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Lose Weight During Winter!

Posted on December 27, 2010 by admin

We got hit with a major blizzard this weekend and, as my husband (sorry not me) was shoveling like mad outside and I was on the ellyptical watching him, I thought, “hmmm I could probably help him and burn more calories than on this thing”. So I did some research and I was right!  Here are caloric expenditures for the most common outdoor winter activities (minus the grateful looks from your significant other )

These figures are for a 150 lb person doing the activity for 60 minutes

Shoveling snow by hand- 408 cals
Snow blowing, walking- 306 cals
Snow blowing, riding- 204 cals
Sleigh riding- 346 cals
Snow shoe-ing- 544 cals
Downhill skiing- 408 cals
Xcountry skiing- 544 cals

So throw yourself out there and burn baby burn!

Xo
L