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Help. . . How can I burn calories or build muscle while watching TV?
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I love watching TV & spend most evenings watching my pre-recorded TV & my favourites programs. I want to be able to exercise to burn fat or build muscle while watching TV them.
It can be with or without an exercise machine. Web link to exercise, equipment or YouTube.com videos are welcome.
I have 2 children & can't really fit in trips to the gym. I already do a lot of walking to school & play groups for the children. I sometimes fit in 20mins upstairs on the cross trainer I got in the Argos sale.
I could be watching Desperate House wives & burn 200 calories!
thanks
It can be with or without an exercise machine. Web link to exercise, equipment or YouTube.com videos are welcome.
I have 2 children & can't really fit in trips to the gym. I already do a lot of walking to school & play groups for the children. I sometimes fit in 20mins upstairs on the cross trainer I got in the Argos sale.
I could be watching Desperate House wives & burn 200 calories!
thanks
“…the ‘insatiability doctrine – we spend money we don’t have, on things we don’t need, to make impressions that don’t last, on people we don’t care about.” Professor Tim Jackson
“The best things in life is not things"
“The best things in life is not things"
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i know what u mean, i have 2 young kids myself.
I have a callanetics book i follow while watching tv. You could try a google search to find some of the moves? once you have done them a couple of times you will know them by heart.
xxI love my boys! William born 08/01/08 and andrew born 22/2/09.0 -
by the way, do you mind if I ask you how you lost so much weight and how long it took?
I have loads of weight to lose, and am only a size less than you when you started.
xxI love my boys! William born 08/01/08 and andrew born 22/2/09.0 -
Move the crosstrainer (or tv)Murphy's No More Pies Club #209
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These are only suggestions !
Make yourself run upstairs during the adverts. Or do a mini step routine for a few minutes in breaks.
Do arm exercises with bean tins as weights while watching TV.
'Reward ' yourself with a recorded programme after you've completed your 20 mins or whatever on the cross trainer.Decluttering, 20 mins / day Jan 2024 2/20 -
I have my dumbells under my seat and regularly use them whilst watching TV.
Whenever something I enjoy happens - my beloved Britney comes on, or a team I like scores a goal etc etc, I use my dumbells - it's kind of like earning my good thing.
Have some weights near you and do them whilst watching TV. Every 30 mins you watch you do x amount of reps...0 -
Exercise bike in front of the tv?
You could burn 500 calories whilst watching Desperate Housewives for an hour.0 -
onewingedangel wrote: »by the way, do you mind if I ask you how you lost so much weight and how long it took?
I have loads of weight to lose, and am only a size less than you when you started.
xx
I did everything & in total it all added up in a gradual weight loose over 1 & half years. Eat less & exercise more as we all know is not that easy to do when I want to eat very large portions, seconds & lots of carbs.
Some of what I did...
Motivation: Never give up & keep motivated. Weigh myself often. Get weightloss magazines & look at people who have loss weight, read few books on weight, watch ALL tv on thin & fat people-you'll be surprised how much you learn about yourself in terms of eating habits & much much more.. .. I've even been on anorexia web sites to get tips that have helped. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00kcn6g/Claire_Richards_My_Big_Fat_Wedding/
Behavior: Saw dietitian & modified my diet- no more egg mayonnaise.. no more 4 large meals a day with lots of 2nds+ reduce portions. I was already eating a very low fat diet already. Just eating way toooooo much of it. GP- diet pill help me to loose 1stone. Walk everywhere. Argos cross trainer 20mins for a few months then found it hard to even find 20mins to do that!!“…the ‘insatiability doctrine – we spend money we don’t have, on things we don’t need, to make impressions that don’t last, on people we don’t care about.” Professor Tim Jackson
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Great!!! Why did I not think of that. THANKS!!!!!Move the crosstrainer (or tv)
No room for it down stairs so I will get a small tv for that room or better still move it into my bedroom!!!!! :T“…the ‘insatiability doctrine – we spend money we don’t have, on things we don’t need, to make impressions that don’t last, on people we don’t care about.” Professor Tim Jackson
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oystercatcher wrote: »These are only suggestions !
Make yourself run upstairs during the adverts. Or do a mini step routine for a few minutes in breaks.
Do arm exercises with bean tins as weights while watching TV.
'Reward ' yourself with a recorded programme after you've completed your 20 mins or whatever on the cross trainer.
Stairs & tins of food sound good. And they are free.“…the ‘insatiability doctrine – we spend money we don’t have, on things we don’t need, to make impressions that don’t last, on people we don’t care about.” Professor Tim Jackson
“The best things in life is not things"0 -
Typing burns 100 calories an hour.... that's as close as I get to exercise.0
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