Christmas Calories? Walk them away!
You’ve probably seen at least one news report in the days leading up to December 25th, scaring your socks off revealing your likely calorie intake for Christmas Day. It seems that consumption of 6000 calories on the Big Day is quite usual. This is according to the Royal Society for Public Health in the UK.
Here’s one of the newspaper reports.
When you’ve enjoyed all those goodies, what next? Given that one report suggests that you might well gain 26 stone or 165 kilos in one year (gulp!) if you ate like every day was Christmas, something’s got to give.
One report claims you would need to do 21.5 hours of walking, 13 hours of aerobics or 7.5 hours on a treadmill to use up that one festive day’s intake. Okay, let’s get real. That’s not going to happen for almost all of us.
Why not take an hour’s brisk walk (using about 375 calories) for starters? Deciding on achievable targets (keep them fairly small and reasonably regular) means you’ll get the satisfaction of ticking off a walk well done and you’ll feel more positive about keeping it going. There are multiple health benefits that come with taking a regular walk.
Walking For Health’s website is useful and inspiring if you want more reasons to get walking.
Taking a break or holiday which includes the opportunity to explore on foot will up your walking while you enjoy new surroundings and experiences.
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