You Can Eat More and Continue to Lose Weight By Being Aware of How Many Calories You Burn During Exercise

You’re on your way. You’ve made up your mind to lose the weight, and you’ve found a food plan that works for you. You’re making healthier food choices, and the pounds are coming off. http://factoidz.com/making-healthier-food-choices-to-lose-weight-as-you-age-or-at-any-age/ http://factoidz.com/losing-weight-as-you-age-or-at-any-age/ http://factoidz.com/exercise-and-healthy-aging/ You want a cookie, chocolate, cake or other treat, or you may just want an extra portion at a meal but you’re at or over your calorie budget for the day, As I’ve written, keeping track of how many calories you need to maintain the weight you want to be is important. Eating healthy is important, and exercise is important. But did you know that by being aware of how many calories you’re burning during exercise will allow you to eat more and still maintain your desired weight or continue to allow you to lose weight? As I mentioned in Making healthier Food Choices to Lose Weight as You Age or at Any Age, an active woman weighing 150 lbs. should consume no more than 1,800 calories a day. However, if you exercise, you can add more calories to your daily food budget depending on the type of exercise you do and the length of time you do the exercise. When you’re 155 lbs. and decide to take an hour walk at a moderate pace, you can burn 230 calories, and if you do that three times a week, that adds up to 690 calories. If you’re on an 1,800 calorie a day diet to lose or maintain weight, and you’re keeping to that calorie budget daily and you do nothing but take that one hour walk 3 times a week, you can treat yourself to a dessert or take a day where you can go over your calorie budget by the amount you exercise daily. In addition, for 155 lb. person, one hour of: = Calories Running (12 minute mile) 563 Cycling (moderate) 493 Gardening 281 Fishing while sitting 176 Playing piano 176 Mowing the lawn 387 Water aerobics 281 (If you do the exercise for ½ hour, just divide the above calories by two.) http://www.nutristrategy.com/activitylist.htm http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/exercise/SM00109 I think what motivated me to take an exercise class at least once a week, or walk that 30 minutes or one hour, was that I could add that dessert or extra food to my daily food budget and not worry about gaining weight or going over my daily food budget. Being able to eat more and yet still maintain or lose weight can motivate us to take that extra walk, mow the lawn, walk up a flight of stairs instead of taking the elevator, walk that mile to the store instead of driving, or take an exercise class with a friend.