Thanksgiving Day Workout

With Thanksgiving day tomorrow many gyms will be closed and it will be hard to workout. According to nydaileynews.com the average American will consume 3,500 calories in a Thanksgiving meal (http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/2010/11/23/2010-11-23_an_average_thanksgiving_meal_comes_out_to_staggering_solid_3500_calories_health_.html). Without a workout and with a large consumption of calories this holiday can set back your fitness goals for the week. Below we have listed some things that everyone can do during Thanksgiving at will give us a great calorie burn to help offset those big calories.

1. Have a good laugh with you family (1.3 calories per minute of laughing)
2. Play touch football (471 calories for an hour)
3. Cleaning the house (204 calories per hour)
4. Baking or food prep(136 calories per hour)
5. Take a post meal walk (204 calories per hour)
6. Standing instead of sitting to watch football ( 100 more calories per hour for standing)

Enjoy the holiday but there are many things that can get us active for the day. Try to keep your goals even through the holidays.

Eat Right With The Holiday Season

Many clients come in and tell us that it is going to be a hard time to lose weight, because it is the holiday season. There are tons of party's and we tend to eat way more then we should. This is a time that can ruin the clients progress and set them back in their weight loss goal. Below we have a great article from about.com that gives people great tips on how to stay on track during the holiday season.

http://weightloss.about.com/od/holidayweight/qt/holidayhints.htm

The Truth of Candy

The holiday season gives people the chance to try some of their favorite candies in small little packages. Somehow the small packages make it feel like it is so much better for us to have. The holidays can throw our diets into a tailspin. Below we have attached an article from about.com about the calories in Candy.

http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/carbcounts/a/candycalories.htm