let your hair down once in a
while. Go back to the days of wild child hood. Close the door of your room,
turn on your sound system to the highest volume possible (but a little
lower than the level at which your neighbors start to complain) and then do the
wackiest dance that you can think of. Jump on your bed and jump off it again. Roll all over the floor. Pretend that you are Michael Jackson or
Madonna (you
will
never see them keeping still) and do ever boogie move that you know.
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