Weight Loss While Shopping

Shopping is something which women and men both like. Women just like
to shop and men like it because they can have the control of TV remote
when their wife is away for shopping. Jokes apart, if you are among
those who love shopping, here are some amazing tips for weight loss
during shopping. Yes you read it correct, weight loss can be done
while you are enjoying shopping. The only key is to change the way you
shop, read on.Shopping involves a lot of activities which if planned
properly, can result in a substantial amount of weight loss. Isn't it
fantastic, by just taking care in small activities, you would lose
those extra calories and be in shape. Below are a few tips which can
help you lose weight while shopping.Park your car at a distant place
from the shopping entrance, so that you can walk up to the shopping
mall. Moreover prefer walking down to the shopping malls which are on
walking distances.Prefer shopping basket over trolleys. This ensures
that you hand carry the items that you intend to buy and hence affects
considerable weight loss. Using backpacks is also highly
recommended.Go through all the sections/aisle of the store first to
analyze what shopping options you have. This ensures that you walk
throughout the store losing some weight and also make the most
appropriate purchase. If you know that you will not need anything on a
particular aisle, still walk through and continue your shopping. On an
average following would be the number of calories burnt while you
slowly walk through the store for weights ranging from 100 to 300
pounds.Walking slowly (0.2 mph)Weight of person Calories
burnt
100.................. 2 approx
200.................. 4
approx
300.................. 6 approxWhile you are trying out new
clothes, do try out more clothes which you could think of buying and
don't give up trails due to laziness. Clothing involves a movement of
your body parts and hence proves to be a good exercise.If you have
time and patience, you may wish to stand in the queues to pay your
bills without resting your shopping baskets on floor.Moving through
the stores at top speed would be beneficial if you intend to lose more
calories by doing the same amount of shopping. For this it is
recommended that you wear walking or running shoes while you are
shopping.Use stair case instead of elevators. Moving up and down by
stair case would certainly ensure that you do a considerable amount of
weight loss.One of the most important things that you need to ensure
is that you don't eat any junk food in the shopping mall else that
would completely defeat the purpose of performing activities for
weight loss.On an average one hour of shopping of non-grocery items
can burn 160 calories per hour.Avoid shopping online.During three
hours of shopping in a large shopping mall, an easy going shopper may
spend about half of their time walking slowly. This adds up to about
three miles of walking. The other half of the time is spent standing
and looking at items or standing in line to make purchases/pay
bills.Using our estimates above, this adds up to almost 400 calories
for a person weighing 100 pounds, 750 calories for person weighing 200
pounds, and 1,100 calories for 300-pound person.A more competitive
"super-shopper" may walk up to 2 miles in a three-hour shopping
activity. Along with lots of walking, reaching for items, and waving
at friends, trying out clothes calorie burning can top 500 calories
for our 100 pound person and up to 1,000 calories or more for the more
substantial 200- to 300-pound shoppers.Well, if you are thinking that
a frequent shopping would be expensive deal for weight loss, then
probably you forgot the concept of window shopping.Note almost all
these activities mentioned here can be performed while window shopping
too.