Don’t Want to Diet? Exercise … A Lot!
It’s no secret: If you want to lose weight, or maintain your current weight, but you don’t want to diet, then you’re going to have to exercise. We all know that. But how much will you need to exercise?
According to a recommendation published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), women who want to avoid dieting but also want to maintain their weight over time will need to exercise for one hour a day… seven days a week. According to JAMA, on average women gain 1.5 pounds a year between the ages of 25 and 55.
One hour! Seven days a week! It sounds like quite a time investment. Most of us are barely able to squeeze in 45 minutes at the gym a few days a week (plus a yoga class, or two, if we’re lucky).
Of course exercising regularly, even if it is less than an hour a day, still has tremendous health benefits—so don’t give up! But if you want to maintain your weight long-term and you can’t hit that ambitious 60-minutes/day mark, you’ll probably have to cut calories over time.
Want to try for an hour a day? We’ve got a number of exercises that you can start with. And you can do them all without a gym membership!
Via LA Times
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—Stephanie Kinnear, web editor
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The Truth About Coffee Calories
Every New Year, I vow to kick my coffee habit, but halfway through January something always prompts me to break my promise. This year it was the scent of my husband’s Sumatra Gayo Mountain roast wafting through the kitchen that made me give in.
The good news is that black coffee has close to zero fat and calories. The bad news is that I don’t drink my coffee black.
According to a recent study by the journal Preventing Chronic Disease, I’m not alone. In a survey of about 3,000 purchases from Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts, “approximately two-thirds of the purchases at Starbucks and one-fourth of purchases at Dunkin’ Donuts were blended coffee drinks.“
The study reported that these blended beverages average about 239 calories. Some, like Dunkin’ Donuts Vanilla Bean Coolatta, add up to 860 calories and 172 grams of sugar in just one 32-ounce serving.
That just makes me want to give up my morning cup (again).
Click here to read the full report.
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—Maria Wakem, senior editor
