Day 27 - May 2009 30 Day Self Challenge

27. Burn and extra 1000 calories!

1000 calories can be burned in a day easily by planning correctly. You can burn 1000 calories a day in divided sessions or at one time. However burning 1000 calories in 2 or 3 divided sessions will be wiser than to struggle at one time. The type of activity you choose is important than just how to burn 1000 calories a day.

For example you can burn up to 900 calories in sauna just in 30 minutes. But will the calories burned in this way contribute to weight loss or more importantly body fat loss? No, so you need to be practical if you want to lose 1000 calories per day. If you choose other aerobic exercises like running, jogging, swimming, stair treadmill, dancing, tennis, basketball, rollerblading, or hiking then it will prove beneficial.

Supposing you weigh 160 pounds and practice rollerblading twice a day for just 35 minutes you can easily burn 1000 calories per day. If you jog once in the morning and once in the evening for an hour at the speed of 5 miles then you can burn 584 calories per session. This means you burn more than 1000 calories a day. Stair treadmill can burn around 657 calories in an hour, so if you are unable to take time out twice a day, you can walk on a treadmill for a long period of time to burn 1000 calories at one go. Swimming in laps is also a good idea, swimming just for an hour can burn up to 511 calories at a time. You can even combine 2 activities together to burn 1000 calories. If you feel swimming or jogging twice a day is boring then you can swim for an hour in the evening or jog for an hour in the morning or vice versa. There are many ways to burn 1000 calories that can be healthy, provided you plan your activities in a healthy way.

Cutting back 1000 calories in your diet or being on a 1000 calorie low carb diet is a very drastic change. This diet should only be followed if you want quick weight loss results or want to start a long term weight loss plan.

Even if you are on a 1000 calorie diet for quick weight loss, it should ideally not be followed for more than a week under correct guidance and supervision. A 1000 calorie diet is not only low in most of the vital nutrients but it also restricts food consumption to a greater extent. When you are on a 1000 calorie low carb diet and want to burn 1000 calories a day, your body is convinced that it is in a middle of a famine or in other words your body goes in the starvation mode. Once your body perceives this, the body metabolism rate slows down in order to hold each calorie for as long as possible to conserve energy. When you are keen to lose weight a decreased metabolism is the last thing you want to happen. This is the reason most of the health care specialists recommend to lose not more than 2 pounds in a week with a balance of both calorie intake and calorie output, in other words diet and exercise.