Shop Till You Drop That Extra Calorie!

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oi-Staff

Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 11:44

Here's some good news for shopaholics...festive shopping can give you bags of exercise and help loose weight!

According to a leading retailer, the seasonal 'running' offers a workout as intensive as a visit to the gym.

A fitness advisers say that one eats three times as much as usual during weight. Therefore, it's important to make use of any exercise opportunity in the run-up to the big day.

On an average, one burns 200 to 300 calories an hour when walking, which increases to 300 to 350 calories when combined with walking up and down a flight of steps.

If you're exercising for more than 45 minutes, calorie burn increases, so planning a minimum of an hour shopping trip is a good idea.

As per this rate, an hour and a half of walking around department stores and shopping centres burns off the turkey or a glass of wine, while two hours of weight Eve panic buying will burn off the number of calories found in a portion of weight pudding.