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Shopping as a workout

With the holidays approaching and most of us in a shopping frenzy, here are some tips from the LA Times about how to turn your shopping excursion into a workout. It says how a 150-lb person can burn up to 500 calories in three hours (kinda low considering I typically burn around that much in an hour’s run, but better than crashing on the couch watching the Griswolds and burning much less, I suppose).

(although the personal trainer interviewed refers to it as a hike, I don’t think he’s ever been to a designer sample sale — I personally approach it as a high-intensity, competitive sport, don’t you?).

(And this little sweater above, the Llama Love Sweater from Madewell? I’d definitely be sprinting and fighting off other shoppers for it, if it were in stock, that is).

Leave a Comment December 2, 2011

A reason to run regularly

Three months of gluttony during my travels (and OK, while at home, too) paired with a significant downturn in the kilometres I’ve run (although I did fit in the Nike Women’s Half-Marathon in San Francisco)…and I seriously need to get back on track. And this study is just the push I need:

In a study looking at the effect of diet and body mass index, for the most active group of runners in the study (those that ran 8 km per day or more) the effect of diet on BMI and waist circumference were reduced by 50 percent or more. In other words, peeps who run more are less susceptible to the ill effects of a heavier, low-on-fruits-and-veg diet.

(the above, in case you were wondering, is the cheesy french toast with bacon at School Bakery and Cafe in Toronto.)

Leave a Comment November 10, 2011


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