Fat to Fit

Good morning to everyone.  As we all know Christmas is just around the corner.  Some are preparing for the stuff to buy, what food will be serve and some are preparing to burn calories now.  They thought of that for the preparation of craving much good food.  Irresistible time when Christmas is already there. 

Tired of battling the post holiday bulge?  This season, try trimming yourself instead of just the tree.

Okay, that’s it. You’re tired of that tire, fed up with that flab.  You’re going to burn off that belly and keep it off—for good.  Even if you’ve made your New Year’s resolution, and by gum, this time you’re going to stick to it.

Way to go.  Only one problem.  It’s not New Year’s yet.

It’s December, a month when even the most dedicated exercisers can fall off their schedules.  You’re staring down a long stretch of 31 days filled with parties and family gatherings, tray of cheese puffs and cocktail weenies.  This is not an easy time to jump-start your workout or begin a whole new training regimen.  Especially when you can always mumble,  “Well, there’s always next month…,” while choking down another sleigh-shaped butter cooked.

And burning calories doesn’t only take place in a gym.  Even if you’re slacking off this month or putting aside your exercise plans until the new year, you can still start losing weight.  Painlessly.  Here are 100 ways to burn 100 calories.

In the shortest time possible

Less than 5 minutes

►  Chop wood continuously for four minutes, 22 seconds.

►  Run a five-minute mile.  (You’ll have burned 100 by 4 ½ minutes.)

► Jump on a stationary bike and ride it at a pace of 20 MPH for four minutes, 52 seconds.

Less than 10 minutes

► Hum the theme song to Rocky as you skip rope for 9 ½ minutes.

► Hike the great outdoors with at least 22 pounds in yur backpack for nine minutes, 15 seconds.

► Play racquetball for seven minutes, 17 seconds.

► Swim a few laps of your favorite stroke (back, breast or butterfly); eight minute or less, depending on the stroke.

► Travel underwater instead of on top of it and you can burn calories even faster.  Scuba-dive for seven minutes, 11 seconds.

► Hit few on the tennis court:  Play for nine minutes.

Less than 15 minutes

► Ski down an advanced slope.

► Tread water for 14 ½ minutes.

► Snorkel in a pool and kick at a moderate pace (14 minutes, five seconds).

► Use a stationary rower for 11 minutes.

► Hit the weights for 13 minutes.

► Take an intense aerobics class and enjoy the scenery for 11 minutes, eight seconds.

► Walk uphill for 13 minutes.

Playing professional sports

► Face Michael Jordan on the court for nine minutes.

► Go two rounds with Mike Tyson.  (Don’t think you could survive that long?  No problem.  Lying unconscious for an hour and a half will also burn the same amount).

► Carry Lee Trevino’s bags for two holes.

► Throw fastballs to the White Sox for two innings (14 minutes on the mound).

► Play half a period of professional hockey. (Lose calories and teeth at the same time.)

► Bowl 10 frames against Earl Anthony. (You may not bowl 300, but you’ll burn 100.)

► Throw long passes while avoiding the Pittsburgh Steelers defense for 10 minutes.